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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, MONDAL, NOVEMBER 26, 1906. Football Season Fast Drawing to a Close rEdited By PERCY H. WHITING. | NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS | i By PERCY H. WHITINO. Football fans in Atlanta and the Atlanta territory need not fade away from a laek of something to keep them interested during the next few days. (!. M. A. and Donald Fraser are slated to meet Monday aft ernoon. though there is a possibility that the game may fall through at the eritieal moment, owing to a hitch in the nego tiations. Tuesday promises to be reasonably quiet, but Wednesday afternoon the High School team plays Donald Fraser. The High School boys are making a desperate effort to win over the Donald Fraser bunch and have secured Jesse Sibley, the old Vanderbilt player, now teaching at Stone Mountain, to give them some final pointers before the game. Mr. Sibley will have charge of the team Monday nnd Tuesday nftemoons and during the game Wednesday. On Thursday, in addition to the Tech-Clemson game in At lanta and the Georgia-Auburn game in Macon, R. E. Lee nnd Stone Mountain will meet at Piedmont Park Thursday morning and Gordon and the Georgia Scrubbs will play in Macon Thurs day afternoqn. Mercer Game Artistic Success, But Awful Financial Frost THANKSGIVING DAY WILL PRODUCE NEW CHAMPIONS New York, Nov. 26.—Thanksgiving day will Im* tin important one In pugilist!*? cir cles, ns there nro six I tattles curded to lie i fmight lietwecn prominent lighters. Wlint makes this day more Important than any other In the fact that two of the content!* lire championship buttles, in which new champions inn.v I** produced. The lighters , who will battle for these titles are "Phlln” {Jack O’Brien nnd Tommy Burns, who will clash in n twenty-round bout tieforo the ^Faelrtf Athletic flub of I*»* Angeles, 4’nl., f for the world's heavyweight championship | iionors. and Billy •‘Honey” .Melody nnd Joe M'ab-olt. who will struggle In a tlfteen- • round Isnit before the Lincoln Athletic Club of rhclsen, Mass., for the welter weight title. Ham Langford and George tjunther fight at Haverhill, Mass.. Jack O'Leary and Andy Beznnti fight at Milwaukee, Wl*., Johnny Thompson and f*ew Powell fight at C'olmn, <’al„ nnd Willie Hehumnker and Benny Frnuklln tight at Baltimore, Md., before the Broadway Athletic t’lnh. All of the six fights should l*e Interesting, ns the princi pals are evenly matched. Tommy Murphy and Matty Baldwin hnvo been matched again. This Is the sixth tluio they have been signed up to meet In a bat tie. Georgia’s Football Actors Rehearsing For Last Stunt ftpeeinl to The G***«t*glnn. University of Georgia, Athens, G;i., Nov. , 2*.—Thursday the eurinlii will Is* rung .down on the dual net of the Georgia football season In Macon, at t'entral t'lty • park, when Georgia lines tip against lor 'old foe, Auburn Sin the of inn the- toaiur hute ninteticd their strength against each other In the Thanksgiving game, and nil the natives for miles around have eon tfreguted (o see the battle. A sperlal train over the Central will 'carry a large Insly of students from hero to Macon early Thursday morning, and many of the town people will go along. From the look* of things, Georgia is going to perform some mighty stunts. The Georgia team was slow In developing, but Is now developing a fierce and devil- may-con* spirit which point* to u victory over Auburn. The way the team went .after Tennessee has put a lot of eonfhteiiee : In the student IhnI.v and other local fob •lowers, although overconfidence will eertaiu- ] y. not 1m* In evidence. Auburn will tiring down a host of root- 1 ei's and a team which. Judging from dope, I Is rboiit evenly matcjied with Georgia. Him Is training hard for this game, of course, and will make every effort to dowu the *T**d and Idaek." No matter who wins, there's going to be a great tight, one that will surely de light the foothill! tlend. • In tin* Inst four games played between the two. teams, Georgia has won two and Auburn two, so tills year's will ho the rubber, so to spenk. Auburn lias a brass band, too. I*ast year her band perched Itself on n tally-ho and figuratively and literally put If all over Georgia's hand. But not so this year, for Georgln has a band of her own, which lias all competitors skluued many fur longs. This same hand has dispensed sweet music several times for the Atlanta football nnd baseball public. Anyhow, It Is certain that there will lie n battle royal oil between the disciples of l’an, which will be enough to make that old fellow stop his ears and flee iu disorder and dis may. By B. 8. BROWN. Tech beat Mercer Saturday afternoon Iu Macon by a score of 66 to 0. When the Tech athletic authorities planned a game with Mercer for the Satur day before Thanksgiving day they had two reasons for doing no. The first was that, In general with other colleges, they did not want a bard game just before they tackle t'lemson, and again they figured that ns Helsman’s Yellow Jackets bad never played In Macon they would prove a good druwlng Well, they had their easy game nil right; but they got n frost for a crowd. Just 305 tickets showed up In the ticket taker’s box, which showed the exact number of persons there were In Macou who felt like spending the necessary fraction of one slmoleon to see Mercer defeated. From n financial standpoint, the game was a dlsapopintmeut to the Tech officials. A play of a very peculiar nature happened when Tech made her first score. With the Iml! on Mercer's one-yard line, Htout took it nnd easily went through the Mercer line for what looked good for n touchdown. Just as he passed the line, however, either his Interference or some Mercer plsyer knocked the half from bis hauds nnd It rolled several yards back of the line. Mal lory of Mercer was the first road to get to It, and Jie made a dash to try to get around the astounded Tech tneu. but was thrown Just back of the line, giving Tech a safety nnd two points. The second 'varsity was sent In by Hels- man at the beginning of the game, ami played through the first half and a part of the second, when the full 'varsity went in to relieve thefn. The Mercer boy* showed grit, nnd for a team that had never played football until this season they did excellent work, nnd should he heard from next year. Their tackling was the best feature of their play. During the second half Fullback Hliaw sprained his ankle, but grittlly played the game out. A pretty feature was the entire absence of that viudlctlve spirit of college rivalry sometimes seen at college games. Professor Holmes of Slercer was pleased with this. He stated besides that, comparatively speaking, the season had been a financial success and that next year they would have as good or a better team. The line-up and summary follow: TECH. MEUCEK. Plttnrd nnd Luck, c... Adams, c. Bell and . Wood and Henderson, Y. g Knight, r. g. Means and McCarty, r. t Westberry, r. t. Illll and Sweet, r. e Melton, r. e. Snyder and Henderson, 1. g Haras, I. g. Mice and Monroe, 1. t Scoggins, I. t. Jarvis nnd Brown, 1. e...,..,.Mallory, h o. Emerson nnd Davies, 1. h........Loftin, I. h. rwmiM HIM* iHHUiunn, i. i. 11. Htout and Adamson, f. h Hbnw, f. b. Touchdowns, Jarvis. MncDonelt. Stout' i2i, HH1. McCarty, W. Smith (2), Monroe t2), Davies. Goals from touchdowns. Smith, Brown (2), McCarty. Safety, Malloiy. Ref eree, O'Donnell, Pennsylvania. Umpire, Simmons. Head linesman. Mason. Lines men, Amorous of Tech and Abel of Mercer. Timers, Wltman of Tech and Tapper of Mercer. Time of halves, 20 minutes. BASKET BALL NEXT IN LINE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA WILL HAVE FIRST-CLASS TEAM THIS YEAR. Nov. Public School Athletics A Success in New York Owing to the Interest which Is begin ning to Im* felt In Atlanta in public • school • athletics, the following article by Dr. Luther Hulsey Gullek, one of the founders of the New York Piddle School Alhleth* League, may bo of lu- forest: When I became director of physical training lu the New York city public schools there wus no relation between the department of physical training and nth- letles In the city, nor was there any or ganisation among those school* that had athletics. There was some Individual foot ball and other leagues In the elementary schools. After tnlklug over the matter with the superintendent of schools. Dr. William 11. Maxwell, with General George W. Wingate and James K. Sullivan, It was decided to form a league for the propagation of ath letics among the school boys of New York city. A committee on organization was created, which was composed of these [gentlemen, together with President Finley, iof the College of the City of New York. [It was at once decided to hold an athletic [meet In Madison Square Garden. This was m great success: over 1,000 boys entered. The direct object «>f the league was not merely or mainly to promote athletics among those Imy* already athletically train ed, but to develop n largo number of boys who knew nothing ai>out the various | sports. To do this It was necessary to l f get as close as possible to the Individual schools. Accordingly, It was decided to or ganize the city into districts, following the same lines ns the district divisions of tho board of education, nnd to create ns fur as possible a league within each dis trict, which should look after all local Interests. This was done always with the co-opcratlnii of the district superintendent. It took us two years to accomplish this, >but It was finally done, and these leagues are now operating successfully. They run district meets of all kinds, raise money, and help the individual schools. There are about 5,000 boys ohl enough to come Into athletics In each district league. There Is a meeting of one repre sentative from each district league once per month, to discuss matters of geueral Interest. This Is the Elementary Schools Games Committee. The high schools are similarly formed Into groups, and u meet- lug of one representative from each of the twenty-three high schools of the city is held once a month, for the consideration of high school matters. This I* the High School Gaines Committee. One typo of work done Is class athletics. This engages a larger number of boys than any other sport that we have. The object of the class athletics Is to get every member of a class to compete, securing the average performance of the class. Then the best class of the city in an event gets a trophy, to !>o hung up In Ita room until the next competition. It Is the best scheme yet devised to get hold of the great masses. The button test Is to get a l»oy to com pete against himself. That Is, we have Special to The Georgian. University of Georgia. Alliens. Ga I.—The regular basket ball practb parotory to selecting the team which Is to represent the university In the coming games this winter has begun, and from now regular dally practice will In* held lu the Young Men's Christian Association gym nasium. The basket ball squad Is composed of a large number of candidates, and Is tin- *r th^ direction of Captain Itoltsendorff. Later on, when the men have rounded Into letter shape, dully matches will be ployed. Secretary Forbes, of Hie Young Men’s Christian Assmdatloii, has kindly consented to net as conch ngaln this year, ami he will co-operate with Captain HoltstmdorfY developing the new material and round- lug the whole team Into shape. Basket ball Is a very popular and prom inent s|M>rt In nearly nil of the large North- rn colleges, but heretofore It lias never taken n very firm hold In Southern col lege ranks. However, last year Georgia organized a team, nnd so did Tech, Tulnue and several other Southern colleges. Vanderbilt and Cumberbii.d have long had good teams. This year more tenuis are Itelng organ ised, ami everything points to Its banner year lu the South. For the first time In several years Indiana la without a roller polo league. Oklahoma has a league this year und the former Hooaler players make up four teams. 00000000000000000000000000 FOOTBALL SCORES. Local: Tech Scrubs 0; Gordon 12. Southern: Tech 6G; Mercer 0. 0 0 Richmond College 17; Randolph O O Macon College 0. O O Arkansas 22; Tulune 0. O O Kaateni: 0 O Yale 6; Harvard 0. 0 0 Pennsylvania 22; Villa Nova 12. 0 0 St. John* College 2; Johns Hop- 0 0 kins University 0. 0 Drown 23; Dartmouth 0. Hwarthmore 21: Amherst 0. Syracuse 4; West Point 0. Gettysburg 10; Bucknell 0. Western: Chicago 38; Nebraska 6. Illinois f»; Purdue 0. Minnesota 8; Indiana 6. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000000000000000000000000 JUNIORS WIN GAME. The College Park Juniors played n very good game of football Friday afternoon with the College Park Scrubs. The score was 35 to 7. The Juniors lined up ns follows: B. D. Gray, center; Johu Jackson, right guard; Iru Smith, left guard; Chester Forbes, half back: Jim Luck, full bnck; Atllngswortli, half bnck; Luck, right end; Curtis, left end; Brewster, quarterback, ami Griffin, right tackle. FIGHT MAY BE OFF. New York, Nov. 26.—There may be no figlituftcr all between the two famous boys —Terry McGovern uud Young Corbett. These two fighters, with their managers, Joe Humphreys nnd Harry Follnk, are to meet nt the Metropolltnu nt 3 o’clock today to sign articles of agreement. The former agreement to fight was cancelled because of nn Injured baud which prevented Mc Govern from training, nnd since then Mc Govern lias been nettled by the many *“ gs which have been said about hr nguess to face Corbett. MERCER TEAM GOING INTO ACTION This snapshot was taken during the Georgia-Mercer game, just ns the Mercer team was about to put the ball Into play by a punt, after a touch down. different standards for the different grades, but each boy who can pull hliuself up n certain numlier of times, run a certain dis tance In a certain length of time, and can Jung n certain distance, gets a bronze but ton as a certificate of bis attainment. Over 30,000 boyz competed last year for differ ent buttons. In addition to these, we have the rogu lar track and field aports, basket lull tour- nameuta of two classes, socker football, a baseball league with over 100 teams, and so on. The business men of the city have been exceedingly generous. Trophies aggregat ing In value to several thousands of dol lar* have been given to us by such men as A. G. Spalding. Cleveland It. Dodge, the Pratt Bros., of Pratt Institute; Glare nee Mackay, Alfred O. Vanderbilt, William II. Maxwell and others. We speut last year In this work 115,000. This money was contributed by men of the city, at the solic itation bf a mau whom we employ for that purpose. The various athletic organisations, the athletic club*, regiment* and other bodies h*ve been good to u* In the matter of helping u* with officials and grounds. I regard the essentia! elements In the successful carrying on of each a scheme as this: 1. The active and Intelligent support of the school men themselves. 2. The support of the newspapers. 3. The support of the business men. But none of these things will succeed without there Iteing somebody In the'city who knows the schools and the school situation thoroughly, who also knows ath letics, who see* the difference Itetween iifbooi athletics and athletics of the ath leile club, and who understand* how to avoid In itfklctk-* lielng run sway with by the Inteuse competition spirit. LITTLE WORK FOR FIGHTERS Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 26.—Both O'Brien and Tommy Burna have cut out ft lot of heavy work for their big battle of Thanksgiving eve, nnd untlf tho men are called together in the ring by Heferee James J. Jeffrie* neither will run the risk of injuring his chances of victory by boxing. Saturday was the la.it day of boxing and the twenty men Manager Mct'arey took down to sec Burna work were only allowed to watch the big fellow skip the rope, punch the bag and engage in ehudnw .-purring. Tommy look* the part of the trained fighter, for ht.i akin la In perfect condition. He perapl^s easlly and his muscles are In the finest condition. O’Brien Is doing nothing but light road work and will do only a one- mile run on Wednesday. GORDON BEAT TECH SECOND Tim fast Gordon eleven won from the Tech second team Hnturdny afternoon In it fluo game to the tune of 12 to 0. Several pretty plays were pulled off, but the. 100- ynrd dash for a touchdown by Williams of the Gordon team wus the main feature. The Gordon boys Just outplayed the Tech second team; that was all there was to It. The ball was nearly always in the Yellow Jackets*' territory, nnd while the visitors did not handle punts as well ns they should they put up n swell article of ball. MUCH SADNESS AT CAMBRIDGE Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 2G.—The spirit of depression bunging over Cam bridge was the most Intense in the memory of any bne here. Long faces and sad smiles were everywhere. I Very few would talk of Saturday’s game. Those who did expressed the sadness of all the university over the defeat of what was considered the best game the team had played for many years. It Is said thb defeat marks the last of Harvard football. As the mat- [ ter now stands there can be no more j contests until the corporation author- I izes them. For this reason there will j probably be no election _ of a captain I for some time or until some definite ’ Idea Is gained as to the future of the j sport When the election comes it will \ in all likelihood go to Jack Wendel. ARMY-NAVY GAME. j Annapolis, Md.. Nov. 26.—The navy ! team will leave for Philadelphia Frl- i day morning, prepared to meet the { army on Franklin field the next day. * The last practice will, therefore, be held ] on Thursday. x | The line-up against Virginla-Poly- : technic on Saturday will be the one | which will start In the army game, as j no players were Injured. It will be as j follows: j Bernard, left end; Nortlieroft, left tackle; Meyers. left guard; SlingtulY. center; Wright, right guard: Piersal. ; right tackle; Hague, right end; Norton, : quarterback; Douglass. left halfback; i Captain Spencer, right halfback; In- | gram, fullback. Columbia Students Want Restoration of Football I New York, Nov. 26.—Shouting "We want football!” 1,500 Columbia stu dents paraded around the campus yes terday, through the college library, held a meeting on the steps of Uni versity Hall, and wound up the demon stration by demanding a speech from Dean Van Amringe. The dean spoke briefly to the students, telling them If they kept on they might get what they wanted. The students adopted a tlon culling for the appointment «>f a I committee of nine to get right to work I In un effort to have football restored »•» | Columbia. President Butler abolished | tho sport last year. A new baseball league In Wlscondz I embracing some good little cities on th-1 lake shore, has been organized. AUBURN KICKS AGAINST SIMS, AND PROTEST IS SUSTAINED Special to The Georgian. Auburn, Ala., Nov. 26.—Professor E. P. Holmes, of Mercer t'niver- sity, vice president of the Southern Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association, lms notified the officials of the Auburn football team that he upholds the protest in regard to the playing of Sims with the Alabama team. »lms wus declared ineligible before the game November 17 with Au burn. but Coach Pollard insisted on playing him. The facts in the ease have been sent to Dr. W. L. Dudley, president of the association, for further action. GETTING READY TO LINE UP Merco* players, just bafore they lined up to play against the L*niwr>i>> 9. eo r**® t ? a, T' T , he on ’he left shown with another man s W' 2" , h ' S . ba £ k ’.i H "*J, tberr y, one of .Mercer's tackles. The most I""-. ". 1 , figure Is Halfbuck Hogg. Moseley, a tackle, and Mallory^one of th> hacks, ure the two other prominent figures in the group. DONALD FRASER MEETS G. M. A. Bali players chase after the dollar In I the winter time as well as In the sum- : m*r. ''Bunk'’ Congalton and '.’Ruby''! Hulswltt were pinched In a poker game at Columbus the other day. NAT KAISER & CO. Bargains in unredeemed Dia monds. Confidential loans on val uables. 15 Decatur SL Kimball Hou*e. Holiday afternoon the Donald Fraser team will meet the O. M. A. team from College Park at Piedmont park. The Donald Fraser boys wen* defeated the last time the two met, but lM>th tenuis have made such prog ress that the outlook fdoubtful. The game will Im* called at 3 o'clock. FELTOLOGY. Take your old felt hats to Bussey to bo cleaned. ?s t-t Whitehall street. DIAMONDS. In ••'iiiiicction with our business we have added a stuck < ,! DIAMONDS, bought direct from the IMPORTERS I" 1 ' <'*>?' \Ne propose selling them on a verv close margin of ) ,r "* lt .' cheaper, perhaps, than thev can he bought elsewhere, :iu<J IF desired,' they may be paid FOR IN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS. Yonn R Man or Woman there is n- ’: ,,r INVESTMENT or SAVINGS BANK than the purchase ..i ■ ”«Ku ATLANTA DISCOUNT CO., Century Bldg. jqs. N. MOODY, President : i