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<3i'’( >It(JI AX. SATlTIf 1 JAY. I)E( UP-TO-OATE NEWS OF SPORTING WORLD LAST FOOTBALL GAME TODAY NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS By PERCY H. WHITING. The Ti*<;h-Clems<>» game proved one thing quite conclusive ly—the public does not want any more gntnea in wliicli there is any agreement to allow more time to be taken out than is pro vided by. tbe'ruleR. In Thursday's game, by agreement, both teams were al lowed to take but ten minutes in each half. Both teams took full advantage of this agreement and in consequence tile game dragged more than any in Atlanta this season. The spectators want fast football and they do not care to sit out :n the (mid and watcli a couple of dozen big, strong boys and men sit on a damp field ami rest. The rule providing a penalty if either team takes out time On accouut of injuries to players more than three times during a half if one of the best from the spectator's Viewpoint, of the new code, and it might be a good scheme to make the penalty more severe instead of less. * The football dope artists have had a hard time of it this year. The writer closed his season in a marvelous blaze of glory by missing tho winner and miscalculating the score on the Tech- Clemson game by abont 15 points. Before the game it looked like Tech by one touchdown. Afterwards, as history records, it look ed quite different. One of the star features of football under the new rules' hns been the delightful uncertainly of the thing. In years past a man who had tho past scores at hand and knew a little about the general conditions of the teams could jiot only tell which* was going to win, as a ride ; but could pipe off the probable score with phenomenal accuracy. This year the man was a wonder who could pick tho'wiuuer and tho men who tried to do any guessing on the score usually went woefully astray. However, as a rujo the best teams have won, tho football has been clearer, faster and more open. The public is pretty well satisfied with football ns it stands and the game will be played this way for nnbther year or two, nil right, all right. The Vanderbilt football team undoubtedly made a wise se lection when the honor of captain for 1907 was given to Bob Blake. Bob is the greatest of a historic line of players, probably tho most brilliant member of the squad of 1906, and undoubtedly the greatest end ever developed in the South. With his cool head, his knowledge of men and his popularity he ought to make a grcat leader for the Commodores. M’Cormick, the Princeton fullback, is shown in the above photograph making one of his brilliant and daring plunges through the line. The arrow ws him boring through the center of the West Point line, aided by the propelling power of every pound of Princeton beef. The picture was taken when the Tigers defeated the Army. McCormick was used at this stage gf’the game’ because the' Princetonans were within 5 yardV*?!'avouch• his feet and thereby gain every inch possible. down. The big fullback, unlike many players, makes it a point to keep on NO FREEDOM IN CHICAG0T0WN POLICE GET PEEVISH WITH TEX RICARD BECAUSE HE PULLED A GUN. THE CERTAINTIES FOR THIS YEAR’S ALL S. I. A. A. TEAM ALL-STARS AND FIREMEN PLAY BALL AT PIEDMONT Krerylblgg Is In teadlue** for the great sod only December 'ball game of the eea» son. which will tie pulled off Haturday afternoon at Piedmont park between Dor* nla McCay’s Htara and the Firemen. This contest promise* to be one >.f real beaeball merit. The All-Hun __ with a little practice, woulu , tereatlnff for any of them, while tho b Ire awm are pretty ehlfty ball player* them- The*,game will be called at 3 o'clock, and will be put tbroiuli 1 patch. Tho line-up: Professionals. IS Matthews Henley.. ..third I hum*. . . ..left Held.. .. .center field.. .. ...Nash ..Pritchett Hhort .Thompson Memphis Golfer Challenges Atlanta 9 s New Professional i OOO0OO0O0O0O0OOOO0O0OO0O0O o SIMPSON CHALLENGES. O ,o a 0 Memphis, Turn., Dee. 1. O ' O Whiting, The Georgian, Atlanta, O j 0 Go.: O l o Memphle Country Club In will- O I O Ins to offer <2(0 If Atlanta will do O O Ukewtae for match between Simp- O O eon and Smith, S$ holes here, 36 P , o Atlanta. Much enthusiasm here O ■ a over prospects, j O THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL. 0IWOPO<KI0OO0OOOOO0O00OOOOO In the above telegram Robert Simp son, professional of the Memphis Coun- ’ try Club, Issues his dell to Alex Smith, i open golf champion of America and ; professional of the Atlanta Athletic -Club's course. The proposal Is for a hntne-and-bome match. >6 holes on each course, and . the winner to take the 1(60 offered by ! the members of the two clubs. When Mr. Smith wen shown the challenge he accepted on behalf of hlmaelf with a Jump. , "The nerve of him," said Smith, "challenging me. that brought him to this country, and dolna It before 1 get iny feet on the new course. "It's up to the club. I'll ploy him In a minute If the money Is put up. And tell him for uie that If the club does not want to do It, I'll play him for |(0 of my own money. Rut don't the con- celt of that boy get you'.'"' and the Wizard of Carnoustie snorted aloud. The project wus favorably dlacu.sod by the members of tho club to whom it was submitted and there is little doubt but that the money will he raised and the challenge accepted by the local club on behalf or Alex Smith. Smith does not want the <3(0 put up as a purse. It Is Ills desire that he be backed for the <2(0 against Simpson. If he losce then the local backers lose the $2(0. If he wins, they win, and can do what they please -with the money. It Is certain that If Smith wins the $3(6 put up by the members of (ho Memphis club. It will be turned over to Smith as, a testimonial of ap preciation. The match ought to be the l>est of Its kind In the South this winter. Smith' position In the golfing world Is so well known that It Is hardly worth while talking about It. Simpson Is not so well known, but lie Is n worthy opponent for any golfer. Like Smith, he Is a product of the links at Carnoustie, though he has not been In this country as long as the losat pro. While hs was playing around Chicago he was as much feared as any of tho Windy City profeselonnl players, and last summer he went North and won the Weetern professional's champion ship. an event In which he did not meet Smith. A tournament Is planned for the East Lake golf course for this afternoon. The prtso Is a cup offered by Crafts Higgins, publisher of the Golfers' Mag- aslne, of Chicago, conditional on 35 Of Course MADE THE STANDARD OF PURITY. ■ Here goe* tor a diMcussloti of the question of "all-anything" teams, # a few wordn about an all-Southern and some more about an all-S. I. A. A. The writer had planned to pick an all-8. I. A. A. team, not because he felt especially fitted or ,especially •‘called," but Just because It was cus tomary. And yet, right here at the critical moment, his nerve falls him. It re solves Itself down to the question of "What’s the use of making so many enemies over a small matter?" and the writer thereupon ducks. Above will be found the. names of the men who seem to he the certainties for position on the ali-8. 1. A. A. These are the men whom the writer and all the football men he has talked with on the subject agree cannot be kept off the all-S. I. A. A. team by any unbiased "picker." 4* to the other positions—well, you can take your; choice and there will be no hard feollng, as far as the writer Is concerned. ( No 8orious Matter. When you come to think ubout It, the picking of an all-American, nlt-8outb- ern, all-8. I. A. A. or "all-anything" team Is something of a "Joke." If the experts cottld all agree on a team, or If they could hit anywhere near it, there would be a feeling of confidence Instilled In the minds of the football players and expert* that may be, after all, these teams did amount to something and really represented tho best players In the section in which the picking wo* done. . But the critics can’t agree and It Is certain that their Ignorance of the ac tual playing abilities of players is some thing alarming. >r years the nll-Americun teams of the great experts did not ever Include a Western player, though the West was developing just as good men us the country had ever seen. For a couple of years the "official" all-Southern, which appeared In Hpalding’s guide, was picked by a man who t>erhaps never saw a game In the middle South and whose mistakes were so flagrant and so obvious us to make hls all-Southern a fine piece of comedy. No critic van hope to see all the pos sible members of an all-8. J. A. A. team In action often enough to be perfectly sure that they are worthy of honors, unless their ability is so marked that there can be no question of doubt. Such men as Munler and BokJIJake, of Van derbilt. could be picked by any man who hud once seen them play,. They were nll-Southern men last year and ALL S. I. A. A. CERTAINTIES ~ \ Pritchard, left tackle * Vanderbilt Stone, center Vanderbilt Ohorn, right guard Vanderbilt B. Blake, right end Vanderbilt (’oaten, quarter . Vanderbilt Dan Blake, left half Vanderbilt Craig, right half Vanderbilt Munler, fullback Vanderbilt any dam could pick them uguin this year. But when it comes to filling the positions of left end, left guard and left tackle the complications are quite tui merous. / Coach Witliama Protest*. (*. R. Williams, couch at Clemson, has the following to say In a letter to the writer, on the question of picking all-Southern teams: "In my opinion the grossest possible errors are often made in calling at tention to the ability and playing of members of teams 4n the newspaper accounts of games. If more care and Judgment were exercised In the selec tion and"discussion of the numerous all-Southern teams each .season the de velopment and advancement of any number of players would be 'wonder fully improved. My experience as a coach has almost brought me to the point of discrediting the opinion of writers on nll-Southern teams. I find so few of these selections worthy of the honor. This is one weak point In Southern footbnl*; the fact there seems to be no fair-minded man of broad views, absolutely Impartial, but with out motive to select annually a repre sentative nll-Southern team. Ah yet, not one of the numerous writers has been able to acquire the confidence of the public sufficiently to have all other selections put aside for. hls choice as being the best and fairest. I trust we are going to develop the one de partment of football more substantially In the future." WHY 80ME ARE LEFT OUT. It Is usually unwise for any writer in this territory to pick anything but an All-S. I. A. A. team. The 8. I. A. A. teams play few games outside the as sociation, so that comparisons are hard to make.* And. owing to the rather lax athletic morals of many Southern teams outside * the fold, a man who picks an All-Southern Is likely to run in a lot of professionals, tramp ath letes and the like. It ought not to be so difficult to pick an All-S. I. A. A. team this year. Just ask yourself .the question, "How many member* of the Vanderbilt team can you leave off the All-S. I. A. A. team, and when you have answered that question you have the team you want. NASH BUCKINGHAM'S VIEWS. One of the very best of the really unbiased football critics of the South Is Nash Buckingham, ex-Tennessee play er and football writer for The Memphis Commercial-Appeal. In a recent let ter to the writer, Mr. Buckingham said: "Vanderbilt simply outclasses every thing else In tho 8. I. A. A. so far that Interest is practically at a standstill. It’s like a lot of ’dogs’ In with Rose- ben. And another thing that impresses me Is that the standard of the 8. I. A. A. teams has, along with Vandy's con tinued rise, gone down, down, down. I do not, however, regard this us neces sarily a protracted state of affairs, for should McGugln leave and the foot ball winters doal unkindly with the ranks of the unconquered—why, they will, like as not, drop back to the immature standard of tho other teams. But what you ask in regard to an All- Southern—an Everybody’s—that’s quite ‘pickable’ this year; In fact. It looks so simple that I think with your hum ble opinion to deal as desired, I’ll give you my ideu of the team I’d pick, and fully Intend to—If the chance comes my way. But, barring al lthis. the fact remains that us she stands today Van derbilt can make any aggregation picked.from Southern ranks look like freshmen—simply for the reason that their team Is right—eleven good men playing ns one good eleven. "In fact, the atmosphere up there is charged with the spirit of get there, beef, speed and success, as Southern elevens go. • "But here’s my Idea: Stone, of Van derbilt, center; Conner and Elmer, of Mississippi, guards; Pritchard and Stone, of Sewanee, tackles; Boh Blake, Vanderbilt, and Huggins, of Mississip pi, ends; Costen, of Vanderbilt, and Markley. of Sewanee, quarters, and the entire Vanderbilt buck field of D. Blake, Munler and Craig. Stone is heavy, experienced and fast, has played nil ulong the line from end to end—and played well. A* guards, Elmer und Conner, of Mississippi, weigh each over .25, are All-Soythern men at Virginia, °nd with an organization of lhat sort —till" All-Southern we're picking would outclass everything In these parte and hold their own anywhere. It might be betteito play Conner at cen ter and Stone at guard. Pritchard and stone, ot Sewanee, would take care of tackle.—you know what Bob Blake In, and Huggins, the big 190-pnund Mis- slaslppl fullback, would top hint off at the other end In what, I think, would be a faultless pair. You may know better, faster quarters than Markley and Costen, but 1 don't. Samo with the hackfleld—you can't beat it. For substitutes. Tech may afford you i man and Parrish, of Texas, Is a aplen did linesman." It Is hard to agree fully with Mr. Buckingham, but In the main hls Ideas are those of the best Informed writers In the South. Now for Just a word on the men who cannot possibly be beaten for positions. SOME MEN ARE ATLANTANS. Bob Blake Is absolutely certain of hls position at end. A trained football player of throe or four years' prep school football work, and three years of play with Vanderbilt In tho way of experience, a perfect specimen of ath- lotlo manhood, a man who knows the game from ond to end, a punter of mar velous ability and the man whose place kicks scored this year against Michi gan and Carlisle, ho Is more certain of Ills position than any man on the team. If he had played this year with Yale, Harvard or Princeton he would, no doubt, be on this year's Alt-Amerl can. Manler Is equally certain. Physically lie Is tho equal of any man and Ills work In line plunging has seldom been equaled. A discussion of the playing ability of Pritchard, Stone, Costen, Dan Blake and Craig will bo reserved for a later time. Now Just a word as tu the other can didates. The three Vanderhllt regulars who are regarded as uncertainties ore Eil Noel, Vaughn Blake and McLain. All three are wonders, but It Is no cer tainty that they will be picked. Among the great players of other teams are Tackle Sims and Halfback Burks, of Alabama; "Lobster" Brown, of Tech: Watkins. Stone and Shipp, of Sewanee; Howard Ketrun, of Georgia; McLaurin and Derrick, of Clemson— two of the best men In the South this year—Elmer ond Conner, of Missis sippi. Probably some others were over looked, but this covers about the great est of the bunch. The South has had a number of good players this ysar and the question of selecting the best will be a hard one. Chicago, Dec. I.—Tex Rickard, Gold field light promoter and nemesis of "Billy" Nolan; linds Chicago Is more lawless than Nevada, and that n man who carries a gun to protect himself from hold-ups cannot tell the hold-ups and police apart. Rickard attended a ball laBt night. There was a mlx-up In which a score of guests were involved. "Tex" stood on a chair to get a better view of the performance. A dozen policemen cam- on the run. They overturned Rickard's chair. As he fell he drew n 4T» auto matic. He was arrested before th- thing could go off and this morning paid $25 for carrying It. *'I am going to New York on the next train" was all hs said. Some Baseball Mavericks Little Jockey Miller Now Corraled in Washington Among World’s Best Riders Washington, 1>. C., Dec. 1.—Manager Hanlon Is quoted aa saying that Tom my Corcoran’* fato will not be decided until the meeting nt the Xationul League In New York In December. Eddie Tlmeyar, the youngster who made a sensational showing at third boa* for Cincinnati, will play third for Toledo next season. Hg w’lll replace Otto Kruger, who goes to the Ameri can. ' - The two major leagues expend fully $8u0,000 in salaries annually. The Little Rock club, of the South ern League, hus drafted W. H.’ i*age, the second baseman of the Lawrence lub. y Connie Mack has secured from Seat- the well-known pitcher, H. I\ (Rube) Vlckera, who did sfich 41 ne work last reason. will try his fuck In the Southern coun try next season. The Boston National League baseball dub has changed bands at lest. A. H. Soden, connected with the Boston Na tional League club for thirty years, dis played quite a little emotion when tho final papers pas/cd which terminated hls long baseball career. The pur chase price of the club Is $257,000, of which $75,000 was paid down in cash. The farmer owners hold the mortgage for the remainder. subscriptions being taken foi^ils niag- aslne. r The tournament is at 18 holes, handicap medal play. TV. J. Tllson recently lowered the amateur record for tlic East Lake course to 89 strokes. Ills card was: Out— 4H3634M 3—39. In—5 7 5 5 3 0 0 7 6—50—89. Alex Smith again broke the local rec ord for the East Lake eouAe Friday afternoon by making the roufhl in 79. His card follows: . , Out—I 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5—38. I tabic matches In this country. JaH 444444405 6—38—79. son. the .-oh has definitely itceliled trails. Tin* Natl, iicy, Ijiik promt* In*for»* February t. ami in** t. tighter nu$l Alert M**Ira». hi vlli *:ill frutu S.tu Franduro within th. text few week*. • Artie!*** tnw l»een »tcn*nt for ,\ t$*»ut It 16 Decatur St. Kimball House. j la«r JlmiJa) utght .it llnwprtml, I’a. NAT RAISER & CO. Bargains in unredeemed Dia monds. Confidential loans on val uables. BROUTHER8 CANNOT GgT HIS RELEASE, Special to The (ieorgUn. Charleston. S. «*. Dec. 1.—Reporf here says that Artjiur Brouthers, of the New Orleans team, cannot^get his re lease from Manager Frank because lie Im* not yet been appointed manager of the Charleston baseball team, and that be has not been appointed manager of the team because he tannot get his release from the New Orleans- man ager. It Is also rumored that tho Charleston baseball team will be owned by a new syndicate or such a reor ganisation of the former one that the present Charleston baseball syndicate will look like an old patch on new trousers. Charleston, unlike Savannah, has not thought of not putting a team Into the field. Of course, the Charleston own ers declare that* they will collect/a lot of rug winning material for the season bt 1907. lil.lteiii*! ike By J. 8. A. M’DONALD. Washington, D C., Dee. 1.—Jockey "Mar velous" Miller ended the most wonderful season ever enjoyed by n race rider here today when the eurtulu fell on the intropol- Itun circuit for 1904, the Denning meeting, the Inst In the circuit, closing down with the filial race. lento In the week, the Jockey’* liooklng ugent, J. FitSKltumomr, fig ured out some Interesting statistics. For In stance, Mirier rodt* 1,106 races since January 1. 1%)C, at Man Francisco, Cal., up to three (lays ago. which la Itself Is a world'* record. Hut more Important than this- and also a world’s mark—Is the fuel tha. Miller rode just 332 whiners, 318 sccoud* and 210 third*, fiidshlug out of tin* ey Just 578 times. In New York.. n figure fiend went all through the ’Mope" up fp November 1, betting nn Imngimiry $5 note on every one of tlie "Marvelous One'*" mounts, straight and place. Ifo r$*ckoii«*d n net whiulng of Just $2.84'*. liidotihtedly Miller stnut!* forth moat lntcre<$nng development «f the rnc'ug season Ju*t closed. . Fp to tin* cud “of the Aqueduct meet lug. • ugly In Nn ler’a earning* on the year were approx!- mark—F* the fact that in*till at a little over $56.0Ui, which Waiting for the Ball. GCLE83Y, A Marear End. . This snapshot wus taken *f Oglesby Just before tha Univeraity of Georgty team kicked off. considerably more' than President Uoote- velt draws down n* the chief magistrate of the country, and more than the l*e»t half dosen liiucituM pitcher* together earned in l>b*. Miller’s |»qrents were- paid $10,000 for first call on hls services by W. A. Htnun- ton. of New York, owmv of^KmiH-ror of India, while the Newcastle stable, hesdet, by Andrew Miller, utewnrd o» thet Jin-key I lub. and a coterie uf littslnirg million aires gave up K"00 for s»i%imI end: Real ly. the Newcastle stable enjoyed the first call serviced from Miller, as fitnunion culled upon the lad but three times nil season. Hut lie i-onld’afford to pay Miller $I0,«W> a year, ns h;* sold Ills contract for s^-ond rail for $25,n» i u*h. Horse* ridden by Miller won something like $74.0*)' for the New castle stable alone. Miller Is Ian 1.1 years of age and today weighs In hls street clothe* not more than 105 pounds, whbh menus that the pmdlgy has several promising years Itcfore him In wlib-li lie may make enough money to far outshine the glittering tale of the Incomes achieved hy -Tod" Hloon. The fact that tin* Jockey'* name Is Wil liam iiohlMtclii. mid nor Miller, fs well kuown. lb* wns Istan npd reared ,tu Honfli Hrnoklyn. not far from the lots which produced "Willie” Keeler, the great Ameri can lo-aguc liatsniaii, a ml "Terry" Met lor- ern, the »*x featherweight champion. Once mio'i a time MUIer hustled newspapers on Dark How. near Hrnoklyn Bridge.. Then be was articled to the stable of w. A. Staun ton. uftcr having shown some ability da a gnfiop i*»y down on Ixrag Island. Htnuntoa took him to ttdlfornla. and In two winters’ experience Miller ws* riding ns well ns *». at Haratogn n year ago Inst August. 1 then *old hi* horses nn«l transferred Miller to the Newcastle stable. Miller bad s grand year la am! this past summer lie set iiji n record which will prolsihly eu- dhrv'tor yvflia and year*. O o 0 “PUNCH" KNOLL WILL O 0 MANAGE EVANSVILLE. O 0 O 0 New Orleans, Dec. 1.—"Punch" O 0 Knoll, a member of Newt Fisher’s O 0 last pennant winning team In O 0 Nashville and last year with New 0 0 Orleans, will manago the Evans- O 0 vllle team of the Central League O O next year. Knoll has long wanted 0 0 to get away from the Southern O 0 League and back to hls old heme. O 0 and Charley Frank has finally O 0 consented to part with him, pre- O O sumably for a consideration- 0 0 Knoll takes charge at once. 0 O « OOO00000000000000000000000 JUST A BOUQUET FOR GEO. WHITNEY Special to The Georgfen. University of Georcla. Athene, Ui. Dec. 1.—Much of the remarkable aue-. cena of the t Georgia team till* year has been due to the great conchlng of George Whitney. Thin year haa been hta first at Geor. gla and he has made a distinct auceeiB. Laat year's team ^vae t^te of . the poorest which ever represented Georgia and the whole season was disastrous. This made things very difficult for Mr. Whitney when he began work In ren umber. But he determined to glvo Georgia h good team and set-to work from the Jump. Everybody knows how well he has succeeded. Coach Whitney 1* very popular with students and team and - everyone iu Athens is hoping that he will be barlt to coach Georgia next year. OOlMWOOOOOOOOOOWXWiOOWWOO O a 5 GOVERNOR TERRELL O O WILL t^ICK OFF. O O Special to Th# Georgian. 0 O Bavnnnah, Ua,. Dec. I.—In the O 0 football game here this afternoon 0 0 between Georgia' and Kavannali 0 Governor Terrell will hoot the bgll 0 for the opening of hostilities. 0 Immediately thereafter he will O 0 akidoo with,all dispatch, and dur- 0 0 Ing the game sit w|th the alumni O O In the section reserved for them. 0 O Governor Terrell will he one of O O the party comprising Professor J. 0 0 8. Stewart, of the University; O 0 Professor M. M. Parks, ot MU- o O ledgevllle Normal and Industrial 0 0 College, and Hon. Pleasant A. Sto- o O vail. o O Georgia men were given an auto O 0 ride by local alumni this morn- O O Ing. nml will be royally entertain- 0 O ed tonight. ° O O OO00000OO0000OOO0OpOOO0OOO CLEMSON CELEBRATES Hpeclol to The Ueorflau. Clemson College. 8. C,, Dec. !.— There wus great rejoicing at Clemson Thursday night when the news came that the Tigers had defeated Tech, lu to 6. For hours the cadets marched to drum and life from house to house, calling for speeches, which were ueuel- ly forthcoming. A big bonfire was hastily hunt In the middle ot the foot ball Held, und around It the. cadets marched und counter-marched, engaged In the war dance, sang songs and shouted themselves hoarse. They yelled for everybody on the team, for Coach Williams and all who had helped to win the great vlctbry.- ' Speeches were abundant. A. Schll- letter. D. B. Peurlfoy and otheca In dulged In oratory. Captain C. D. Clay finally appeared on the scene and made a stirring talk. He suggested that the corps march to Calhoun and give the team a royal welcome Friday after noon. Of course, every cadet was In line, and the team was given a royal reception. . AUTO SHOW IS ON. New York. Dec. 1.—The seventh an nual show of the Automobile Club of America was formally oppned today In the Grand Central palace, and for n week to come the "toot, loot” anil honk, honk" otn myriad of motor cars, including all kinds and slsea and num bers, will echo through the big struc ture In Lexington avenue. In the num ber and variety of exhibits the show is fully up to the expectations of Its promoters, who have worked unusually hard to put up a fine exhibition this year In opposition to tji# so-called na tional automobile show to be held in Madison Square Garden next month. Motor vehicles,-propelled by steam, gasoline and electricity, are on exhibi tion, and the exhibits present a fine sight to those who £re Interested In this sort of thing. . , ' n Portland, Oreg, FOOTBALL INJURED Felt hats cleaned and reehatwd .. latest Styles. Bussey, 3$ 1-3 White ball Street. U-. ill ifft j ' ~—f L .yafri&hfifc If