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L THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, .SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8,1906. UP-TO-DATE NEWS OF SPORTING WORLD SPORTLAND | NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS IMIMMtMMM BY PERCY H. WHITINO. So poor oUl Ttiliuie him drawn out of the S. F. A. A. After a football season, in which not a point wuh scored against any team, the New Orleans college, by a unanimous vote, decided that decent amateur athletics do not pay. Well, probably the S. I. A. A. will come on near standing the blow.as Tulane will. A membership in the S. I. A. A. means that the college holding it is playing baseball and football without using professionals, tramp athletes, without giving “athletie scholarships.” wjthout allowing ■'summer hall players” to take part in the games—in general stick a membership stands for athletic decency. It is to he regretted that Tulane finds that decency does not pay—even athletic decency. The admirers of pure sport will watch with interest the athletic doings of Tulane, now that she has thrown off the “yoke” of the S. f. A. A. Here's wishing Billy Smith luck in his hunt for players. Billy is working to the limit to get good men, the association is backing him liberally and his efforts deserve success. Atlanta wants a pennant winner in 1!)07, and on Smith’s luck in getting players to fill the two existing gaps will depend the ch&nces. SMITH NEEDS ONLY TWO MORE MEN Atlanta Team For 1907 Lacking in Only Two Positions. ' The Atlanta .Baseball Club In more nearly completed right now than any othev In the Southern League. When Billy Smith fills one gap In the ANOTHER RECRUIT. Atlanta’s Great Golf Course Draws Another Star Player Not sullslied with having the dimn- plan golfer of America on the local course, Ailantu In soon t«» nave another dlsllnguhhcd addition to Its golfing colony In James Malden, the man who finished third In the lust open cham pionship and who In regarded by Alex Smith mi a coming open champion. This man Ih employed by Alex Smith to assist him during the Hummer at the Nasnau Country Club, and Ih an exnort Instructor anil chit) maker, aa well as u grand golfer. Friday Hinlth wired Malden to join him In Atlanta and he will upend the winter here giving lessons and keep ing In pructlco for the tournuinenta of next year. No Opposition to Boyer As President of Sallies ftpcclitl to 'I la* Georgian. Auguatn, Ga, Dec. 8.—In the ap proaching election of officers in the South Atlantic League it la practically a certainty that President Boyer will be re-elected to Ida position without a dissenting vote. Although the Augusta club owner* had Home trouble with Mr. Boyer lent seuson on uccount of Arlie Latham. k«ill It Ih not thought tlilfl Ishuo will be brought forward again nn<J the meeting In January promises to be hannonlouH. Charles D. Carr. president of the Au gusta baseball club, in a recent Inter view, said that the Augusta club own ers did not cure to commit tlieiiiselvcM in regard to the selection of u league president, but Mr. Carr ndded that the Auguntu ownera would do everything In their power to advance the Interests of the league and made the significant statement In reference to the Boyer Incident of last summer that he thought It bent to let the pout remain In tin* post. Mr. Carr said also that Mr. Boy er represented principles which he con sidered indispensable to the good of tho South Atlantic League. The outlook for u winning team In Augusta Ih very bright and Manager Han sick writes encouragingly of the mate! In I that lie lias secured. Twenty players have beep signed and from tlilH NEW ORLEANS STIRRED UP OVER “RINGING" AFFAIR By J. 8. A. MACDONALD. New Orleans. La., Dec. 8.—Shades of Hiram Johnson, the ringer medium of the moat successful coup ever brought off on the turf flitted back Into the memory of the average race fol lower hero at the Fair Grounds through tho past week for the reason that another "ringer scare” Is on. Ev ery sleuth and detective v has been on the lookout for a bay gelding with white marked forefeet. The California Jockey Club, operating at Oaklund, ATLANTA’S CATCHER. Here is s picturs of Billy Smith engaged in his managsrisl duties of rosding a letter and pulling occasionally on three inches of beat manilla rope. This picture was taken juet before Manager 8mith left for New York, but does not show either tho green and red neckties or the diamond scarf pin. NEAL BALL. Here Is one of the most promising men Smith has signed since the closing of the 1906 campaign. Ho did grand work with Grand Rapids In tho Three I League and will no doubt deliver the goods promptly and efficiently In the Southern. number Mr. Hunslrk thinks that he will have u team that will be In the race for the pennunt from start to finish. SULLIVAN'S BELT LOST, BUT FAKIRS EXHIBIT BOGUS ONE The gullibility of the American pub lic was never more forcibly llluHtrnted. says the N«w York Globe, than In the case of the championship belt present ed to John L. Sullivan In 1887 by some enthusiastic friends tin Boston. This licit has had n tempestuous experi ence in numerous pawnshops through out the country and lias been on exhl toltlon in various saloons, but It has never enjoyed the* vogue of u counter feit belt that is an exact reproduction of the genuine, except that the jewels are rhinestones amt the other materials of tuferlor value. This counterfeit presentment has been carted ubout the country for yt punt, and lias earned from $7.*> to flftti «i week for the athesner* who con- cdFved tile plan of a duplicate. So prof itable has been the deception that the echamer* aie now making a vigorous effort fo locate the genuine belt In or der to get some more counterfeits. It Is their Intention to send out the 1 tells the same as a theatrical munager does cotuiMinlcs playing the same drama, and number them 1. -, 8, ac cording to th#* quantity they cun se cure. As showing how cleverly the du plicate was constructed. l*at Hheedy, who started the movement for the orig inal belt and was one of the contrib utors to the fund for its pure bane, was deceived by the counterfeit. The spurt- ous belt was on exhibition in a Buf falo resort during the Pan-American exposition and Hheedy went into ecsta sies over It. •There it is,” he said, enthuslastical- NAT KAISER & CO. Bargains in unredeemed Dia monds. Confidential loans on val uables. 16 Decatur St. Kimball Hmim. ly. ‘There’s the belt that we gave to the greatest tighter*that ever stepped Into tho ring.” Then everybody looked admiringly ut the belt. The genuine bolt was presented to Hullivan at tho Boston theater August 8, 1887. among the donors being Henry B. Dixie, the actor; M. C. Clark, a liquor dealer; Nat Goodwin, the actor; Pat Hheedy, Fogarty, a Boston barber of sporting proclivltltes, and many others. The announced value of the belt was 810,000, and It was a beautiful pleco of the Jeweler’s art, being construct ed of gold panels, In one of which was a jKirtruU of HulUvuti, other panels containing portraits of men he had beaten. It was heavily studded diamonds and cost, including the work manship, $4,600. It was later appraised by Tiffany as of the Intrinsic value ot U.r.oo. Hullivan did not long have posses slon of the belt. Ho got a loan of S-.ooo from Charley Johnston, Ills barkers, and pledged the emblem us security. Fogarty, the Boston barber, who was a great admirer of Hullivan, redeemed the belt, paying Johnston Ills I’J.OOO and bunding the trophy over to ~ o champion. Home time later Hullivan formed alliance with the proprietors of ufo at Broadway and Twenty-eighth street, known us Dante’s Inferno, and lighter and Ills belt were on exhi bition there. Bui there was a dispute, and the tighter withdrew, the cate Mien holding the l»elt for money alleged to Imj due from the tighter. But John L ent to law and recovered the belt, her which he transferred the emblem and himself to the saloon at Forty- ill street and Hlvth nvenue, where hop was on exhibition for some time. Bui It was destined to ornament tho shelves «»f a pawnbroker, and was put up with Hlmpson for $1,800, re maining with him tor a year and a half. It was at tills point that the sdiem- era c moelved the plan of a duplicate Of Course— rmn pm MADEgg ‘CHE STANDARD OF PURITY. outfield and sfcns a third baseman on whom he can depend, he will rest from his labors and call It a go. For his 1907 team la signed—except for two men. And Hmlth Is wasting no time in getting the much-needed tnfleldcr and outfielder. He landed In New York City today, urnied with unlimited credit and a desire for men. He will sit up with the Nationul League moguls dur ing their session In New York and hopes to lie able to buy two men, smug gle them out of tho major league fold by means of waivers and get away with them. If lie does he will have a team which will make any of them think. Here Is tho layout: t’a tellers— Hid Hmlth, with ’Atlantu lust year. Sweeney, drafted from Colum bia In the Hoiitli Allar.dc League. O’Leary, secured from Wichita, of tho Western Association. Pitchers— Zeller, Hparks, Childs and Hur ley of last year’s pitching staff. Ford, drafted from Cedar Rap- Ids. champion team of the Three-1 League. Spade, star pitcher with Macon in the South Atlantic League, secured by draft. Hcliopp, drafted from Ottumwa, of the Iowa State League. Raymond, who pitched for Sa vannah, champion team of the South Atlantic league. First Base— v Fox. Second Base— Otto Jordan. Third Bose— Larry Hoffman. Shortstop— Morae, with Athmtu last year. Ball, drafted from Cedar Rap ids. Outfielders— Wallace and Winters, with the team last year. Paskert, drafted from the Dayton, Ohio, team of the Central League. Wallace and Harley will hardly he brought back In the spring. Both are good men, but Billy Smith figures that they can be traded to good advantage. What Raymond's fate will be is bard to determine. Tills man pitched bril liant ball In Savannah. But when Billy Smith shipped htnv Inst spring lie sw ora he would pitch himself before ho would allow the "Bug" on any aggregation ha managed. Raymond Is of Southern Lengue caliber all right, but Is so er ratic and hard to manage that no club wants him. Childs' fate is also In the balance Most of last season Childs spent on the bench, under suspension for lack of condition. Whether or net ht will get In condition for next spring remains to bo seen. When In shape he Is one of the shiftiest pitchers In the league. Dickie Crozter may be back with the team, though he has been released at Ills own request. If Dick plays ball it will almost certainly be with the At lanta team. Thus far Manager Smith has sixteen men on his list and every place with the exception of one outtleld position and third base Is accounted for. Of course Hoffman may come down and make good at third base. He played brilliant ball after bo was re called from the South Atlantic League last year, and if hts hitting gets up to par he will no doubt deliver the goods. Paskert, the Dayton outfielder, is looked upon at a certainty In center field. His record In the past indi cates that he can hold down a South ern League Job all right. Ball, of Cedar Rapids, will make "Whltey” Morse hustle some for his Job. Ball Is reported to be a wonder and only the other day Smith had a very flattering offer for him from Portland, Oreg. Taken altogether, it looks ns though Atlanta would have something of a ball club next year. If ho can fill the two gups that yawned so often Inst season —third base and center field—he will have a team which will make any of them hustle. EDWARD 8WEENEY This man was the best catchsr in the South Atlantic last year and Man ager Smith bslisvts that he will be be rung In as some other horse of far less ability, and win at a long price, with the unscrupulous conspirators having large wads of money bet on the track where the trick comes 6ff and all over the up-country poolroom circuit. Harding Is a 4-year-old bay gelding, and should be easy of Identification be cause of the }>ccu!lar markings on hla front feet—that Is. If the horse has not been "chemicalized.'’ Several "rapt liras” have been an nounced, hut the horse Is surely still under cover somewhere out In the turf world. ITe was*not ut Baltimore, Md., or Los Angeles, CaL, as reported. Harding formerly belonged to the stable of Rome Ilespess and was one ? of his most useful horses. He won race after race at Latonla, and then found his way to Louisville. Being un sound In one of his fore pins, Respess sold him to “Doc” Riddle. Harding won for Riddle und was then sold at auction. Harding had finished some what dickey-legged, and when a mys terious “Mr. Claire” offered Judge Price $3,000 Harding became his prop erty. He didn’t have a halter, being obliged to use a rope halter which he ! had secured from a nearby grocery store to lead the horse away, j Now comes the plunge Into ob- i 11 vion; After "Mr. Claire" had closed tho ; gate of the track tho real Harding van ished. The only thing known or "Mr. 1 tiaire”—and a very significant circum- t stance, too—Is that he associated with Ed. Farley, who Is ruled off the turf today because of complicity In alleged •ringings.” The plan would be to have another horse In the plot with Harding. This second horse would be rung In as Harding and raced. Being of no ac count he would be unplaced and ridi culously beaten. No attention would be paid him. Then, soon after, Hard ing would be again entered, but this time the real good Harding would go to the post, and the counterfeit, hav ing served his usefulness, would be spirited away. Of course, Harding in the Southern league. Cal., has adopted the same tactics, while the authorities at Bennlng were In a mental stew for ten days before the closedown of the Washington plant. Certain it Is, this equine "Charlie” Ross is goln.? to play on interesting part In the winter racing campaign. Tho well known ’ horse, Harding, holder of tho mile record, over the La tonla track, and an animal worth $3*,000, has disappeared ns completely and os mysteriously ns did the cele brated "Charlie” Ross. The turf authorities all over the country believe this horse Hafdlng may would run his race and win by a block, with a long prlco against his chances, tho framers meantime having bets down In the betting ring and in every poolroom In the country. Last Monday at Bennlng, the horse Avaunteer, who had once run under the name of Callaghan, was thought to be Harding. The suspicion was un founded, after occasioning a veritable panic. Before that the name <»f “Harding” had been seen among the entries at Houston. Texas, where $160 purses arc In order. Tho bookmakers abided by the racing form of the horse and posted 2-6. The horse finished ten lengths out of the money. "When will they spring the right Harding?” asked one layer of another after the race, for the horse which ran under tho name of Harding was not Harding. Frightened by the talk, the the Texas field. Where is Harding'.’ Where will tho framers-up strike next? There Is the rub. fHHMMHHHHHHHMIl !•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••< REVIEW OF FOOTBALL SEASON AT UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Special to Tin* Georgian. 1’nlverslty rtf Georgia, Dec. K.—On Wednesday, when It became known that Coach George Whitney Imd signed a contract to return to coach Geor gia’s football team in 1967, there was gtWt joy throughout the college. Coach Whitney has not only proved a splendid roach, hut Is very popular with the student body and town i pie. The work of the Georgia football team this season has been little short of marvelous, considering that her ma terial was new, her coach came her unacquainted with local conditions, and two preceding seasons of great disas ter had completely depleted the ex chequer. Coach Whitney deserves great credit for the team he bu$t, and although It was beaten three times, It was never rerwhelmed. One thing that undoubtedly prevent ed the team from making an even better showing was the way in which tho. schedule was arranged. Instead belt, and they contracted with a Nas sau street Jeweler to do the work of duplication for $$50. Tho original Idea of the plotters was to exhibit the gen- ulncy belt, but they were unable to fur nish tho amount of money required to take iho emblem out of pawn, and so they hit on the scheme of a counterfeit. The Jeweler managed to set* the belt, and by some means secured a wax im pression of It. Then, with rhinestones, md silver, and other cheat*er material, produced a copy of the belt that i so exact as to deceive tin* sub scribe r*. The counteifolt was probably worth $800 or $l,orto, and as s»>on as It was nt out on the road It became a great drawing card. It has been nil over America and Is at the present time do ing a land office burin?sh on the New England circuit. The whereabouts of the genuine belt Is now u question that puzzles the ex- perm. After holding the belt the legal length of time Simpson, under the law, sold it ut the Bowery uuctlon rooms , for $.1,100, the purchaser being Jerry • IVnioghue, a wealthy saloon keeper of j Philadelphia. Donoghue kept the belt [ on exhibition In hi* saloon In the Qua- ‘ ker CUy. but Anally sold it to a New • York man named Rosenthal. What ; Rosenthal did with it is not known, but i it I* said to bo resting quietly In a ! < ’hicago pawnshop, where It was pledg ed for $2,900. Sullivan long ago lo*t all claim on ; the belt, hut In loans he doubtless got ' G\e value of the trophy before It was finally taken away from him the of lending off with light teams, heavy fellows were taken on first. At the very outset Georgia lined up against the heavier and much more experienced Davidson team. As a fore gone conclusion, they lost 16 0. They held Davidson to two touchdowns, how ever. The next battle occurred In the ene my's country. They held the heavy tiemson Tigers, the same toam which piled up eleven points to Tech’s noth ing on Thanksgiving day, to no Hcore until the hist two minutes of play. After a two weeks' rest, caused by North Carolina A. & M.’s non-appear ance. they miniliilatod .Mercer In .Ma con by the top heavy score of &!> to 0. The next game was played In Atlanta against Tech, and Georgia for the third time In football history lost to Tech 17 to o. All three scores were the vesult of Brown’s kicking and \Ue fail ure of Georgia's back field to receive those kicks. Next the mountain lads from Dah- lonega came and wore snowed under 63 to 2. In the Tennessee game the ball was In Tennessee's territory during neuiiy tile whole game, and tile Tennessee goal line was crossed twice, but no score resulted. in the last game of the season, the Thunksglving performance In Macon against Auburn, Georgiu covered her self with glory. With nil dope against her und no paper conceding her any thing like an even chance, she won out by superior work. The team this year was rather light, comparatively fast and very aggressive. Tho line was particularly strong. It played magnificently, charged hard and presented a defense that fow teams succeeded In i»enetruting for any con siderable gains. Howard Kctron was strong In this department and broke up many a play aimed at him before It «rot well under way. DeLaperrlero was a great linesman and Graves did great kicking the whole season. Hodg son's ability to catch punts and his brilliancy In runnlns them back made him iv valuable asset to the team. Kyle Hmlth proved a consistent ground gain er, scoring eight touchdowns during the season. Harmon d^d great work at guard and gives promise of devcl oping Into an All-Southern man be fore lie leuves college. Raoul made a good captain and proved an excellent leader. LOTS OF HORSES AT CITY PARK TERRY’S MIND RIGHT AGAIN SCATTERING SHOTS j AT BASEBALL MARKS! ATTELL STILL CHAMP. Los Angeles. Gal., Dec. 8.—Jinitiiy Walsh, of Boston, was knocked out b; Abe At tell in the eighth round of their oartl for the featherweight champion ship. (lie I < barley Frank has taken over three Baton Rouge players for a trial next spring. They are LnirU, Tarleton and Gultterez. 8.—Terr^ MqUoV the fighter. Ims shown sign* of prov< metit and will Is* rent to country for a long rest. I <*uttoii Stute l^eaguers * are ""still Hani Hart In, Paddy Sullivun and Joe talking of enlarging the organization Humphreys will meet today mid decide so that it will include eight teams, upon some quiet pluce for Tetry. Hum-1 Better hold It down to six and let the phreys. accompanied by Dr. Creamer, j applicants wait for the mid-season saw the little fighter yesterday Mrs. vacancies, which are so likely to occur McGovern also visited her husband. I In the smaller leagues. The party wai assured by Dr. Moseley j thot the ex-champion could be re moved from the Kings county hospital on Monday. Terry was rational, but very netvous. He told his friends that he realized that he could no longer stand the nervous strain of taking un active part In pugilism and would re tire from the ring. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O THORNTON AND SMITH O TO PLAY HANDBALL. The Holyoke, Mass., correspondent of The Sporting Sews, gives a nice notice to "Kid” Mcf?otnilck, the third base man recently secured by Nashville. He ends It. though, with the damn ing words, "if he should keep IN CON DITION Nashville's difficult corner could not be better filled.” That was one trouble with the* Nash ville team last year; they hail too many men—notably Bohannon—who could not "k^p in condition.” New Orleans, La., Dec. 8.—The sta bles at City Pmic, where thoro is room for over a thousand horses, nre full. Ed. Corrigan has thirty-odd thoro himself, Including fourteen or fifteen yearlings by different sires which ar rived early this week In charge of Gay- Ion. Brown, tho well-known California horseman. Ills nophew,' pat Dunne, lias a big string and so has James Ar thur. Probably the best of Arthur’s lot Is Meadowbreeze, the runner up in tho Inaugural. Jack Prill lips Sam Farmer, with Pe ter Sterling mid E. R. Bradley, ore others who have big strings at City Park. James McCormick, with Glorifier, Monet, Emergency, Mary Morris, Blue Dale and others, is also located at that track, where Albert Simons Is ex pected from Bennlng with Firebrand, Economy, Monterey and others. McCormick was unlucky • In ship ping badly, losing the-well-known per former, Fish Hawk.- It may be some time before Ills lot are at their best. Robert Tucker, well known as the trainer In the Kant of -the late f. tnln Snm Brown’s horses, has a big string under the care of 11. C. Riddle, who used t'o look after tho Western division of the dead Pittsburg million ulre’s horses. Tucker missed the chunco of his life when the cxraordinary good lot of horses with which he started the sea son In tho Bust this year were dis persed In various quarters, and It will be hurd to make amends for the lost* of galvldere, Frank GUI and others with the lot he has at City Park, which should, however, more than pay tlielr way. Athlete, Rally Preston nnd Plaud ai*o in Tucker’s barn. 00000000OOO0OOO0Q0O000OO00 0 “FOOTBALL BRUTAL,” O 8AY8 ANDY CARNEGIE. O 0 0 London, Dec. $.—The Pali Mall O 6 Gazette, in speaking of Andrew O O Carnegie’s statement that foot- O 0 ball is not gentlemanly, says he Is 0 O liable to become of the opinion 0 O that the only game fit for gentle- O O men la backgammon. It fs said 0 0 he has rulod that soldiering and O 0 football aro nasty, rough thing.*. 0 O He may soon discover that row- 0 0 Ing is a brutal attention to tho 0 O muscles. 0 O O 0000000000000000000OOOOOOO had quite an experience In baseball. He has played In Meridian, Brockton, Al bany. Schenectady. Marlon, Columbus, Milwaukee, I>cs Moines and Oakland. Cal. The champion Portland club of the Pacific Coast League will train In the Hawaiian Islands next spring. That sounds sore In the East, but they think nothing of It on the coast. NOTE8 OF 8PORT. The baseball fans of Fort Worth. Texas, will see both the "White Hox” and “Cubs” in practice games next pring. There is great guessing iti Detrulr as to the make-up of next year’s ball team. So far Manager Jennings lias declined to give a single tip. Outfielder Ganley, of Pittsburg, lias on the franchise a price of $16,000 or $20,000 Is put on it nnd no business is done. In the California championship games Hal Chase ploys first for Ban Jose and Frank Chance for Rtockton. The best In major league circles. Figures given out by the New York State League furnish a pretty good idea of what It costs to run a minor ball league. Transportation cost $8,1 OH und hotel expenses $13,056. Salaries average about $2,000 a month for each club. The Yale freshman football team tills year was a hummer. Rome great material there for the ’varsity next year. Brown waited a long time for its vic tory over Dartmouth, but when they cuuglit the Hanover boys they gave them the 23 for sure. Bemus Pierce and Frank Hudson, the old Carlisle sturs, did great work In coaching the Indians this season. One of the greatest surprises In Westeni football this year was the splendid showing made by Ht. Louts University. Coached by Cochems, the old Wisconsin player, tho Mound City boys did all kinds of things to Iowa nnd some of the other big ones. FOOTBALL INJURED Kelt hats cleaned and reshaped In late,t Myles, liusecy, 21 X-2 White hall Street. HOLIDAY JEWELRY Birmingham Is trying to trade Moles- worthin’ Houtz, of Montgomery, but the "Mwntys” can’t sec It. The greatest, handball event of o O the year in Atlanta will take place Ot Wonder If it might not be a good O Monday night at the Atlanta Ath- O i scheme to get Mobile into the .Southern O letie Club, when Nat Thornton O i League. In place of some of the dead O meets Cnrieton Smith lor th * O handball championship of the club. O’ Mobile Is a live town and Sunday baU O Both men are star players and O j Is played there. O can is- «-minted on to put up a O j However, the Alabama town doe* not O great tight. Thornton beat nil Ojvt-em to stand a chance. There art* O aonq.t ttfoi> in tlic ti»nrn.iO jtilsimtbn eorfourteaq>slnth»*»outh- t recently held and earned th* Q j cm League w hich drag along from . — "— ,,u O J vCa»• to. yetii*. losing money:-and. In Oj sortie eases, putting out mediocre bafi 0’t»;.ms. Yet. when some good, live prop- GOQOCCOOO00000000030000000 n come# along and a*k> (or term* - ■ Muench & Bieresdorfer= The Peachtree Jewelers. 99 Peachtree St. O light Rmiik We ara offering during the holidays a high grade line % of dia monds. watches, chains* rings, plus nnd In fact every Imaginable it- tlclq. In fashionable Jewelry. Our-prices represent u saving of no small amount on your Christ mas purchase*. One price to all. One standard of goods. The best. Don’t Forget the Location 99 Peachtree Street. -J) \