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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 11,1!)0G. Six-Day Race Still Holds Center of Stage ^Edited By PERCY H. WHITING. not news^but views ) VANONI STEALS LEAD, BOBBY WINS IT BACK BY PERCY H. WHITING. This deathly calm which is preceding the annual meeting of the Southern League is ominous. An ear placed right close to the ground does not detect the slightest trace of any rumbling. And yet— Well, if there is not something decidedly strenuous stirring iu Birmingham Dee. 22 then here is one recorded guess which goes wrong. Atlanta fans are ( wondering if President Kuvauaugh is going to keep his promise to have it out with Lowry Arnold and the At lanta delegation for the roast they handed him in mid season. Not longer ago than last September he told the writer that the ease was not ended. Maybe the conclusion will come over in Birmingham. If it comes at all it will come then—and Kavauaugh is a man of his word. ' , Things may lie said about the salary limit, too, at the Birni- siugham session. The league had a man examining the books of the various clubs during the summer. If lie was “onto his job" he no doubt found out things, for if ever a salary limit was exceeded it was in the Southern League last year. Maybe something will be said at the meeting about salaries. If so. it will be interesting. Charley Murphy has signed a new pitcher by the name of Willie Kumin. What's the answer! Lost- -One baseball magnate, answering ’ to the name of “ Hilly.” , When last, seen he was headed for New York and was wear ing. iu addition to some other things, a green and red necktie and r diamond scurf pin. A liberal reward will be paid for any information ns to his ■•hereabouts and his present occupation. It was with deep regret that Hobby Walthour’s friends in Atlaifta learned of the unfortunate accident, to his team mate, McLean, the Boston rider, which dropped him one lap behind the other riders in the great six-day rnee at Now York. With his new team mate. d. Bedel, he is hanging to the leaders and it is hoped that some lucky accident or soini; fine riding will give him a chance to make up the ground which lie lost. Atlanta’s Unlucky Rider Is Still Gamely Along, But Still One in the Reur. Plugging Lap 00000000000000000000000000 o o O RIDERS BEHIND RECORD. 0 O N>\v York. Dec. 11.—At 10 O | 0 o'clock the score in the six-day 0 f O iace stood 67<* mile* 6 tap* for all O * 0 except Walt hour anrl Bedell, who C j 0 are one lap In the rear. O I O The record for that hour wan 0 j 0 679 mile*. 4 lap*, made by Kike* O | O and McFarland In 1900. O O 0 j 30000000000000000000000000 New York* Dec. 11.—In a dualling at tempt to steal r lap early today Carle Vanonl, of the Vanoni-Breton team, throw the thousand* of spectator* in Madlaon Square Garden Into a state of boisterous excitement. The daring flttlo Italian, who had Just relieved hla partner, ahot from the bunch aa they turned the Madlaon av enue aide of the track and before the others wore fully alive to the fart, he had gained half a lap. Spectator* jumped Jo their feet and cheered wildly. Walt hour started after Vanoni 1 the bunch behind him, and for the next five la pa a nerve-wrecking pace was aet. At the fifth lap Vanoni waa overhaul ed. It waa a maddening pace while It lasted. All through the early hour* today the foreign rider* In the aix-dny bicycle nice in Madlaon Square Garden made many vain attempta to catch their op- |N>nenta napping and forge ahead a lap or two. In one of the sensational sprints Mo ran, of the Irish team, and Folger. team-mate of Root, had a nasty spill at the "hoodoo curve." The two riders crashed and unable to releaAv them selves from their wheels, went till ling flown the Incline. Tramer* ran to their assistance and the riders were carried to ttiolr cots at the side of the track, Moran quickly recovering and remounting. Folger remained off tha track fifteen minutes. Larry Hoffman Will Play In Mexico City League Jack Ashton, former Vicksburg pitch er. and Fred NVelnig, a minor league twirier, parsed through Han Antonio en route to city of Mexico, where they will play in (lie Mexico City league, says Harrington B. Jones In the Com mercial-Appeal. harry Hoffman, of Atlanta. !a t«» com plete the Yankee trio, but ho wua de tained a few days In Chicago Ashton, It will he remembered, was with Billy Karle at Vicksburg, but. for the last (wo seasons has been the star twlrfet of the Columbia team In the South Atlantic League. Welnig was also with the sr.ine team. The city league season has already opened In Mexico city and will continue till tho middle of January. Ashton said the Hally League had a lively season last year and that WII- son Matthews, who resigned as uni plre to bring the Havauanh club from the cellar to the pennant, was the big hit of the year. Matthews' hustling methods offset the tactics of certain other managers and between them there waa a merry time nil year. Ashton spoke well of Hatch ford, the big Augustan first baseman, whom Babb has signed for next year. They say that while ho isn't quite as fin ished ns Habile, whom Connie Mack has gobbled up. that ho lilts well and plays the ling magnificently. Both Welnig and Ashton were surprised that sotno Southern League team didn't grab Krnle Howard, the Vicksburg, Ml**.. boy, who played the outfield with Savannah. They say that Howard hit well and waa easily the best outfielder In the Hally League SMITH AGAIN IS CHAMPION farleton Smith Is again hand-ball champion of the Atlanta Athletic Club. He defended his title Monday night against Nat Thornton, though he had to extend himself to the limit to down the A. A. Cs, great play.*r. Thornton went away with the first aet by a score of 4-11. He nabbed the next one with even greater ease, by a seore of 3-11. Then Smith rallied and by tome of the best hand-ball ever | teen at the local club he won the last thrto seta In succession by scores jf 11*4. 11-7 and 11-6. Jimmy Gardner and Rube Smith arc on the cards for a 10-round bout to be pulled off tonight in Denver. Gard ner and Smith m*t lr. Denver two years ■ ago when Smith was knocked out in the sixth round. Th* Yah- football team scored 144 point* and opponent* 6 this season. Harvard scored 167 points and oppo nents 26. Records of Riders In Previous Six Day Races: Former Team Mate*. Hoot, New York city Hobby Wiilthour. Atlanta Jimmy Mornii, Boston Matt Downey, Boston A. Vnnderstuyft, Belgium .iohnnn Mol. Holland......... Hardy Downing, Han Jose \V. K. Hamuelson, Halt Lake tity K. I.. Hollister, Halt take tity Patrick 1/Offiii. Ireland Louis Met tllng, Canada Frank Galvin, New’ Milford, Conn George Wiley. Syracuse A. W. MacDonald. Hotnervllle. Mass.... John B. Coffey. Boston Petit Breton. I*ranee Carlo Vauont, Italy 1 Dorlon disabled. 2 Joined In revolt against mnyngement. 3 Marl.run badly hurt at end of sixth hour. 4 Moran teamed with Keegan after MacLean' bled him. . hoghr •ot Bedell j Dorlon llirelm M. Bedell Munroe {Butler .. MacLean .. ItallO I .. Utol :Stol . Vamlerstuyft Vnnderstuyft >•••••••••••••••< leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeei Po?.ltlou at Finish. First First Heeoiid Third Seventh Fourth Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh S First Lighth Serond quit 2 ijtlit 2 Third 0 liownoy teamed with Lognu after 6 Logan teamed with Downey after 7 linrilgette disabled. Fell. Ill fc 9 Gougoltx disabled. •••••••••••••••••••••••< vlthdretv. in wlthdre McDOUGALL’S NEW KITCHEN CABINETS At Reduced ...Prices... At request of the McDougalls we have reduced the prices on these goods to just about one-half the reg ular rates/ 'The reductions are really astounding. Just reacf below. First-Class, Strictly Fresh New Styles No. 1852 was $32.50, now $21.00 No. 1855 was #37.50, now $27.75 No. 1885 was $45.00, now $29.50 No. 1854 was $35.00, now $25.50 No. .1857 was $40.00, now $28.00 No. 1886' was #50.00, now $30.00 This is an opportunity never offered before. Remember McDougall’s is tin- great standard. This redaction good for just two weeks. Walter J. Wood Company 103-5-7-9-11 Whitehall Street. Here’s a Fresh Bunch of Baseball Dope If Memphis Will Put Up $250\$\Q KNIFE HURLED AT Smith-Simpson Match Is a Go FOREIGN BIKE RIDERS The Httfitii-Himpiion match I* now up to the Memphis Country’ Club. The member* of that club, through The ComenircU! Appeal of Memphis and The Atlanta Georgian, challenged |Alex Smith, the local professional, to • play Roht*rt Simpson, the MemphU professional, at 72-hole, home-and- home match, for $250 a aide, winner take all. When this challenge was accepted by the tnerabet* of the Atlanta Athletic Club the Memphis club "back-watered” I apd changed their offer of a purse of 92&0 a side to one of $125 a aide. Thin offer Smith refuse* to accept. "I did not challenge them." he said. "It waa their own scheme and I think i they ought to stick to those terms. I ' don't object to playing for !*»** than 1250, but 1 do object to their offering one thing and then something else. If they will accept their own original term* 1 shall play Simpson." The matter has been formally acted upon by the local club, and it I* now up to the Memphis people. If they want to buck Simpson against Smith j for *250, they can have the match. . j Otherwise there In nothing doing. Crtfco White, Iowa rniveralty football team, ha* been elected captain of next year'll eleven. 00000000000000000000000030 O O O RANSICK SIGNS A STAR. New York. Dec. 11.—'The bitterness between Moran and Folger I* not the only things of Its kind among the the star end of the j riders. The feeing against the for elgnera—the French-Italian team of Vanoni and Breton and the Gcorget brothers by the American rider*, t came fntense today. The America have become almost sure there Is 3; combination among the Italian ami the 0 Ell Ranslck. maimnw of the An- O j three Frenchmen to work together, and O gu*ta South Atlantic League team, O j "do" the American*. O yesterday signed (Miff Rhelnhard, O! Vanoni and Leon George! were al- O of the Kentucky Colonels. Rhein- 01 WttVH paired and on the rtack w hen S nfomue. 0 ™ d . w,™ hu”flm g ‘hey left Breton end the other George, O year hi the minor league*, as he O! would always take up the pace. When- 0 ha* heretofore refused to leave 0 j ever an effort was made to cut down O «'Incinnatl, and hi* capture by O j t | le | r leilf | they worked together to S E«n.*“ n b »fn q *S«re h r” S " P 0 O their wonderful pace. O00000O00O0OO000000OOO0OO0! At II o'clock the tit «*t five leaders — were Breton. Leon Gcorget. Root. Nam- uelson and Downey. Shortly before 10 Of Course— nan MADE THE STANDARD OF PURITY. k Blvtoti set out to relieve hi* partner. Vanoni. who had been riding since 8 a. m. and had allowed the epcedy Frenchman. Leon Georget, to set the pace. As the riders ►tatted to sprint a cheer came from the crowd for Johnny Bedell and Root. Floyd McFarland’s team-mate, forged ahead to the front. Their lead was only temporary, however, fsr Breton tresh from r. two-hour's rest, again took the lead. As he got to the front something flashed m the dim light, hurled from the galelry on the Twen ty-seventh etiect side of the garden. It narrow!/ missed Rutt and Bedell, who were pressing Breton closely, and fell among the spectators In the arena. The inissle proved to bo a horn handled ! n imm inc knife, with i,la,about nine Bargains in unredeemed Du- inches long. Who threw it, or withiQionds. Confidential loans on vaj. what Intent »t wa* thrown . It I* irr«- / uabICS. learned that a stonily built, swarthy skinned man left tne gallery In the excitement following the incident. 11 A. M. Score; All 688-1. except Walthour and Bedell, 688 even. Record 715 miles made by McFarland and Kikes in 1900. GREAT GOLFER WINTERS HERE James Maiden, one of America's b«*i golfer*, has arrived In Atlanta and wilt spend the winter In the city. Maiden is Alex Smith’s assistant at the Nassau Country* Club, where Smith spends the summers. Titrough Smith’* advice, he has decided to winter In At lanta and will give lessons and repair clubs at the local course. Malden (s a wonderfully good golfer. In Hmtth’s opinion he is the equal of any In America and he proved his ability by finishing third in the last open championship. Likewise lie won the Ohio professional championship, where he led Berte Way and a field of good players by eighteen stroke*. Maiden I* an added attraction for the local golf course and with him and with Smith playing in Atlanta this winter, there will be some good golf stirring. Billy Alexander, the utility man who was with Memphis two years ago. I* Interlng In San Antonio. He played last season with the Austin club. Wiley Platt, the ex-Nashville pitch- r. may soon lose hi* wife—by divorce. She charges cruelty and desertion. Piatt could never get along with his teammates and quite likely found the same difficulty with his wife. The Birmingham Baseball Associa tion Is attempting to get hold of the' new fair grounds to use as a park next season. The New York Nationals will be ubout the same club next season that It was last, and the one before. Me- n, at first. In suite of reports to the contrary; no changes at second and third; maybe Shay* the Califor nian, will get may Hannlfan, er. It Is doubtful If either of the new comers can displace the present In cumbent. In the outfield no changes are contemplated. Ferguson Is the only new man slated for a try with the old Giant pitcher*. Clark Griffith want* two t wirier* for his Highlanders and Is figuring on Case Patten, of Washington, and George Mullin, of Detroit. It will be a hard Job handling theso men, but here's guessing that Griffith can do It. The coming baseball season Is going to find more ball players in condition at the opening thnn was ever known before. The ball player has come to look upon fat as a leper does the first signs of the dreaded disease. Accumulation of fat Is the beginning of the downfall of all ball players, and these knights of the diamond have come to realize It in a forcible man ner. It means a gradual drop from his high estate to days without fame and a decrease in salary.—New York Even- ing World. Mike Finn has gone back to New England for two of his Little Rock players—Fred Lake, catcher and first baseman of the Lynn and New Bed ford teams of the New England League, and Page, third baseman of the Man chester-Lawrence team. Mobile seems much pleased with the prospect of having Bernlc McCay as their leader next season. The Mobil* correspondent of The Sporting News writes: "The signing of Bernie McCay jh manager of the Mobile team was a wise move on the part of the local official*. President Ingo and his associate* an not In the game merely for what then is In It, and are determined to give tin people the best that Is to be had. No better selection could have been made and surely none could have delighted the hearts of the cranks here more than tho gathering in of this aggressive player. "McCay was badly handicapped last season with Baton Rogue. On ac count of the very poor attendance throughout the season he was com pelled to have the cheapest team In the league, though it must be confessed far from the worst. The Cajans were In the lead for quite a while, but nftei a hard struggle were finally overtaken "The new’ manager was quite n fa vorite here the past season. Beside* be ing an expert Infielder, he 1* regarded n- a dangerous man to pitch to. His aver age of .271 does not do him Justb*. most of his blngles coming at oppor tune times. He will find Ideal condi tions here, and It Is up to hlni to mak- good. Here's hoping that he does.” PLAN OPEN TOURNAMENT FOR LOCAL GOLF COURSE NAT KAISER & CO. Inve 1 15 Decatur St Kimball Kona*. The biggest thing in the way of win ter activity among the golfers of tin* middle South promises to he a profes sional tournament played over the course of the Atlanta Athletic Club. With a good-sized purse up probably n dozen of the best professional golfers In the country would he attracted n> Atlanta for the event. The Idea grew out of the promise of the Atlanta Athletic club tq get up r four-cornered professional match for Alex Smith’s benefit some time during his stay In Atlanta. While talking of this matter Smith suggested that the affair he made an open tournament and some of the beet professionals of the country be brought here for the event. He figured that the deal could he put through for $300 and as $250 was raised for a two-man match it I* certain that $300 or more j would he subscribed for a two-day pro- j fesslor.nl match, which would bring i together In Atlanta some of the best j golfer* In America. Two men who would certainly be the j features of the event would be the twe local pros. Alex Smith and Jam** Maiden. Then Simpson, the Memphis golfer, would certainly come over '>• the event and so would Nichols. Hu Nashville Instructor, who Is one of the best players In the country. Among the other players who would very likely come to Atlanta for the open event would be J. D. Tucker, the r«oufsvKle pro: Thompson, of Birming ham: Thomas Hucknall, of Savannah: | Charles Johnson, of Thomasvllle; per haps Jamie Simpson, of Little Rook; G. Hey noble, of Asheville, ami L«u.i* A uditerleenfc. Such an event as this would nffo*J j great pleasure to the golfing membe-s of the Atlanta Athletic Club and would he a boost for the new course such us could he secured In no other why. Perhaps ulso a caucus of the profes sional talent which would be on hand for the event would help the club tn settling the now vexatious question . f the changes in the new course. The annual meeting of the National League takes place toil ay at the Vic toria Hotel, New York. If the |>ersonal differences bet wet Pulliam come to will probubly be a lively one. gO0OOO0O00O0O000O000OOOOOT o ALL-SOUTHERN ELEVEN, © O o 0 (Nash Buckingham, in Coinmot- o O dal Appeal. O Stone,' |. e Sew am c 0 O Pritchard, I. t Vanderbilt 0 O Elmer, I. g Vanderbilt © 0 Conner, center* Mississippi © 0 Chorn, r. g. Vanderbilt © O Stone, r. t. ......Vanderbilt 0 O B. Blake, r. e. ...? Vanderbilt © 0 Costen, quarter Vanderbilt © 0 Craig, r. h Vanderbilt © O 1>. Blake, I* It Vanderbilt © O Mauler, full Vanderbilt © O © OU00000000000000000000003" The International Hockey L*agm begins It* season of 1906-7 today. Ti•• circuit this year Is the same a* l**«- and the schedule calls for 60 gHine* Messis. Brush and | The Canadian Soo, Michigan So... <\il- lieatl the meeting I umet, Houghton and Pittsburg wak’* i up the league. DIAMONDS. In L'onueetion with our business we have addetl a stock of DIAMONDS, bought direct from the IM PORTERS for cash. 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