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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1906.-
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Garden’s Hoodoo Curve Gets Another Victim
BIKE RACE CLAIMS
ANOTHER VICTlIi
PERCY H. WHITING.
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
BY PERCY H. WHITING.
Hollister Probably Fatally Injured and Others
Hurt in Spill at Garden—Walthour
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Escapes Practically Uninjured.
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N.w York, Doe. 13.—Tho went eolliolon that hao occurred since tho
beginning of tho eix-day race grind at Madison Square Garden took place
a few minutes after 7 o'clock today. .
One rider, Hollister, is probably fatally injured, while Folgor, Matt
Downey, Root, Bobby Walthour, Clarke, Wiley, Rutt, Vanoni, and Emil
Goorget are more or loss seriously injured and 5 of them will probably not
enter the race again this ysar.
Walthour, while badly shaken up, was not seriously injursd and was
abls to continue with tho raoo.
While tho men wore spinning at a mils a minute gait, Root, who had
Just rsllsvsd his partnsr, Folgor, oterted on a hair-raising sprint.
Whlls Folgor was attsmptlng to leave the track, his whssl collidsd
with that of Matt Downey throwing him into tho crowd.
Hollister, following closely behind Downey, struok him and was thrown
headlong against ths top of tho trsok. His hsad struck tho post with a
crash and his limp body foil upon tho track.
Tho other riders following close behind struck him one after another and
all wont down In a heap. Hollister is unconscious, and blooding from a
dossn wounds. Ha was carried to a cot.
Dr. Creamer, who examined his wounds, said that ho could not live. Ho
is suffering from a fraoturo of tho skull, tho ribs are broken and he is
suffering internal injuries.
Matt Downey waa rendered unconscious, as were also Folgsr, Stol, Rutt,
Wiley, Clerk and Gsorgot.
It is said by Dr. Creamer and several other physicians who mads ox-
aminations of the man who wore in tho aeeidont, that three are probably
fatally injured.
riders were many as they could from the garden.
With drawn cluhs they descended upon
the crowd and literally tieat their way
through the howling mob.
The race was stopped and It was
thought for a time that it would not
be continued. An ambulance was
quickly summoned from the hospital
and reserves of tho Tenderloin station
were hurried to the garden.
Race Is Rssumsd.
At 10:10 o'clock Walthour and Be
dell were still off the track.
An hour and a halt after the big spill
tho riders again appeared on the track
and the race was officially begun.
Jimmy Moran, of Boston, appeared
on the track suffering from shock nnd
seemingly very nervous. The riders
appalled nt the accident, which cost
several of them severe Injury nnd near,
ly their lives, took things easy and
opened all about the trnck nt very slow
pace.
Tho men to appear were Breton,
Clark, Ix>gnn, Moran, Snmuelson, Van.
derstuyft, Bedell, Wiley, Downing, Root,
MncKarland, Coffey and Leon Geor-
fSt.
Never before In the history of tha
six-day races has an uorldont occur-
red In which so many have been dis
abled.
At the time of the accident there
were 10,000 |>erxnnx In the garden and
the police marvel that there were not
many killed In tho panic which fol
lowed.
The score when the nccldent Itnp-
K ned was: Root and Folger 1424-7,
>wnoy ami Moran 1424-7. Vander-
stuyft and Htn| 1424-7. Macdonald and
Coffey 1424-7, Breton and Vanoni
1424-7, Hamurlson and Hollister 1424-7,
Mottling and Logan 1424-7, 'Hopper
and Ikiwnlng 1424-7, tlalvln and Wiley
1424-7. Rutt and MucKnrland 1424-7,
Pye nnd Clark 1424-7. (leorget nnd
(leorget 1424-7, Walthour nail Bedell
1424-ti.
Record 17,67 miles, nine laps, made
So do the
The public wanted shorter baseball schedules,
ball players.
But the tuognls have voted in fnvor of the old begin-in-
March-and-run-nntil-Decembcr affair. “We have to pay our ball
players for 154 games,” they say, “so let them play.”
And next spring we shall have the old, sad farce of games
played in'dnow storms. And the championship games will run
over into the late fall once more, and may be played with tlio
thermometer somewhat below zero.
The public can go to ball games or not, just as it pleases, and
as usual it pleases to go to the whole 154, all the champion
ship games, and then a few.
The president of the American League gets $15,000 a year,
instead of $10,000, and he earns it, all right.
imMhftl Into n thousand pieces and
strewed along the track for many
yard*.
It wax owing to the possibility of
Much an accident taking place that
thousands of jienplo remained In tho
garden wont of the time.
The Herman team la practically out
.of the rare. Hamuelson, Hollister's
partner, says that he will not continue
unless Hollister can ride with him.
This Is an Impossibility and the Mor
an team will give notice of retire
ment.
It Is said the police will step In and
refuse to allow the race to continue.
The enmity that existed between Fol
ger nnd Moran It Is aaid will go far
toward clearing up the mystery as to
who was really responsible for the
collision.
Folgor, limping nnd bleeding from a
fearful gash on the head, broke away
from his tminers who had carried him
In a dosed condition to his cainp and
returned to the track half undressed,
crying like a child and threatening to
kill Moran on sight. Several police
men and his trainers forced their way
through the crowd that gathered about
him and finally forced him to retire to
his training quarters.
PANIC IN GARDEN.
The spectators were thrown Into a
a panic. Women fainted nnd screamed
at the sight of the mangled fonns on
the track.
Spectators left their seats nnd made
a mad scramble to reach the exits.
In the scramble many of the women
fainted mid were trampled upon. Cries
Ilf anguish could be heard from all
parts of the garden. Men fought and
kicked, while the women screamed and
I>egged to l»e taken from tho garden.
Police reserves on duty on the outside
were summoned in haste and drove a*
LAP IS STOLEN FROM
B0BBYHIS OPPONENTS
By Marvelous Spurt Atlanta Rider Recovers
Lost Lap. But Officials Do Not
Allow It.
We received a letter Thursday morning from our old college
chum, Billy Smith. It was written on fancy linen paper, and at
the top were life-like portraits of the Waldorf, the Astoria and
the Bellevue-Stratford. William did not mention at which of
the hyphenated combinations he was stopping, but his letter read
as follows:
“Dear Sir: The Constitution of Sunday morning published a
statement about me. I wish you would state I was not interviewed
by arty Washington newspaper man. Yours truly,
“BILLY SMITH, Mgr. B. B. C.”
Tho Washington bureau of The Constitution will please con
sider itself squelched.
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The six-day bike race this year has been one long string of
accidents.
The Hoodoo Curve bus again been stained with the blood of
riders, and the people who have been waiting around the Garden
in the hope of an accident have been satisfied.
Atlanta is glad that Bobby Walthour escaped practically un
injured..
“Four-Year Rule" Does Not
Operate Until Fall of ’08
ll npprnra that there are some football
enthusiasts In the city, says tlio Nnehvllle
Danner, who do not umlorntaud thoroughly
the real status of affairs brought about by
the passage of the four-year rule. Tho rule
will go luto effect In llaiS; In other word*,
men who have played ou n college ton in for
four yeara ending this past sen son will bo
allowed the beneflt of the old rule for next
year, and will still be eligible. This, of
courae, mllowa Pritchard to play another
year, provided, of courao, he returns to
school, which now seoma rather Improbable.
in this connection It might he stated thnt
there la considerable uncertainty an to whnt
members of the team will return next hou-
son. Among this list, beside* Pritchard,
ore t’rulg. Stone nutl Chorn. It would, of
courae, 1m? a hard blow to the supporters
of the Gold nml Black to think of leaving
out either of these, but nevertheless It re-
tiinius n fact thnt they msy not get back.
Here hi tho Mouth several stars have
Unshed forth their flnul rays, so far as foot
ball In concerned. Out nt Vanderbilt the
team will lose ex-Captaln Dan Blake for
certain. Dan has played ou the team five
years, and waa easily one of the star bocks
of the season. Ills place will be open, and
It In not unlikely that some new man may
P >t the position. Then, ns stated above,
ritchnrd, Craig, Stone and Chorn nre all
by Miller anil Waller In 1899.
HOW FIGHT 8TARTED.
The Moran-Fogler feud 1* supposed
to have had something to do with the
awful spill In the garden Thursday
morning.
Here I* what a New York exchange
had to say about the fight between tho
two men, which took place Tuesday;
"Bitterness and enmity more Intense
than any which has ever before char
acterised u six-day race developed and
lent an added Interest to the nerve-
racking grind. In view of the fact that
not until about the third day can any
one ‘dope* tho winners, tho light be
tween Patsy Moran, of Boston, ami
Fogler. of "the Utile Old New York
team." was the feuture.
Tho Moran-Fogler battle occurred
... the dressing room. Moran last
year alleged he was Illegally pocketed
In the race, ami has borne u deep
grudgo against certain contestants cv *r
wince. In the height of his anger In
the dressing room he announced that
he could ‘lick any this and thnt In
New York/
"Fogler entered. Home words wero
passed. Moran made a swift swing
(or Fogler’* Jaw, but tho jaw dodged.
Moran was pummeled and slammed
around the room for about ten minutes.
Fair piny was assured by tho other
rider*. Moran ’died game' nt the count.
He was thoroughly exhausted, and tho
blood dripped from his face.”
HOW A FEUD ENDED.
A fact not generally known in At-
lanta except among the close friends of
Walthour was that he and Johnny Be
dell, with whom he teamed when his
partner, McLean, was put out of busi
ness. were for years the bitterest en
emies. Just how the 'quarrel between
men started I* not known, but
,M> °n on anything but friend-
or a very long time.
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is lower.
$6.50.
50 straight and combination
Book Cases and Desks. Our
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an innovation, but makes the
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days.
Exactly Like Cut.
We challenge comparison in
Music Cabinets. We have 75 in
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and regular $10 size, only
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Walter J. Wood Co.
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the tun
they ha
ly term*
uncertainties, and the return of candidates
in tho fall may And the Comtnodoro ranks
rather badly deploted.
Up at Sfetvanee it Is probable that most of
tho aquad will return. Broog may ho out,
ns may ex-Captolu George Watkins, but
most of the other members nre practical
certainties. In tho hack field Captain Bar
rett, Bhlpp and Markloy are all regarded
as almost sure to return. Scarborough may
not bo In, but Elnele will be on band.
Down at Georgia Tech, Drown has proba
bly played his last game. lie ha* not play
ed tho full limit, but It was after consid
erable persuasion thnt he was Induced to
go back Inst season, nnd from this it seems
that ho may bo out for good. Alabama
will also lose her rttnr halfback, Dunks,
llurks was a valuable man, and regarded by
some as one of tho best in the Mouth. He
scored nil tho points In the Auburn game,
making a touchdown and kicking n field
goal. Situs is nuotber Alabaman who will
doubtless l»e seen no more. He wns a quasi-
student only during the past season, and ns
tueh wo* challenged by the Auburn tnnnn-
ger. so It 1s ii4*l likely that the big fellow
will be seen again on tlio Tuscaloosa teutn.
SOME SIX-DAY CYCLISTS
New York, N. Y., Dec. IS.—Bobby
Walthour, after one of the most sensa
tional spurts of the grind, at n. in.
today caught hts rivals napping, and
by a fearful hurst of speed lapped tho
other riders.
Seeing that Walthour had gained the
lap MacFarlutul deliberately tumbled
from his wheel without Injury to him
self or his machine, thus forcing the
Judges to display the red Hag denot
ing under the rules that he had been
deprived of the hard-earned victory by
MaeFarland'a tumble.
Walthour, angered by tho thought >f
having this victory snatched from him.
protested angrily to the Judges and
said that unless the lap was given him
he and lilt team mate would withdraw
from the race. The thousands of spec
tators who swarmed to the Harden fol-
hooted and for a lime
the official* with bodily
b»wlng the catastrophe early iti the day, gaining the la
biased and
threatened
harm.
The crowd which assumed enormous
proportions was finally driven away by
the reserves.
Heveral of tho riders. Hoot, Coffey
and MacFarland, after hearing the pro
test of Walthour, refused to ride. They
were finally prevailed upon t*. re-enter
the race.
Cries of ••fake," “robbers'’ and other
similar remarks broke from the spec-
tators when the score was posted, still
showing thnt Walthour was one lap be
hind.
It looks Indeed a* If there was a
well-planned plot on hand on the part
of the other riders to do altimst any
thing. no matter what, to keep this
plucky little American champion from
Of Course
THE STANDARD OF PURITY.
J
H. C. PULLIAM
IS RE-ELECTED
LONG FIGHT ON NATIONAL’8
PRESIDENT ENOS IN FIERCE
FIZZLE.
VIVA
New York, Dec. 13.—The Natlonul
League has re-elected Harry Pulliam
ns president of the league for the en
suing year.
The hot fight on Pulliam, led by John
T. Brush and the New York club,
proved of no avail and the only nega
tive vote waa cast by Brush. Garry
Herrman, acting for Cincinnati, did not
vote, but he gave hi* asstirance that If
Pulliam wus elected he would have the
support of Cincinnati.
John Heydlir, private secretary to
President Pulliam, wns chosen secreta
ry and treasurer. The following board
of directors wns elected:
Burney Drey fuss, Pittsburg; C. K.
KbbettH, Brooklyn; Garry Herrmann,
( incinnatl; Charles W. Murphy, of Chi-
vago. and George R. Dovey. of Boston.
A committee on constitution was ap
pointed. consisting of Brush. Hermann
ami Fbhetts. while Dreyfus*. Hanlon
und Murphy were named a committee
on playing rules.
The league voted in favor of a 154-
game schedule.
QUIET TIME
AT MEETING
THE AMERICAN LEAGUE MEETS,
ELECT8 SOME OFFICERS AND
RAISES A 8ALARY.
Chicago, III., Dec. 13.—The American |
League In annual session liere yestei-
dsy had a harmonious time of it. Pres
ident Johnson’s salary- was rained ft'"' 11
$10,000 a year to $15,000 a year, a vote
In favor of the 154-game schedule wa-
recorded and Charley Hummer*,
Cleveland, was elected vice president.
The iMUiimnt was formally awarded '•»
Chicago.
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ON VALUABLES.
15 D.calur St. Kimball Horn*.
Bargains in' Unradaamad Diamond!
DIAMONDS
These pictures show Downing
and Hoppsr, tho Wild West tsam,
storting for a long spin over ths
roads in the vicinity of Newark,
where they trained for tho six-day
race, and Guignerd, the famous
French sprinting cyclist, who has
ridden 59 miles 130 1*2 yards in 60
minutes behind a motor. Guig-
nard is bsing held by Coburn,
trainor of ths foreign riders in the
six-day race. From loft to right
tho men ero Hardy Oowning, Nor
man C. Hopper, Paul Guignerd and
Trainer Coburn.
In connootion with our business wo have add-
od a .stork of DIAMONDS, bought direct from
tho IMPORTERS for rash. Wo propose selling
thorn on a very oloso margin of profit, cheaper
perhaps, than they ran ho bought elsewhere, ami
then, besides. IF t DESIRED, THEY MAY BE
PAID FOR IN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS.
To the average Young Man or Woman thorn
is no better INVESTMENT or SAVINGS
BANK than the purchase of a DIAMOND.
ATLANTA DISCOUNT CO.
JOS. N. MOODY, President.
817-818 CENTURY BUILDING.
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