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: i *0 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN - , TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1906. Some Spy From Sport’s Big Waterfall • •EDITED BY Ij PEROT H. WHITING, j •••••••< LIGHTWEIGHTS WHO ARE MATCHED TO FIGHT BASKET BALL FRIDAY NIGHT NO GAME SATURDAY, A8 PLAY ER8 WANT TO SEE VALE PERFORM.' The buket ball tames at the Y. M. C. A. this week win be played on Fri day night Instead of Saturday. This change la made In order that the play- erg may witness the Yale-Atlanta Ath letic Club basket ball contest. The schedule for Fridas’ night will bring the Y'a against the M's and the C's against the A’s. The standing of the league at pres ent Is: Teams. Won. M’s I Lost 1 PLAYING BALL IN DRILL HALL Special to The Georgian. Augusta, da., Dec. II.—An Indoor baseball league has been organized In Augusta which will probably continue until the first of next March. ' The games are played tn the armory drill hall. The league Is comprised of eight tennis and a very lively and very Inter esting race. Is expected. H. H. Morris, a prominent fan, Is president of the league, and is doing all In his power to make It a success. Andy Roth, former ly of-the Augusta baseball team, Is a prominent manrln the league. Buck’s Ranges The best present you could give your family would be a fuel-saving Buck’s Range. It will be the best invest ment you ever made. Fuel-saver, fine baker, quick water heater, easy to oper ate. Buy a Buck’$ and your stove troubles are over, for you know we Guarantee Them to Be Just Right. Just as well have the best. Will lessen your fuel bill every day in the year and insure perfect cooking. O0O0000O00000000000000000O O NA8HVILLE CLUB O O DEFEATED 8EWANEE. O O Special to The Georgian. O O Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 18.—Se- v g wanee’s basket ball -team lost to 0 the Nashville Athletic Club team 0 O last night by a score of 18 to 0. O O Christmas night the Nashville 0 O Athletic Club bunch will play Yale 0 here. <1 000000OOOOOOO0OO0OOOO000OO Your order for a Range or Stove will be promptly executed. The holiday rush is not allowed to interfere with our store business. ORDER TODAY. WALTER J. WOOD CO 103-5-7-9-11 WHITEHALL STREET. Guess the prospects for Atlanta’s baseball team next spring look pretty miserable, not Tech Faculty Puts Limit on Length of Baseball Season Looks like Atlanta for the last division t No, once moref 00000000000000000000000000 o o O BROOKLYN AFTER O The great and glorious time for winning pennants in the Hot Air league has not yet arrived. We always put off the official announcement that "our” team has won the pennant until Little Rook has come forward with a aimilar claim. For that time ia, alwaye sufficiently early. 6 C. H. Ebbets, of the Rrooklyn 0 O team, has written Billy Smith O In the spring. Smith does not O know yet whether he will be able 0 - to play them or not. But honest now, Bo, doesn’t it look like a pennant winner ffom. heijf. Sid Smith, the best in the Southern, Sweeney, the heat in the South Atlantic, and O’Leary, the best of tho Western Associa tion crowd—these men for catchers. Zeller, Sparks, Childs, Harley, Raymond, Ford, Spade and Schopp for pitchers. An infield picked from the following collection of celebri ties: James Fox, Otto Jordan, Whitey Morse, Neal Ball, Larry Hoffman and Bill Dyer. An outfield which will contain throe of the following stars: Wallace, Winters, Paskert and Beeker. If:yon are a good.baseball fan and can read-that list-and ■till feel .pessimistic'over the outlook,'go to a dootor. You’re out of order someway. , »•' 'That outfield'can hit',300 every day in the week, all season long. ' The infield will again,contain Jim Fox at first and Otto Jbrdan. at second, the <best men in their, positions in the league last; year and the pick' of.Your moro , men, , all of. them good- enough for any team in the league. Bchipd - the- bat the Atlanta team' will be in a class by itself. Sid Smith will certainly lead the league at catching. As for pitchers—well,' figure it out for yourself. • ■ • • : They look pretty good to.us. ; . PART OF SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR VANDERBILT BALL TEAM Special to The Georgian. * Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 18.—At a meeting of - the Vanderbilt Athletic - Association last night baseball games for 1(07 ware announced as fol lows: April 4, 5 and 6—Alabama, at Tuscaloosa. , . . April 18, 1(, SO—Cumberland .University, at Nashville. April 15, 28 and 27—Georgia Tech, at Nashville. May t, 10 and 11—Sewanee, at Nashville, May 8 and 4—Sewanee, at Sewanee. Ed Palmer was elected manager of the football team of 1(07: Owsley Manlar, the star fullback.. Is manager of the Vanderbilt baseball team, - Of Course— fnrsH <CHE STANDARD OF PURITY. The Tech baseball season will be . shorter next spring than ever before. DATE8 IN ATLANTA. 0-|Only nineteen games will be played, one a double-header. This limiting of the number of base ball battles Is a result of the action of the Tech faculty, which ruled against an excessive number of games. Even then, however, a fine schedule has been framed up, and lovers of college sport will have the pleaaure of witness ing some Interesting games next year. In order to play ns many different teama as possible, the exhibition game which Tech has been In the habit of -laying with both Mercer and Georgia has been eliminated, and only three games will be played with these two Institutions, these games counting in the race for the championship of the state. With few exceptions, the teama which will be played are those which In post years have played n part In the contest for the championship of the South, and as a consequence It will probably be easy to determine just how Tech will stand when final honors come to NELSON WANTS ANOTHER BOUT New York, Dec. 18.—"Nelson Is rcnily to meet Gamut nny time after Ills return from Europe, lie will fight him at ring ■Ule at 133 pounds before the club offering the beat Inducement a. He will light ‘win tier take nil,' or apllt tho money any Onus wnuta; thnt la, on n percentage luiala of ao much to the winner or lose#. (Sana can not have a bonua, but any aide bet be wanta." Thla waa the statement of Hilly Nolan Nelaon'a manager, prior to aallliig ou tho Celtic for Sfurope. Nelson Is to follow his manager within two weeks. Nolan said that Tonopnh would give 130,000 for the Wtle, and that a tow n In Texas had offe ed 135,000. "ALL-AMERICAN” CALLED A "FARCE” The editor, of the North Goorgln Citizen of Dalton took a few minutes off the other day to pay*his respects to the men wh- pick all-American football teams and Ig nore Southern players. Here, In part, was what-he had to aay: "The time-has come when noted football authorities In the North make up their ‘all American* football team, and It Is a notice able fact that, no matter what kind of a team the South produces, there la never n man placed on the • 'all-American* by these so-talled football authorities. f."Th* Vanderbilt. team .of this year wna the greatest ever turned out from any Southern Institution. Hy the playing of the .famous Blake brothers, Manlcr, Craig. Stone,: and others the mighty Carlisle In dian team bit the dust to tho tune of 4 to Michigan was held to 10 to 6. Thla was the only team to win from the Commo- doree. Yet Chadwick has picked his 'all- American* and not n single Vanderbilt man waa chosen. Will there never bo a Southern college player strong. enough for the 'all-Ameri can)* Let the ‘authorities’ think of that and see If they can't afford’ to* give a few Southerners tttb second team. If they are to keep.up the farce of choosing the teams from only Northern, I’ttutMUl IUV irauia ■iwiu via./ nuuuci u, Eastern and Western colleges, they should at Iraat rail the team chosen the ‘All-North- ern-Eastern-Western Team* Instead of the 'all-American.' where a Southern Institution Is never represented." , BASEBALL NOTELET8. i. New York, Dec. 18.—George B. Do- ; vey, the new owner of the Boston Na- : tlonals, sold $3,000,000 worth of street I cars In a year. Boston fans are figur ing on how many dollars worth of baseball he can dispose of In six ; months. Jack J)un con have the Baltimore managerial berth for the asking. He wilt ask for It all right, and will make gti.ul. too. NAT KAISER 4 CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 15 Decatur St. Kimball House. Bargain, In Uniwdtemtd Diamond,. be awarded. Last »ea«on, a* will be remembered. Tech won the champion- »htp of Georgia and tho South In a hair-raising flnlsh with Georgia, the crowd which witnessed the final game being the largest which ever turned out to s,e Southern college baseball teams contest. The exact attendance thnt day was 8,848. Tech will have Just eleven games other colleges In Atlanta next season, while eight game, will be play diamonds. ed on foreign diamonds. The faculty limit on game. Is eighteen, but the extra game le allowed on account of the fact that a double-header will be played with Sewanee on April 20. Tho following la the corrected sched ule as given out by Professor Randle, who Is the head of athletics at Tech; Y. M. C. A/s Professional Ranks High Among American Golfers March 80—Mercer, In Atlanta. . April 3—Georgia. In Athens. April 5 and 8—Clemson, In Atlanta. April 12 and 13—Mercer, In Macijn. header on April 20. April 25, 28 and 27—Vnnderbllt, In Nashville. May 3 and 4—Furman, In Atlanta. May 10 anti 11—Auburn, In Auburn. Mny 17 and 18—Georgia, In Atlanta. Week-Long Session of Poker Planned by Hew Orleans Sports By J.,6. A. MAC DONALD. Now Orioniin, Ln. t Dec. 11—A monster poker g.iino, which la to run for n week ton day*. In being planned for this city for some time right after the com ing holidays. For years, "Bob’* Tucker, "Hilly" Odell, Alphonse Fontlllcu, "Hoi" Lichtenstein mid other Idg stake gamblers have gathered here nt some period In the long winter for a siege of faro and draw. The "lid* 1 Is off here this winter, nnd some staggering |H»ker Is !>clng played nightly at every one of the large down town hotels and clubs; In fact, poker, Uke roller skating, is feeing a great revival. Two 1 o<taI clubs, which could not accom modate the faro ploy »a*t winter, are now catering-exclusively to |»okcr devotees. Thousntuls of dollars change hands weekly In the big games now running. But the real great tourney being arranged will be a corker from all accounts, for a number of the biggest aud most darlug poker play ers In the country will participate. "Jack" Ktnndlsb, who conducted the no- limit millionaires’ game at Tabu Beach, last winter, Is promoting the Idea. Late this week he received a letter from atogs last August "Bob" Tucker took down $90,000 In two nights' sitting, saying he would be on hand anxious to have a come-back at Tucker, llnrry Stover will come all the way from Frisco for the week's piny. Other prospective pnrtlel pants are "Cap" Bradley, of Ht. Paul, Minn.; Theo Barrett, of New York, and "Jake" Sanders, of Toronto, Canada, fa mous on two continents for their nldllty with the deck. It Is though#' Stnndlsh’s Men of a high stake poker carnival for the foremost professionals of the country Is uulque. It has never been done before. The last real smart gambling New Orleans saw was two winters ago when’Lichtenstein, the New York bookmaker, tossed off over $30,000 In a couple of sittings playing bank In one of the exclusive down-town clubs. "Dike" Danahcr, old-time pal of Jcre Dunn and one of the few of the famous Mississippi river professional card-playing brigade of twenty years ago, Is here on the Job. According to the gossip of the Nt. Charles hotel corridors, be enjoyed a tine break at the Dixlamt Club recently, when he bent the bank for a small for tune. Never before In the history of win ter racing In this city have so niauy cel- ehrst<*l gamblers rendeavoused In town as Is now the case. Schopp First Atlanta Player To Sign Contract For 1907 Chrli Croihjv the profeaalonal toiler trho will here chnrte of the Atlentn Young Men’. ChrUtlnn Aaioclatlon'a golf conne at Piedmont perk during the win ter, le one of the moet promising of the fast frowlng clou of American professional golfers. Crosby's home Is In Rost Ornnge, N. J., nml he lenrnod the game on the many ex cellent "Jersey” courses. Boverol years ngo, when a mere boy, Crosby came to Atlanta to take charge of tho course of the Atlanta Golf Club at Tledmont park. He apent nearly two year* giving lessons, taking care of tbs courts, and Incidentally Improving his own game. When he left Atlanta he went to New York, and there took part In the open championship over the Van Conrtlnndt park course. To the surprise of all but hla At lanta hackers, he made a phenomenally good ■bowing nnd tied for fourth place. At vnrlous times, Crosby hsa served aa professional at the Arwlsle Golf Club, of Newark, the course at Paul Smlth'a In the Adirondack,, and the Mouth Orange Field Club. Thnt Crosby will have a busy winter la a certainty. Though the Young Slen'a Christian Aaaoclntlon has a number of ant- dans gotfen, It also haa aomethlng orn fifteen hundred tnemben who do not gnl- but many of whom will bo glad to Iwto tbs game'. Crosby will make a moderate char*. f..f giving lessons, and will probably bnv. ill he wants to do In that line. All members of the Young Men’s Clirk- tlnn Association who wish to piny golf. * any non-msmbera who wish to secure lb. privileges of tho course, are ssknl to com municate with Phyalcal Director Weenie A small fea will be charged to all player, In order to defray the expenses of keel ing np the course. BRIEF NOTE8 OF SPORT. Jimmy Callahan haa flooded his hall park In Chicago and will operate nn Ice skating rink this winter. Jeetua Is the bury klj nowadays. It Is whispered In Colnmbm, Ohio, that several tempting oBera for llert Blue, ihr catcher, have been turned down lately. Perhaps Jack Thoney, of Toronto, will he back In ltocheater m-it season. A few ’’ears ngo Jsck put In pnrt of a season trltlt be New York Americans. New Orleans Is Money Mad; Fierce Betting on Races New Orleans. Dec. 18.—The city Is eeelng a money carnival euch as never before prevailed here. Deeplte the fact of no fewer than forty-two book-mak ers having done business on one single day last winter when the Fair Grounds and the City Park plants ran In opposi tion. there seems to be more money In circulation now with but one course operating at a time arid about an aver age of twenty-five book-makers In line. The average wager Is larger than last year. Undoubtedly "Sam" Hildreth In missed, but “Bob" Tucker and the Ber- lew-O'Nelll confederacy Is Infusing a lot of New York money Into the game. For a downright, slapdash gambler on thla winter race-horae proposition there Is no one like Tucker. He bets on every race, and he plays them to the skies. Only that he has enjoyed one or two good breaks during the mid dle part of the year he would be broke now. He la destined to be a power here this winter. He haa on two books and controls the running of a well-bal anced and powerful stable of horses. Tucker bet aa much as 882,000 In one afternoon at Saratoga last Augipf. while he won 828,000 In a day's radnr at the September meeting at Coney Island. He bet 84,000 on a 6 to 5choM early this week and lost. All the ring professionals nre talking about the spllt-up between “Billy” Pm> ter, the Canadian soldier of turf for tune, and Tucker. Last winter on the coast they were pals. Porter bet "Tuck’s" money there and continued to do ao all through the New York cir cuit ^hla past summer. Then some thing happened and the two cronlea parted. Porter Is at Los Angeles, Cal, * racing and operating on his ow n ac ; count. Tucker seems to be lost during the long evenings without the quaint Canadian at his elbow. As usual, “Charley" Celia Is making a tr hnnlf Pnntrnrv (n (ilA vntlOfinCM big book. Contrary to the vaporing.- the Celia enemies, the Arm has but onn book on. They are not dominating tna^ bourse by any manner of mean.' require all their Immense wealth and cunning ability to stay with the hot pace set by the market Itself. From every Indication New Orleans In going to enjoy the hottest money whirl of Its racing nlstory during tlis next three months. DIAMONDS. The first Atlanta baseball contract for the season of 1807 has been signed. A couple of days ago Grant Schopp, the Ottumwa phenomenon, nelsed his trusty Waterman In his ponderous right and shot It across nn Atlanta contract. Tuesday the contract reach ed Billy Smith's office. Very likely several of the other men who are going to play with Atlanta next season will soon do likewise. How ever. there Is usually a little coyness displayed and now and then a candi date for a job makes a play for a hold up salary. There Is not much trouble along this line in the Southern. Every manager has to keep within hailing distance of the salary limit and he knows Just about what he can afTord to pay each of hla men. 8o It Ut generally a case ..f playing for what the manager offers or quitting basehail. Usually the men prefer to play. Cer tainly they are likely to-ln Atlanta for the Cracker management la as liberal with Its men aa the laws of the league allow. Ynle students are making war' against the -smoke shop" speculators who buy up all the tickets, not only for the big games, but for "theater night" as well. In connection with our busine*s we have added a stock of DIAMONDS, bought direct from the IM PORTERS for cash. We propose selling them on a very close margin of profit, cheaper, perhaps, than they, can be bought elsewhere, and then, besides, IF DESIRED. THEY MAY BE PAID FOR IN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS. To the average Young Man or Woman there is no better INVESTMENT or SAVINGS BANK than the purchase of a DIAMOND. ATLANTA DISCOUNT CO. 817-818 The recent heavyweight "champion ship" fight at Los Angeles was a .«t range affair. The real champion was In the ring all right, but as ref free I and not os; principal, 1 Century Bldg. JOS. N. MOODY, President. mi