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w—1——ww THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19,1906. t UP-TO-DATE NEWS OF SPORTING WORLD NEWS OF EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS BY PERCY H. WHITING. This is of course the closed season for baseball dope, but it is hard not to “fan” a bit now and then, especially just at this ^age of the game. For Billy Smith has practically finished up his team for 1907. Of course he may add a man here and there, but there is not a position on the team at present which is not accounted for by some man who is practically sure to make good. Far different it was a year ago. At that time plenty of men had been signed but most of them were very doubtful proposi tions. Some of them turned out well nnd some didn’t. All the members of the regular team worked well but there were two gaps—center field and third base. And while both-were well filled at odd times last season there were so many changes and so much uncertainty thnt the team was weakened. Already these gaps have been filled for next yenr and no oth ers have developed. With Zeller, Sparks nnd Harley as a nucleus the pitching staff ought to be strong. Billy Smith thinks that Zeller will lead the league next year nnd that Sparks will not be far behind him. Spade promises to make a strong ' member of the Atlanta team. He is one of those steady-ns-n-stone-wall pitchers and when necessary nan go into the outfield nnd stack up with the best at the fielding game. In on* respect the Atlanta team will probably resemble the New Orleans team next year—it will presumably be made up of a smaller number of higher paid men than last year. To get better men higher salaries will be paid. To keep with in the salary limit less men will be employed. That’s the way the Dutch wizard of Pelicanville works it and he does pretty well at this game. . , Such men ns Spade will come in prety well on a team like that. After the New Orleans style he may be called on to play in the outfield now nnd then, but he is the kind who does not mind. Before making our annual selection of a pennant winner we shall wait to hear from the other teams. But they will have to look pretty strong to rank favorite in the future book betting over Atlanta. Charleston’s Football Team Made Up of Famous Performers Special to The Georgian. Savannah, On., Doc. 19.—The manager of the Savannah football team la In receipt of a letter from J. A. Foraytlu*. Jr., the fn- moua Clerason nnd all-Southern end, giving aome Information In regard to the great team which he hnn marshaled at Charleston for the purpose of playing the Invincible Savannah team In Sarannnh on Christina* and New Year's day. One of the most Interesting announce* mints le that Hogan Yancey will be In the Upe-up. Yancey Is a profesalon.»l play er who la regardod here ns the beat football player that ever came here with a team. He Is a ten-second man, and when he once gets an .Inch away from the crowd, there Is no one on n Southern gridiron who can catch him. Porsythe will also bring with hIM hia brother, "Big" Forsythe, for live years on Clotnson, three of which he was an nil- Southern half. Derrick, of this year’s Cleui- st»n team, who was chosen by many ns an all-Southern back, nnd Kotron, of Georgia, have also reported in Charleston for prae tlce. Forsythe bus Mclver nt quarterback, Sndler, formerly nn all-Southern man, and llurke, of Alabama. The Havauoab tram baa tnpfwl tho aerr- Icea of n, C. William*, who coached Clem* •on thfa yaar. Ha arrived this morning. An effort was mode to gat “Pop” Warner, of Cornell, but hla mother waa III, nnd he could uot come. The Savannah team practicing every night by electric light. It la eipectod tfcat thf local team which monta the all atnr team will weigh about 181 pound* fo |he man, and Foraythe’a team will |ie equally hefty. [ •••••••••I ALL THAT'S NEW IN BASEBALL The South Atlantic league nnd the Cot ton States league are both planning to ex- paud to eight-club organisations. Ilnscltall la certainly “on the grow" lu the South. Comlakey, of the worbl’a champions, de clares thnt he proposes to stand pat on hla club for next season. “The band looks good ft* me," said Cotutnle, "so what's the use ©t Unlug up nny new ©uAV Ante-lcagne-tncctlng silence still continues to be dense In nil sources from whence a noise would be significant. The semi-official announcement of what la due to happen baa not yet emanated from the usual source. In the meantime, fans are wondering. One thing Atlanta can count on—our old friend, William Kavanaugh, will tuke a shot at Billy Smith and his habit of pro miscuously suspending baseball players. Tho whole league Is laying for Billy on that proposition. However, It Is hard to gee bow they are to prevent a man from guspcndlug a player for cause. Hilly Smith's dope la thnt the Southern League baseball season will start next •prlng about April 10. Tbat'a as good a day as any,- though the sooner they make It the better. Mike Finn, oue of the Little Itock club, It after a spring date with the Beds, says The Ctncinati Enquirer. “Just want to let you know.” he writes, "that the fool atcries about Nntloual League clubs not being wanted In the South are nil rot." Mike can scarcely Ik* accommodated, at the Bed* will Jump straight home from Marlln-at least, that ts the present In tention. With llurlhurt and t 1ML the Hustlers hard ly need another man behlud the bat Connie Mark's team will play live gamea with New Or lea us. Keep your eyes peeled while you’ro there, Connie. Remember the rubber balls. It will never do to forget the Memphis team when you begin figuring on pennant pros (km* ts for nexf season. Babb had a grent team last yenr, nnd he played It to the limit. The Bluffers finished a lot stronger than they started, and If llahb nnd McCullough can round up n few pitch ers, especially one to take "Dutch" Meb- bsrdt’a place, there wilt be something stir ring over on the bluffs. OOO<h>CKb>OOOOO0OOOOOOOOOOO^ O 8EWANEE LOSES O AT BASKETBALL. O O o O Nashville, Tenn., Dec. lt.—The O O Rewanes basketball team met Its O O second defeat In Nashville this O O week. The Tiger five went against O O the Unverslty of Nashville team O O yesterday and loat by a score of O O 33 to 13. Nashville scored the O O first goal In less than thirty sec- O O onds after play began. O 00000000000000000000000000 O 0 O BROOKLYN PLAYS O O IN CHARLESTON. O O O O Special to The Georgian. O O Charleston, 8. C., Dec. lt.—The O 0 Brooklyn baseball team has asked O O for dates with the local club and O O will play here the last of March O O or the first of April. O O No manager has been selected O O for the team here as yet, but It Is O O likely that the mAtter will be set- O 0 tied In a week or two. O 0 President Petit of the Charles- O O ton club Is non-committal as to the O O prospect that Charlotte and Green- O O vllle will be admitted to the South O O Atlantic league. O O Atlantic longue. 0 00000000000000000000000000 Of Course— THE STANDARD OF PURITY. TWO PUGILISTS OFTEN IN THE LIMELIGHT Tommy Burn, on tho left, Jock O'Brien on the right. These men fought *t Le, Anoel.s for tho heavyweight championship of the world and a pure* of $12,000. The money, by agreement, was dividad to that O’Brien got a 10 per cent bonus; 75 per cent of the remainder went to the winner and 25 per cent to the loser. Burlew-O’Neil Combination Dominates New Orleans Ring 88M8MMM88— SCORING RULES NEED REVISION “When la a baae runner not a base runner?" asks the New York Globe. That le the meat of an argument which went the rgunda last summer, and which waa revived In Chicago this fall when the umpires and other ex perts on the rule* gathered to witness the world's championship games. Tho Globe has received a number of communications In which knotty points In the bneeball ruler arc Involved, and In most case* they deal with the rights and privilege* of bare runnerr. The Globe's recent criticism of the lax method* of *corlng on the two big league circuits ha* alao aroused com ment, numberless Instances of favor itism being pointed out by thore who agree that a committee should over haul some of the rules which do not C0V*r play* which occasionally come up, and that offletal aeorets should be required to conform more closely to the rules. Th« play which caused a discussion as to the rights of bass runnerr came up In Pittsburg last summer. BUI Dah- (e — — on ran ffmn first fo second on a slow grounder to center. Ritchey played the ball behind the bag. Intending to force Dahltn. The runner beat the ball, but Just ns he set foot on the bag the ball struck him on tho knee. A hot ar gument followed. Umpire Johnetone called Dahlen safe, taking the common sense view that a base runner stand ing on a base could not be declared out unless he deliberately allowed -the ball to hit him. Barney Dreyfuss said that ho would have protested the game, but ns Pitts burg won tho Incident was dropped. Conflicting views Jit this play are en tertained by competent judges. Jack -■ i nnd Bill Evans. American umpires, agreed with John stone's decision, holding that a run ner Is Immune when occupying a base. The rules declare a baae runner oul when he Is hit by. a batted ball. Then tho question arise* a* to whether n man on the base Is strictly a base runner except when he Is In motion between bases or not occupying a base. "Silk" O'Loughlln says that he would have called Dahlen out. This is not a fre quent play, but It should be covered by a specific rule. Whether a batsman becomes a. base runner—Is considered "on the base”— at tho time he hits the ball or until ho reaches first base,. Is another mooted question. Chick Stahl loat a bet last summer when Umpires Evans and Connolly decided that a player must reach first base to become a base run ner. They, held that a batter whp Is caught out on a fly ball or flelfled out at first does not become a base runner. Such good judges as Clark Griffith and Jimmy McAleer take another view. During a discussion In St. Louis, Grif fith clinched his argument by pointing out Section 12 of the baee-runnlng rules. "If you bat a fair ball and It bounds back and hits you, you're out," de clared Griff. "Doesn't that prove that you nro a base runner the moment you hit a fair ball, whether you reach, first hose or not?” Common sense must be exercised by umpires In their application of rules, but there jire a few points that could be explained at more length In the rules and broadened to cover these unusual plays. Not a season passes but what some freak play pussies stu dents of the game. Roger Breinahan discovered one In Cincinnati two years ago, that was never settled to his sst- lafsetton. Bresnahan was catching, and let a third atrlke get away from him. Tho batter reached first and the Cincinnati scorers gave Bresnahan an error and a passed bnll. Bresnahan took the ground that he could-not be charged with two errors on one play. A passed ball Is a battery error, and Bresnahan took the ground that he should not get an error In his catching record and on* In his Adding record as well. The old rule* put such plavs in the rulss as "missed third strikes.” There are many other places where the rules overlap, and somewhere they do not reach far enough. It the re formers lay down some rule* leaving less to a scorer's discretion than Is now the rase, nnd tho rule makers cover a few more points of play In their alter ations from year to year, "dope" and averages would count for something. HANDICAP FOR KICKERS ENDS STRONG AND TICHENOR ARE .WINNERS IN PLAY-OFF FOR PRIZE8. . THE WRITING OF BASEBALL NEWS, FROM THE WRITER’S STANDPOINT! A little consideration la due' the bow*- : the truth, the magnate goet la the air and bell writers, says F, P.‘O'Connell, lu The **”* *““ *“ Boston Post. In no city In the country baseball supported so loynllr by th, pren as la Boston. . This ha, been ihowu ye«r after year. Since the American* came to town, weak teems here been tolerated nt the south'end nnd show he, never been felt by the • players. Th,. paat summer the American, played horrlblo ball, mix-ups were frequent, and - yet the teams were supported by ell. Baseball owner, nre «well gentlemen when the card, are brenklug right ,nd when their teams sre winning, and when nothing but‘praise Is being showered upon them. When th* worm turn,, what * dif ference! Borne magnates hare an tile* that they should be shown every etoty written before It I, printed. If you beppeu to print some- thlug adverse to tho uaguate. what a howl aea up. They are no dllferant than the players. For ten years you can shower praise upon a ball player. Dig the harpoon Into him once, and he goes around town telling what he will do to you. I never mind what a player oaya or feels. I make allowances for him. I know the strats he Is under, and 1 know he 1 feds aa badly over losing a game as tha i-rasteat “fan." The magnata Is another proposition. lie should be big enough to appreciate that praise and criticism Is a part of tha game, and he should be Mg enungh to stand It. Instead of confiding In other* end In -knorklng" this or .that writer. Thd simple truth often hurts more than a malicious tic. A baseball rlnb gets more I fret* advertising than nny tdher kind of business. True, the public demands base ball news, but. at the same time, the pub lic demands the theater and other Iwnnrbes of sport. • If yon keen on boosting, the magnate Is a k. k If yon are fearless, sod print tells how he will get your job. Here In Boston, the papers have been fearless at all times. Home wlld-sycd fans, perhaps, don't think, so. . There are some fans who want ■ to see the players crucified -at sU times unless they wlu every game. There sre others wl i want scandal dished up. X~t a few times the past live or six yearx several stories hare not been printed simply and solely for the good of tho game. Many players have been Indiscreet and have got swsy with It. I have no doubt that Id some towns the local club owners can end do exert sn Influence orer th* pspsrm. I bare known newspapers to wosksn under th* threat of haring the baseball ad taken out. Fortunately, then Is Dona of that hero. In the put ten years, t doubt It any base ball nun was -ersr told by hit man aging editor not to print nofriendly slug. When -the day comes when a club owner can dictate what a man la going to write. It la time to quit. As for myself, baaeball writing would toee Its DUrtcttrenetD If I couldn't use s "hammer" now and then. Any tint# that I am asked to curb my writings It Is for (he tall and a neat. Tha pnblla wants crit icism. One day last summer, I roasted one of the Boston player*. No less than flfty fsnt wrote me telling what n great story It was. I smiled at I reed them, knowing bow fickle the fans were. The roast I thought was wholly deserved, and my name waa signed to It. If 1 had written Instead a. column of NAT KAISER « CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS- ON VALUABLES. IS Dscatur St. Kimball Housa. Bargains in Unrcdtsmtd Diamonds. Strong and Tlcbanor were the win ners In tha play-off Tuesday afternoon over the East Lake course for the prliee put up by Alex Smith, profes sional of the local course. The tournament was played Satur day, Playere were allowed to select their own handicaps and the two scores nearest to the score made by James Malden In playing around the same afternoon wore entitled to pick one club from Smith's stock. - In the Saturday tournament Strong, Tlchenor and Cothran tied. Tuesday afternoon the match' waa played 'off, each man playing without a handicap. Strong’s score for the eighteen holes was the best, and Tlchenor and Coth ran tied. They played off the first hole to decide the winner and Tlchenor won d to 5. 8UTTON BEAT HOPPE. New York, Dec. 19.—Willie Hoppe's attempt to wrest the 12-2 balk lino bil liard championship from George Sut ton resulted In a complete failure. Sut ton ran out his 500 while' Hoppe was making. 258. Sutton will soon play Ora Mnrnlng- star In Chicago for the 18-2 champion ship and will then return to New York and meet Hoppe again, this time.for the 18-1 championship, now held by the youthful player. By J. S. A. MACDONALD. New Orleans, Dec. 19.—Since Monday, De cember 10, the Creacent City lorkey Cluli'a plant over at the fair gronnda haa boeii closed and racing la now under way nt City park, tbe cherished enterprise of the old war liorae, Edward Corrigan, nnd for two years the lighting base of the Ameri can Turf Association In Its onslaught „u L A. Celia, John Condon, C. 8. Bnsb nod tbe other magnates of the Western Jockey Club. In accordance with the pence compact arranged by the two belligerent forces it Brighton Beach, on if summer's afternoon, five montha ago, the fair ground! raced a fortnight, and now the Corrigan track Is enjoying an exclnatre field for Its two weeka. After December 23, the horses nnd the small army of professional race followers now Investing the.town will conic back to the fair grounds, alternating- in this way through the entire winter season. Racing haa been ef e high-class order and the betting tremendoos at City pnrk during the ; past week. Just at the present time the It. and'O. combination, as tho Burlaw- O'Neil Interest! are dubbed, dominates the market, with “Charley". Ellison’s and "Bob” Tucker's money Also much lu evi dence. Aa a matter of fact, move money Is wagered here and through the up-coun try pool room circuit nt the nod of Fred Burlew than any one dreamed of before the game commenced. One of the Inrgeat Wall street cotton operators la dealing hla play, which amounts to thousands of dollars every week, to tho Burlew homes, and It la a significant thing thnt. when Burlew says the word, Mr. Wall Street Millionaire Gambler gets an nwful strong rnn for Ids money. For Instance, It Is well known thy this glided "angel" Is some 222.000 ahead to his betting on the outcome of tho Uiqh. te iIjj, . nnl hit races recently run hereabouts by th,, - old. Gild. • Burlew has a strong stnhle her,- Jockey Hennessey la sure to com, ,’., Now York next spring a finish,,,! r , i, * Barlow's peculiar ability la in ’ u "money rider." 11 '* fturli was “Frankie" O'Nell, and such , Hennessey fast becoming. O'Neil i m . ward of 120,003 Invested along wlih p,. r lew In the present Barlcw-O'.wu but the real power la the pudgy senior m ,.J tier of tbe firm. As has been the case with "j| mmy -. Rone, "Ham" Hildreth, "Jltnmy" m,-i. lln and other foremost trainers of O'Neil Is going to be a success !„ days ss n rider. All of (hose men were good jmk,,, Then they tiecnuie Just ns sacccssfei owners nnd trainers. O'Neil, no m,...,! than J.Illput. Is one of the si,:,, llgbih of the_dully hotting ring grind as he make. ,u round of the- bookmakers, slapping „n i„,l. nnd there WOO beta. Many n siraore, not up to the fact of the ex-Jockcy'i lo™'. tlty, wonders where euch n youngish Up;, follow coaid get an much money. A yenr ago, tVNelfl waa Ihe top sjari-r Jockey oyer nt the fair ground/, xb-n one day he waa thrown from the bark ..[ Rlackllinte, a 2-yenr-old, near the where Jockey Mct'nlfcrty met his death the winter before thnt. O'Neil hn,l j married Mary McCnlTerty. the .lend bj.jy lOqroar-otil sister, nnd then nnd there j,;, retirement nt the end of a contract n'i Bennington nnd Burlew, three ninotts honcc. waa decided upon. O'Neil obeyed i! ■ wlshca of hla wife and quit tie- preen rf™, life of n Jockey. He hue nut Increased ery much In weight or stature since th™ UTILITY MAN IN BASEBALL HOLDS HIS OWN WITH STARS I BRIEF NOTE8 OF SPORT. The Boston Americans may bare a tot ersq outfield next ionson In Stahl, Barrett and Freeman, If the youngsters fall down. Reuben Waddell It to hare a rival In Philadelphia' next season. Renlten Vickers, of Seattle, haa signed with Connie Mack. Loa„ Angeles, Oakland, Henttle and Ban Francisco, of the Pacific Coast League, are to hare new ball-parka next season. Chicago U having nil kinds of baseball talk * this winter. Betide* tbe two major league clubs,* aeml-pmfeuloual tenuis with their own parks nre springing nn In every direction. And uow K. F. Klnsella, of Springfield, Ills., wants to put a Three ! League team In the Windy City. Jockey Miller continued his jrreat New York f-ucceas st the recent Bounin? meet. Turf followers are of tbe opinion that he will soon eclipse the records, of Hkmne, Msher and all other star riders, psst snd present.* At present another McGovern-Corln-tt fight seems oat of the question, notwith standing the fact that tbe two are matched to meet In Baltimore early next month. Prom reports of McOorern’s conduct of late. It would appear that Joe Humphrey has little or no control over the "Terrible One." An Interesting bout la looked for at Davenport, Iowa, tonight when Char- lit Xeary and "Kid" Farmer will mix it up In &’10-round go. '•••••••••••MM The "all around" baseball player baa become a steady fixture ou the strenuous game of these days, snd the recent publica tion of records show that ho holds his own among the stars, despite his contlnuul switch of positions. •,„ - The "all around," or utility man, ns he is commonly called, is ft rare specimen, and many clubs hare dropped out of i race because they could not find oue. What could Cleveland bare done last season had Lsjole had a utility man like Strang, Joe Yeager or Bresnahan to bolster up the team when misfortune befell the stars? At a rule, a "Jack at all trades is good at none," but there are exceptions to tills In every line of business, and tbe utility mnn of baseball la a shining example. Three attainments are absolutely essen tial to a utility player. He must be able to play the Infield, the outfield, nml lie a good hitter. Without either of these, he is no good to a team. Roger Bresnahan’s career Is probably the most unique of all the all-around men, as he has played every position on a club, and has played them well. Roger first entered the big league os a pitcher for ithe Washington club. A year or so after wards be was playing with Baltimore. "You ought to make a good catcher." Mc Grow said to Kresnahnn one dny when tbe catching force was crippled. "Suppose you go In and try It." Bresnahan went behind the Imt and did •o well that he has never pitched since. Soon after ho came to Now York, Mc Grow was In need of a good third base- man, and, aa Devlin . had not yet de veloped, he sent Roger to the third stick. Thore he also made good. Later he play ed the outfield. In every position Urcsim- bnn bos bene able to master the situation. Joe Yeager, of the lllglilauder*. Is an other ball player of*varied attainments. He also started out as a pitcher, but his prowess with tbe hut soon forced him into the luflold, nnd he has since played every position excepf thnt of catcher. Sammy Strang's true worth was not ap preciated until McGrow secured him from Brooklyn three years ngo. The Giant manager saw a grent future for Strang ns a utility mnn, and It has proved for tunate for Sammy as well ns the club. 8trnng has never pitched nor caught, but hns repeatedly played every other position on the club, nnd with all these changes he led the club durliig the season Just closed In bnttlng with a percentage of .319. Frank Isbell, of the champion White Sox, Is another nll-around player, nnd with It all Is considered the best batter on the club. "Ixxy" says he ran pitch some, too, but bis hitting Is too valuable to waste on a pitcher. In rinclunatl, they hara s great utility man In Lobert. He can not only piny any-of tbe position,, but can rim la,.., like n deer. Probably the *r.stoat all-around pUr.r In the business, however, Is "H-h,,-- IVogner, of Pittsburg. He ran n|„- position In tbe Infield or outfield us '■ -' as anybody nnd claims to be able to nit- \ nnd catch, though nobody has bin try ft. He first entered tbo major tear- ranks ns an outfielder for Lonlirllle h-t by an accident he was called In to pi,', shortstop at Pittsburg one dny, mid fre-u that time on stack hard nnd fast. Harry Niles, of tbe -St. Louis Arur-rS cans, Is another groat utility mnn win,., talents came near being overlookct], Tbe oqly player who ever proved him- :f a champion hi two separate po*ltiou« u "Cy" Seymour, of tho Giants. While with New York back In the nineties, he led 11 . league as a pitcher. On account of wlM- ness, due to bla extremely tiunll li.u.d he tried the outfield, and mad.- tin imrn^ dlnte auccess. Whllo with CJnrlnuntl la 1906, he led the National Iren cue In hitting- Botcraan Bnlger, lu The New York Kv. a- ing World. O MALARKEY MANAGER o OF PRETZEL TEAM * 2 o O Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 19.— 0 G John Malarkey, a pitcher last year o 2 on the Montgomery team, has 0 O been secured for manager of the 0 O team In 1907. o 2 The Montgomery ‘franchise will 2 »oon be sold by the Montgomery C 1 2 Traction Company to a party «*f 0 2 local men who will run the dub o O during the coming season. 3 O o OOOOOOaoCKHXtOOOOOOOaOOODOO 0 • O 0 A. A. C. WILL HOLD 0 O POOL TOURNAMENT. 0 O 0 0 Plans are being made by the 7 0 Atlanta Athletic Club for Its an- 0 O nual handicap pool tournament, 0 0 which will start about the middle 0 O of next mbnth. 0 O An entry lint will noon be post* o 0 ed. The handicapping will be done 0 O by Kd Meyer. 0 0 3 9000000000000000000000000^ SCOTT CHAMPION. L. D. fi^ott was tbo winner of the bowl ing tournfauu-nt held st the Atlanta Ath letic Club Tuesday night. This gives him the Individual championship for the year. H flowery praise, I would not have heard n •Ingte comment. That Is .the wsy It goes. | On a club there are about twenty players and one or two owners. Tbe twenty wsnt to be entered to. forgetful of the fset that your readers, numbering 190,000 or 900.000. are In a different frame of mind. A writer must enter to his readers snd not to a handful of players. The msgnates should realise this as well ss the' play ers, many of whom do. Only a few magnates con stand the gaff, and not until u magnate begins to lose can yon figure bow big a man be la. In connection with our business we have add ed a stock of DIAMONDS, bought direct front the IMPORTERS for cash. We propose selling them on a very close margin of profit, cheaper perhaps, than they can be bought elsewhere, and then, besides, IP 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. JOS. N. MOODY, President. 817-818 CENTURY BUILDING.