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1(5 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20,1906. i What Sports Are Doing and Fans Thinking AMERICA’S BEST ADVERTISED PUGILIST {{edited by jj PERCY H. WHITING. NOtOrF WARS FOR KENTUCKY THE 8TATE RACING COMMISSION PASSES RULE8 WHICH MAKE THEM IMPOSSIBLE. oooooooooooooooooooooaoooo o ° o KID SLIM AND KELLY O o MATCHED TO FIGHT. 0 0 0 Kid Kelly and Kid Slim, 0 local pugilists, have practically Q 0 been matched and will meet on 0 0 Saturday to sign articles for a O 0 tight In the near future. Both O 0 men have agreed to poet forfeit* 0 0 and will make a aide bet. It I* 0 0 not unlikely that the bout will be 0 0 fought In private. 0 0 Both acrapper* have a consld- 0 0 arable local reputation and are 0 a probably the beat men of their 0 0 weight In thl* section. O PO000000T00O0O00000OOO0SI0C IIIHMtMHHtMIMHHIHniHMUNHHMlHHHI NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS BY PERCY H. WHITINO. Poor little Terry McGovern, perhaps the greatest fighter of his inches and ounces the world ever saw, the man Who fought in a hundred battles and lost but two—now is a hopeless maniac. If ever a man’s life taught a temperance lesson that man’s life is the one. Booze, existence at forced draught, the pace that punishes—all of these things joined in accomplishing Terry’s downfall. The story of Terry’s life and the moral are so much one and the same that we ’ll pnss the moral. Lexington, Ky., Dee. 20.—Rule*, sweeping In their ■cope, lure been adopted by the state racing commission and tbs breeding bureau. Action also baa been taken wblcb, It la believed, will make turf wars Iropos* slble to far at Kentucky ta concerned. One rule Is that any reputable turf mao, trainer or jockey can secure a II* cense to operate on any track In Ken* tucky. Another rule !■ that where an own* er, trainer or jockey la ruled off the turf In Kentucky, he can appeal his case to the commission. Any reputable turf organisation can se* cure a license to operate a track, If the application for licenses la made thirty days before the contemplated opening of such meeting. The commission adopted al« together about twenty-two rules. TIM HURST’S DOPE ON ENGLISH SPORT. "Speakln' of them European trip* which some of our talented athletes didn't make this winter brings to mind a little Incident of a trip I made across the big drink once,” said Tim Hurst as he slid Into a chair at American League headquarters In the Flatiron building the other day, and dealt him self a pair of openers In th* game of baseball talk. Having been entertained by Abe Nation's personal observations of the Caruso trial from the viewpoint of a witness, the chair warmers were prim ed for a discourse on foreign affairs. So Tim proceeded: ''This aln'.t no fairy tale." said he, "but simply my way of lookin' at the difference between baseball an’ cricket. "Along In—well, never mind when I attended a cricket match In England with a well-known cricket man. After piping this game for about two hours I was ready to beat It, but the friend said: 'Please wait, Mr. Hurst. I want to Introduce you. old tellah, to our cap tain, who la quite as famous, I dare say. In this country as your cleverest baseball players In the States.' "So I stuck, but nothing doin'. I'm getting hungry, so I Anally flagged my friend again. “ ‘Say, you better hurry up If you are goln' to And your friend, the captain,’ I told him: 'but on the level, didn’t you tell me he was playing In this gamer “ ‘Oh, yes. So I did, old fellah, but I don't believe he’ll go to bat today.' "That's the answer to baseball versus cricket," concluded Tim. BLANTON WILLING TO FIGHT HAYES! The rough time tlmt Charley Frank is hnving in securing n place in New Orleans to play ball next year is a sorrowful indi cation of Charley’s popularity in the- Crescent City. So many people “have it in” for the "Dutchman” that he is kept con stantly on the jump. Tho most amazing thing nbout the baseball situation in New Orleans, anyway, is the unpopularity of Charley Frank. He has given thorn good baseball there for a couple of years hut they hate him for all that. The proposal to revive the American Derby in Chicago with gentleman riders is something of a laugh. Just one thing made the Derby popular—the chance to bet big money on a big race. The year they ran it without betting proved thnt, if any proof was needed. If they rail it without good horses and without betting it would attract about as much attention as a matinee race for 2.28 class pacers. Tex Ricard is wasting his talents as a prize fight promoter— he ought to be a press agent, for somebody else, of course. Just by way of getting a little free advertising he offers to match Jeffries and Johnson, colored, for $50,000. This offer was perfectly safe. Jeffries has said that the color line is drawn for him and he has proved several times that he is a man of his word. Tex will next turn his activiey to making a match between “Jack” D. Rockefeller and J. “Purp” Morgan for $1,000,000. He has as good a chance of getting on the Jefferies-Jolinson match as he has the Rockefeller-Morgan go. And think of the advertising. Of Course /mu ‘CHE STANDARD OF PURITY. Here Is our old friend Philadel phia Jack O'Brien In a charac teristic pose—that Is, It’s charac teristic when he Is fighting, which Isn't often. Usually hs Is posing, but up to now he has not over looked any chances to make easy: money. NOTES OF 8PORT, It the reports frora California are true, Mnnutter Frank Chance of the Chicago Cuba has signed several coast league players for next season. President Harry Hermann of Cincinnati doubtless wilt be re elected chairman of the national commission. No other name Is mentioned and It looka very much aa though ho oue elae wanta the job. Both the National and American league meetlugs were pretty little lore, feasts, seemed to be the general luclluatlon to wipe out the old scores and start a new game. The New Orleans Mid-winter Baseball I«eugue lias opened Its season, and games are played every Saturday. Hounds good to tbe fun. The Hamilton Tigers are the ltugby foot ball champions of t’atmdu for 1901 Jack Johnson, the negro heavyweight pu gilist, la booked to soil for Australia next week. Boston followers of the green cloth prob ably will witness a Millard match In the near future between Harry Cllue, of Phila delphia. aud Albert Cutler, the uew short stop champion. With polo, races and carnivals, the roller skating rink Is In great favor this winter. ow they want six day races on the little wheels. Nearly all the American Jockeys who raced lu Europe this year have signed con tracts to return to tbe other side next season. Nearly every city and town In the coun try has a local klug of the fans or rooters, but In Mike Regan Itostou claims the prise. And the claim certainly looks good, ltegan is not Interested financially In baseball. He love* the game solely for the enjoyment It affords him. and not only attends the opeu- tug games In the several cities of the Amer ican and National leagues and In the East ern, New England and other minor leagues, but he makes It a rule to.attend their nu ntml meetings during the winter. Tbe dis tance I* never too far for Mike to trarel to see a championship game « r any other base ball e-.eut oat of the ordinary. Ills e^aal i s a sluiou pure ball fan is not to lie iouud. The following communication speaks for Itself. It Is now up to Hayes: Arlington, Ga., Dec. 2ft. 1905 To Mr. Percy Whiting, Sporting Editor Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta Ga. Dear Sir: In a recent Issue of The Georgian I noticed that Mr. Eddie Hayes, the Atlanta feather welghL I* anxious to arrangs a contest with me for the feather weight championship of the South. A while back I received a letter from your local man telling me that he would light me for a purse or a side bet. then addreseed a letter to him at 20 Gordon street, asking him the slse of the side 'bet and purse he would de mand, but have railed to hear from him. Hayes says that he wants to mset me at 118 to 124 pounds. My best weight Is 12t, but, I guess h# would not mind two pounds difference, and If he does not, I would like to say that I will box him 10 or 15 rounds In any town where we call get sufficient In ducements. I will make a side bet of reasonable proportions. Probably It- might be so ns we could pull the match In Savan nah, Balnbrldge, Albany, Rome or Au gusta. I have about completed arrangements for a match to occur In a few weeks, but If Mr. Hayes can show me where a go with him will pay me better, I will cancel It and meet him right away. I am mailing him a letter In today's mail, and I hope to hear from him soon. Yours respectfully, OSCAR I.ELAND BLANTON. PRICE $10.00 $1.00 Cash, $1.00 WEEK China Cabinets, Parlor Cabinets, Music Cabinets, Book Cases, Ladies’ Desks, Easy Chairs. Open at Night THIS MORRIS CHA Great big, massive “Cook” self-adjusting back, only $10.00 “Cook” Famous Self-Adjusting Chair EXACTLY LIKE CJJT. The same great Morris Chair we sold last season. The “Cook” is made of the heaviest solid oak, beautifully polished and handsomely carved. Every joint is made so that the chair will bear the heaviest man without strain. The cushions are covered with the velour, and rest on highly-tempered coil springs. The patent adjustable “Cook” back is the greatest feature ever embodied in a chair. You can raise and lower the back at will without rising from the chair. NO RODS whatever. Leather Couches, Library Tables, Dinner Sets, Shaving Stands, “Eagle” Ranges, McDougall Cabinets. Open at Night WALTER J. WOOD CO. 103-5-7-9-11 WHITEHALL STREET. flu American View of Athletics at Oxford It looks as though Manager MrGrsw Is Utkins on the return to form of Christy Mstbcwaon next season. In enaa Mstty Is Will Jark Dnnn return to one of the ma jor leagues next season, now that Hugh Iluffy has the Providence club? With the players In condition and either l.letdmrdt or Ilnrgcr to nuke good. It looks a safe bet that tha coming year will be tbe one time that the Cleveland club will look down from tbe top. President Murphy, of Chicago, has no new advertising scheme for the Cube tbte week. Fred C. Clarke, manager of the Flttiburg To write a story of athletics at Ox ford would be to write the story of the life of every undergraduate from 2 5 o’clock each afternoon In tho term, eays Warren Schutt, Cornell's Rhodes scholar. In Illustrated Outdoor News. So general Is the Interest and enthu siasm evinced for the strenuous life, you might aa well take away the books and the clubs and all the rest that go to make up the complexity of life at Oxford aa to close the fields and burn the barges. One exists In and through the other; and, even to one Inclined to the life of a bookworm, this fact must be apparent, that athletics Is an essen tial part of Oxford life. Even stately, dignified professors show a boy-like Interest In the different sports,'' Last year It was my personal experi ence to see a famous old cricketer nt 50, now a grave professor of Greek, play three different times for his col lege against another college, with stu- denta whom two hours before be had been boring with Greek declensions. Often and often do the old college “dons," as they call the Instructors, go down to the river, climb on bicycles and pedal back and forth along the tow path, coaching their college crew. Thus has an atmosphere of athletics, ae we call It—sportsmanship, as they call it—developed at Oxford until It pervades everything. A man who stays In his room etudylng on an afternoon ts looked down upon and shunned as a moral outcast. But alt men are not strong enough to row or to play Rugby. So there must be a diversity of sports to ac commodate a diversity of tastes and abilities. And there surely Is this, as a resume of athletic emblems will show. There Is the full "Blue" for crew, Rug by football, association football, track, cricket, and half-blues for cross-coun try, hockey, tennis, boxing, wrestling, fencing, broadswords, racquets, la crosse, polo and billiards. So the ath lete who Is particular as to his culling has a broad field to choose from. The ’varsity athletic honors are de noted by colors, Instead of by letters, as In America. A man who represents Oxford against Cambridge on the crew, In football, cricket or as "first string" In track. Is said to get his full blue. He hns an especial blue tie; the Blue's hat-band—a very broad blue silk band with oars embroidered In white for crew, a wreath of laurel for track, three crowns for Rugby, etc.; he has a Blue's muffler of Oxford bluo: a Blue's blaxer, of solid blue with the sign of the branch of athletics at which It was won; the Blue's sweater, a low-necked sweater of white, trimmed with blue silk; and besides these he has, of course, tho uniform In which he does his particular stunt. It is the hand somest, most comfortable and most adaptable athletic costume possible. The half-blue, given for the minor sports, Is denoted by blue and white In Inch stripes, Instead of by solid blue. In other respects the two costumes are alike. ■Varsity teams do not have a train ing table until, as a maximum, three weeks before the event with Cam bridge. The crow In certain years, however, may be excepted, os they sometimes eat together for five weeks before the race. But the usuul order of things for track or football Is for each member of the team to eat at Ills college table, taking such care of his diet as he personally desires, until week or ten days before the meeting. There are no paid coaches at Oxford. Old graduates are easily secured to coach the crew, and esteem It an honor to be asked. The captain alone coaches the rest of the teams. Track athletics, however, are more or less under the supervision of one of the professors who via* a noted hurdler In his day. So much for university athletics. I have as yet not even mentioned college athletics, where most distinctly the spirit of sportsmanship Is nurtured. It is from college football, cricket and hockey teams, and from college crews, that the 'varsity men are picked. The university Is composed of some two dozen different colleges, each col lege consisting of from 76 to 250 men. in many colleges rowing Is compulsory. In almost every college each freshiiu 1" personaly solicited, tile first week. I. the college captain of euch sport, to try his ability In that line. No dlstinctfol Is made between old men and greex ones. There are Intercollegiate contests Rugby and association, In cricket, hockey, tennis, and on the river "torpids," or green races, and "eights, the regular college eight races. Die} college has a representative team and captain, and each college plays every other college, at a regular scheduled time, for the chnmplonshlp. 'Varsity blues,may play on their college team* provided the games do not Interfer* with practice. They rarely do, Itoto ever. In the senson of 'vnrsliy prac tice. It is from these games, us I haw said, that tho 'varsity captain colleen material for his team. Each college has a separate nth et e organisation, tho university athlete clubs Interfering In no way. A spec fled tax- Is levied each year by the col lege authorities, who compose the com mtttee. This tax covers expenses a the college athletic grounds, buys new, racing shells, keeps up the college hares where the oarsmen change, and h' 1 -’* a few employees. A voluntary sue* scrlptlnn Is very rarely promulgated. With regard to professionalism « Oxford, in either 'varsity or relief* athletics, I would say that It Is aa un heard-of thing. It Is something so for elgn to tho nature of the undergrade ate that such a thought never enters his head. There are games and tests at Oxford for the fun there 1* ® them, rather thun to make the con op or the uiflveretty champion l» JJ thing. Even though the young sthHw will fight to the death In a hard-fou«*» race, he does It because he enj-»s rac Ing. Don't think that the Oxford nu» doesn't care to heat Cambridge they do, most decidedly, and. [ ,a done tt, are extremely proud of It. * though they never talk of it from their point of view, dlr-cti) Indirectly, to hire a man to 1“'-“ bridge would be to defeat th-- I * the game or race-the fun of In the game. Fred Reel, tbe wrestler. Is nuking good te predictions of his Wisconsin friend*. For n long time p**t every one In tbe Badger Ktate ha* been sajrlr - * t '* " tbe coming champion, and At Anteull a few _ cross-country Jockey, rode tbe winners of live out of ala races and was third on an other. This ts probably a record In steeple- i-husfng aud hurdling. In England thl* year Irish-bred horses have wou more than $$28,000. Three of the tieat 2-year-olds of the rear are Polar Star luulHtttent. tlalvaul and Bllere Oalllon, all bred In Ireland. Among the eptrle* to the Thlnl. Lawrence Realization and Annual Champion stake* of 190*. which Hon.*d last month. Is tbe Imy colt CmnroitoB by Florlsel. out of Bn!- lint rn*\ the property of Clareuce II. Markny. Florlxel is the sire of Volodyov- nkl. Derby winner of 190$. and Rallnutne PRINCE SAYS HE WILL BUILD BIG HIPPODROME Jack Prince and Mrs. Prince blew tnto Atlanta Wednesday morning and are at the Aragon. Mrs. Prince will be located at the Aragon during the winter, and Jack will spend moat of hls time, though he will jump to Nashville and Memphis occasionally, where he has hippodromes In running order, which are coining him money right and left. Jack Is now full of a big scheme for a hippodrome In Atlanta—a big build ing which will seat lft.ftftft people and which will be the greatest thing of Hs kind In the Bouth. "We'll have It open next winter and we'll give a six-day International bicy cle race which will be just as good ns Madison 8quare Garden show," said Jack. "1 have an option on the land, I have the franchise on all bike races In the South and I'll give a big show. When the race is out of the way the woii 'the I’anibridgeisblre bamUrap of ”ijo£ building wUI be used for dog shows. Indoor football games. Indoor circuses, big balls—everything like that. - Great thing! Fine thing! Atlanta's greatest town In the South! I’m here to stay." Thus spoke Jack. "As for the Christmas day race," It's ail right. Afternoon of Christmas. Don't forget the date. Don't know what the race will be, but It will be all right. Probably It will be a ten or ftfteen-mlle race, motor paced. Bobby and the Frenchman will sign up this afternoon. Incidentally, one thing may be men tioned In connection with Jack’s com ing home. It was raining when he ar rived. NAT KAISER * CD. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 15 Decatur SL Kimball House. Bar-gems in Unredeemed Diamonds. Because of the defeat of the one, l"-^ . class filly Lotus at Oakland W''"""' comparatively poor cntnpauy, a ] „ n satisfaction was created among rsuw Tommy Burns, It Is said. ha* • 1, “ • 5,1 follow the example of other fl/.iter* 'J lug on the stage. The franchise of the Norwi' ! 1 tlu J which won the pennant last■ f'f' ‘ the Connecticut League, r * 1 ‘ for $25. Fred Clarke’s new contract witl Pittsburg club does not cull J i9 playing. But It calls for liatn . the paying—$8,500 per. The trotting which the Nf* *', r , Horse Breeder*' Association ; - the Bendvllle track lust summer r.• ■ a loss of nearly $5.0)0 to the «**•*.. cording to the treasurer* report. run nt the June meeting «»f '** Island Jockey Club have bren :i The new g-year-old stake of a - value of 1-5.000. with 21V® te given to the victor If he • win the Tidal and Lawrence R* will clome on January IS. ’’it**!