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\s U T UP-TO-DATE NEWS OF SPORTING WORLD 1 MOGULS MEETING t ...... EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING FOOTBALL GAME NEW YEAR’S DAY 8AVANNAH AND “ALL STARS” TO MEET—BOTH TEAMS ARE CONFIDENT. Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Oa„ Dec. 29.—The Star" Southern football aggregation will again meet the Savannah team on New Year's day. The "All Stars' were defeated Christmas day by a score of 8 to 2. and Captain Forsythe and Ills crowd determined on early ven geance. They left for Jacksonville, where they have been putting In hard practice twice a das'. The defeat of the "All Stars" by the Savannah team was Indeed a kurprlse to many. There Is no discounting the fact that the local team Is made of a wonderful lot of players, but the repu tatlon of the visitors on many hard fought fields had Induced a gentle be- lief that the home players were up against It good and hard. The lack of team practice was ascribed by For sythe as the reason for their defeat. The “All Stars" have been practicing In Charleston. S. C„ but did not like the treatment In the Carolina city. Cyclone Duncan, a great Florida player, and J. V. Chaney, of Charleston, have Joined the team since Its arrival In Jacksonville. The general comment la that the New Year's day game will be one of the best ever seen In this city. MURPHY TRAINING FOR CORBETT RIGHT. New York. Dec. 29.—Harlem Tom my Murphy, who Is scheduled to meet Young Corbett In a six-round bout at the National Athletic Club, Philadel phia, January 9, has been spending Christmas In the country and will start his hard training for the fight today. Johnny Oliver yesterday reported that his protege was In fine condition and was anxious to get down to rogular work. Murphy was never more confident of winning a battle than this fight. Murphy does not expect an easy time In the ring of the National Athletic Club, as Corbett has made wonderful strides toward regaining his old form In tho last two months. LATEST AND BEST PHOTOGRAPH OF JIM JEFFRIES THERE IS ONLY ONE HEAVYWEIGHT, JIM JEFFRIES, WHOSE CLAIM TO SUPREMACY IS UNIVERSALLY RFPrtRNiyirn eiwrr mo u.i-ru IES HAS BEEN IN RETIREMENT, BUT THE BIG PURSES OFFERED BY THE N EV AD AM IN IN G CAMPS* H A V E^ BEEN TOC) MUCH^OR EvIn^IS RESOLUTION^" 0, •••••••**4 Mill tniiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiHii SPORTS CAUSED MANYJ)EATHS 413 FATALITIES ARE CAU8ED BY SPORTS IN THE UNITED 8TATE8. 137 0 27 O 64 O 16 O 21 0 7 0 6 0 S 0 5 0 3 O 2 0 2 0 0 o 0 293 0 i not news, but views ! TRAVfcLING AUDITOR MAY LOSE OUT; ALL TEAMS LOOK TO BE STRONGER Tho team batting average of the Atlanta team during the past season was .239. The team’s fielding average was .962. , First about tho batting average, for batting avorages are somewhat more important to a team than fielding averages— just as a player who con hit but makes errors is worth more than a perfect fielder who seldom hits. Of courso a team might bat nround .300 and then lose by poor fielding, but if ever such a thing happened it has escaped the attention of baseball statisticians. During tho season the Atlanta players made 1,089 hits. That’s quite a bunch of hits, but not so howling many, especially when you consider that tho members of the team were scored at bat 4,564 times. Of courso this alarmingly large number does not cov er all tho times that tho players actually faced the pitchers, for— os eym the children know—bases on balls, hit by pitched bolls and events of that character ore not scored against the players as "times at bat.” It may bo interesting to know that tho Atlanta team scored 477 runs during the season. And tho sorrowful part to think about is that with only perhaps a dozen or two more runs tho Crackers would have won tho pennunt. If the one or tuff runs needed had como in those 1 to 0 nnd tie games, which were so numerous during the season the Atlantn team would havo como home first in a romp. At base stealing Atlanta did not shino. Crozier led the team with 34 and Jordan was next. Altogether during the season the Crackers stole 152 bases. That this was not the top figuro may bo judged from the fact that three men on the Memphis team stole 117 bases during the year. These three men were Babb, Thiel and Nichols, three of the fastest men who have ever played baseball in the South. Token altogether the averages of the Atlanta team were cred itable and next year’s averages will be better, no doubt. ,We shall be glad if they are just good enough to give us tliut pennant we have waited for so long. Representatives of the Different Teams De clare They Seek No Trouble. i GANS-HERMAN MEASUREMENTS dans. 32 yearn 5 feet 6 3-4 Inches 14 3-4 Inches 36 Inches 38 Inches 29 Inches 113-4 Inches 13 Inches 101-2 Inches 121-2 Inches 8 Inches 7 Inches 19 1-2 Inches 71 inches Ace Helcht Neck Chest (normal).. Chest (expanded). Waist Biceps (normal).. .....Biceps (expanded). Forearm Calf Ankle... Wrist Thigh Beach Herman. 23 years .. C feet 3 Inches .... 14 1-3 Inches .... 341-3 Inches 38 Inches 27 Inches ..... 113-4 Inches .... 13 1-3 Inches .... 101-3 Inches ,... 13 1-2 Inches 9 jnches 71-8 Inches .... 19 3-4 Inches .... 66 1-4 Inches PERCY H. WHITING. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 29.—The prospects for a peaceful meeting of the Southern league seem so good that It Is a shame to forecast It In advance. Also It Is risky. For out of such a peaceful crowd at has assembled the loveliest sort of a row Is so easily stir red up. Bach mogul, on his arrival, solemnly announced that he hdd no complaint, no hard feeling and was looking for no trouble. Tho salary limit was informally dis cussed, but there was none of the wire pulling nnd advance electioneering that marked the last meeting—when the limit was finally set at 32,700 a month, nfter one of the choicest word-tlghts on record In the league. If anybody wants the limit changed they are very quiet about It In advance. President Amerlne, of Montgomery,' stated that any limit satlsned hint, but that he would like to see It lived up to. When he was asked as to methods of enforcement he did not know the answer. Traveling Auditor to Go. It Is generally admitted that the “trav eling auditor” system In use last year, was something of a Joke. It was obvi ous to all that any first-class book keeper could bamboosle any traveling auditor that ever hit the ties. Unless Mose Wormser, traveling au ditor, springs a report that surprises everybody, he will probably be out of his Job next season. • A warm report from Wormser Is one of the possibilities. If he found out that any club was exceeding the salary limit during the post season he has not mentioned It to the newspaper men up to yet. However, maybe, he will will spring a shock or two today. The possibility that the player-llmlt will be changed Is worth considering. Last year every team was allowed fourteen men. This limit was not tired up to by all the clubs. Fre quently the managers brazenly carried more men than this number and oth ers dodged the limit In some way. Bil ly Smith got around It by keeping a few reserve men on the suspended list. Charley Frank ducked by loaning his utility man and so It went. This rule caused a lot of talk and hunt feeling last year and It may be changed. As far as Atlanta Is con cerned, that will make no difference. It Is the policy of the club next season to carry a small number of high class men—as Charley Frank has done for a couple of years past, and to the limit Is not bothering the Gate City delega tion. Nothing But Pennant Teams. Whether any of the old rows between the clubs, which were so prevalent last season, will be aired at the meeting Is hard to forecast. Everybody on the grounds early was In favor of peace, but there was on air of expectancy which showed that none of them would be surprised at anything. Each mogul, as he arrived, announc ed that his club was going to be a hummer, or words to that effect. Down In Shrevetjort Torn Fisher baa FIGHT BETWEEN ATLANTA CLUB ANB KAVANAUGH TO BE DROPPED By PERCY H. WHITING. Birmingham, Ala., December 29.— The preliminary meeting of the board of directors of the Southern League was held late Friday afternoon. Owing to the delay of a trunk containing the official records, all of the business could not be finished Friday night. Shreveport withdrew her protest against Birmingham, and New Orleans withdrew her protest which was filed u» a ivault of (he tviiiuvtti of Breiten- steln from the Memphis grounds, when ho was acting as an umpire. Mike Finn asked for a rehearing of a case decided against him at a previous meeting. Tho league meeting will be called Saturday about noon. President Kav- anaugh’s annual report contains noth ing startling. It shows the league to be In a good financial condition, and recommends a continued strict enforce ment of the salary limit and a better enforcement of the limit to the number Iw la u.m S ."JLSSfi t * am ', ™ „™r. . oouy. „„„ uent will advocate a rule forbidding #hnn . th ' m ' T" a club to suspend a. man except for hn _ #0,,, . n ° d can** nmi *n nrahihit ..t.nDn.iAn. in done more to develop and foster this > MHHIMIMMMIHMMHMMMl j SUBURBAN LIFE I . AND THE WHEEL j “It has keen said.” remarks the latest magazine, TUe Circle, “that the bleyclo made Long Island, although It might ap. pear that the antomoblle haa alnce absorbed It. Now Yorkers did not know what s gar den spot was lying at their doors nntll the bicycle came to lure them out on Its level roads, where they might breathe Ita pure air. The bicycle did Ita full share In bring, lug about the great suburban movement which Is to be noted In all large cities, and which grew up along with the development of tho bicycle habit. The city dweller rode out Into tho country and was fired with the desire to make him a homo there. Through tho bicycle ho learned to lore the country, nnd from loving green treea, broad lawns, fr -sh air, nnd singing birds to living nraoug them was but n step. Nothing Is moro condnclro to health, body, mind, nnd cause and to prohibit suapenalons In case of Illness or to keep the team within the fourteen-man limit. No change v.-{.’! he r.truiu ir. the salary limit or the players' limit, but the Atlanta delegation will nsk that the time which the players' limit goes Into force be extended a few weeks. The fight between President Kavanaugh and the Atlanta association will proba bly not be aired. corralled what looks-like a really fast bunch. Shreveport has twenty-four men al ready and may have a man or two more before the next season. Among tho new men secured by Shreveport are: Graham, of Grand Rapids, a left- handed pitcher; Gasklll, of Houston, a pitcher; Jeffries, of Juckaon, Miss., an outfielder; Massey, of Houston, catcher; Noah, of Ogden, Utah, _ pitcher; Torrey, of Tallulah, a pitcher; Hazel, an Infietder of semi-pro, re nown In Cincinnati, and Hevan, a col lege man who played third base with Ohio State College last year. Jeffries had a try-out u couple of years ago with Memphis, but he was too young then to do much good. Is a wonderful base stealer and hard hitter. Tony Smith Is another man who will be given a trial and he looks a wonder. He played with Gal veston In 1906 and Bobby Gllks picked him up nt the last of the season. He played a game with Shreveport In Atlanta lost tall and showed up won derfully well. In Tony Smith, Fisher thinks he has a successor for Byrne, who was.drafted by BL Louis. Byrne wda one of the three men Shreveport lost from last year's re serve list The other two are Abiitoln, who went to Pittsburg, and McGlynn. McGlynn did not count, however, for he was with the outlaws up to the time he was sold. Of tho old men on the Shreveport club who will return for a trial are Grafflus, catcher; Hess, thlnl base man: Clarke, first baseman; Powell, catcher; Rapp, catcher; and outfield ers King, Kennedy and Farrell. Clarke was signed last year as a first base- man and played In the opening games. Then he wna taken sick with typhoid and was out for the remainder of the season. He le from Spokane and Is touted as a record-breaker. Farrell Is a grocery store mogul up In his own country, and was Blgned two years ago. He has never reported, but Manager Fisher expects that he will come down for a trial in the spring. Babb Has Good Mtn. Charley Babb, who caused much amusement by hts announcement, that he would win the pennant If Atlanta didn't—which remark he seemed to mean—has a good bunch corralled and Is trying to put his brand on a few more. The squad at present contains Wag ner, a left handed pitcher from Padu cah; Taafee, an outfielder from Indian apolls; Brotje, a semi-professional pitcher from Toledo; Bells, a pitcher from Keokuk; Watkins, the Galveston pitcher, who was traded for.Hetdt and Clark; Stockdale. Loucks and Suggs, of the old pitchers; Rntchfnrd, of Ma con; Jimmy Smith, second base of last year’s team; Babb and Buemlller, who may be tried at short; Richards, of Burlington, and another third baseman for whom Babb Is dickering; Thell, Nadeau atul Carter, of last year’s team, and Nabors, of Burlington, for the out field. Carey will, of course, play first base again. Charley Babb thinks that he "may" make good at short and will play there If he can get a third base- man. Over In Montgomery they are go ing to depend largely on their last year's team, though all the weak spots will be strengthened. The squad at present consists of Bigger, first base- innn; Perry, former third baseman, who will be tried at second; Busch, short stop; Malarkey, Maxwell, Walsh and Walker, the man Billy Smith tried to get and failed; Burnum and Bretten- steln. pitchers; Hausen, catcher, and Hautz. Apperlous and McCann for out fielders. develop and foster this affection thnn the bicycle. To the ezhll- nratlon which conics to tho automoblllst !’ “'M* the rtssresg exercise of pedostriiB- ism." Aleck McLean, the bike rider. Is “ *“ * trip to Australia Jeffries and Squires to Fight For Championship San Francisco. Cal.. Dec. 2i.—Arti cles were signed today by William De laney, representing James J. Jeffries, and B. F. Taylor, representing the Rhyolite Athletic Club, for a fight be tween “Jim” Jeffries and "Bill" Squires, of A—'ralta, for the heavy weight championship of the world. The fight is to be with five-ounce gloves, under the Marquis of Queens- berry rules. Taylor has received a ca blegram from Squires, saying that he Is ready to start for America. The fight will take place at Rhyolite, Nev, next AprlL Harry Vaughan, of Birmingham, and Ed Rsnslck, of Augusta, are so sure that their teams will win tho pennants of the South, ern end Sontb Atlantic leagues respectively that they here arranged a post-season se ries. (Press agent story.) A remarkable, thing about the fielding nveragea of the American league, anya Tho New York Globe, it the errorleaa ree- ord of Pete O’Brien at third bale for fit. Lonlft. O’Urlen I» a second baseman, lie was moved over to third toward the cIobo of the aeaaon, and played twenty game, without making a hobble. The po- altlnn waa unfamiliar to him. and he had to handle many bunta. In all, hb accepted ilxty chnncca without an error. All of which lea da to a gueta aa to what Infielder holda thla record. Bobby Wntlace once accepted 19 chancca at abort for the old St. lamia Cardliutla before he fiaally clip ped up. Thla record covered eleven atralght games. Ban Jnbnaon nml Charley Comlakey are "old pals togetber In nil sorts of weath er" again. That there waa no fake In the renewal of their old-time cloae friendship Is shown hy Bun accepting Commy’a Invi tation to go to Mexico with the White Sox on the latter's spring training trip. To make It atilt stronger. Ban la to ac company Commy nnd Joe Cantlllon. with several other baSehall celebrities, on a banting trip to Arkansas on the good ship White Sox, Tommy's famous house boat, the litter part of January. Both Bau and Commy are fnmoni hunters—that Is, they *sy they an*, but neither has shown any tnngtbte results In the game they have killed—or parchaoed. The talea they will tell of their Arkansas cxperiencea are ex pected to meet their hot stories of the Northern Woods. It Is "Ban and Commy" again, snre enough. A goad thing for the American league ami the national game. On one of Conilakey'a bonne boat trips down i he Mississippi the colored cook de parted, and Commy took up the black man's harden temporarily, telling bla guests that he would get them up a meal that would surprise them. They believed him until be aent the cabin hoy up to the village near where the White Sox waa tied up for a -tmple of sponges for the sponge cake be was to make. T.g-n Joe cantlllon. who Is s chef to warm up to. took the preparation of the meat In hand.— Exchange. NAT KAI8ER & CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 15 Decatur St Kimball Houos. Baraama in Unredeemed Diamonds. 0O00Q000000O000O0e0<Hy0 O c O0 0 0 1906 SPORTING FATALITIES, a o — o O 1906. 1905. 1904. 0 0 Mountain climbing. .191 179 0 Automobillng 110 78 0 Hunting 72 81 O Football 14 19 0 Baseball 8 12 0 Boating . 4 7 0 Cycling 5 4 O Horse racing 2 13 0 Boxing 2 6 D Wrestling 1 3 0 Gymnastics 1 3 0 Polo 1 1 0 Golf 1 1 0 0 Totals 413 406 0 00000000000000000000000000 More than 400 persons met their death during the last year from causes directly due to sport, and with almost every one there rose the ever-burning public clamor against the dangers of some game or other. Of the various branches football was the most criti cised, as usual, and there seems to be no question that It Is dangerous, since eleven weeks built up a total of four teen fatalities, with something over 149 cases of more or less serious injury, but a glance at the Items of death'a creating in the various fields of sport since January shows that mountain climbing leads. In the first eleven months of the year 191 adventurers lost their lives In that haxardous "pleasure.” Automobillng has accounted for 110 deaths and 72 hunters have been accidentally killed. It la quite a drop from such figures lo the 14 fatalities of football, with, fol lowing in order, baseball, 8; marine. I, and 2 each for boxing, wrestling and horse racing. Climbing Comes First Mountain climbing this year reached its “furthest north” of deaths. "The sport of only the very few" has been said of mountaineering. But Swiss statistics show approximately 160,000 making one ascent or another each season, and this covers only the Swiss Alps, saying nothing of the outlying portions of the chain or of other great ranges. Moreover, only 10 per cent of the mishaps are laid to what may be held aa unavoidable causes—falling stones, etc. Only 8 of the 191 unfortu nates were well-known climbers, and only 48 of the accidents occurred among the highest and most dangerous peaks. The nationalities of the dead- strangely enough led by the Swla2 themselves—follow In this order; Ger mans, Austrians, English, Italians and Americans. The “Red Devils" and “Galloping Ghosts” and "White Whizxers" of the years have left a dreadful tale behind them. January recorded but one death, and February added only two to thnt. but November closed with the total raised to 110. July (the worst of the eleven months) accounted for 22. Hunting ranks clearly third In the annual “sporting deaths." Wisconsin seams to have the blackest portion of the list to show, for her first day's rec ord tells of 29 casualties (13 of them fatal); but Maine reported for the first forty eight hours of the leaser. ! Si!!t‘ and 7 wounded, so that the ghastly to tal of 72 fatalities and 77 other casual ties for the entire country exhibits a reasonably divided responsibility. Eight on Diamond. The death roiter, In so tar as III Items fall below football's fourteen, H headed by eight fatalities on the mond field of the national game, o! these twp were spectators, struck In the one case by a ball and In the other by a bat which had slipped from the batsman's hands on a swing. Pitched balls again accounted for the deaths of five players: Casper Musaelman, of Al ientown. Pa: Thomas F. Burke, of Bos ton; Teller Marina, of Brooklyn, Ohas. McDonald, of Camden, and Jesse Rob ertson, a sailor In Uncle Sam’s navy, who was playing at Norfolk, Va. The death of F. R. McKee near Holla, Mo. In October, was due to a collision with another member of his team while both were running for a foul balL These facts and figures have been gathered with no thought of bringing discredit upon any of the sports r»- ferred to, nor has there been any In tention of "bolstering up” this much talked-of football record by dwelling upon the hdxard of other outdoor games. The element of danger In sport exists wherever there Is fascination or popularity. It exists more markedly for the callow boy than for the man of experience, properly trained to meri the conditions In question. And it would seem only fair that the critical public should bear something of tht« sort In mind In commenting upon one sport or the other—should have son'* eye for the whole field, and so’!’* 8 * with a view to all the facts.—Boston Journal. GIRL ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WHILE SEATED BY FIRE. Special to The Georgian. Gadsden, Ala.. Dec. 29.—Lillian Clif ton, the 16-year-otd daughter of » »- llam Clifton, was accidentally »n- ’• Thursday at the ,home of her father, m Lookout Mountain, above Noccaluls Falls. The young lady's father and Luther Foreman, a young man wkj resides In the neighborhood, came ’ from a hunting trip and were sit" 1 ’* by the fire examining their guns. »>■ Clifton was also sitting by the nr* the opposite comer from the m* Foreman started to shove his gun "" der the chair In which he.was when the hammer caught In manner, the weapon was discharge- the load of shot taking effect IIn tn* young woman's face, arms •tifli** 1 -' Luckily the moot of the load of *" struck the mantel nnd glanced b*wr striking tbs girt. Jfi.’ S