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I * l / LEAGUE MEETING WILL BE HELD VERY SOON TWO GOOD FEATHERWEIGHTS j Little Suburban Park School For Gamblers People Who Work Through Week Lose Their Money There on Sun day. . By J. 8. A. MACDONALD. New Orleans, La.. Feb. I.—America's only Sunday rare track—Suburban , Park—Is In a flourishing condition just now and will probably continue to ex ist so long as raring and betting arc legalised In this state. It Is A wonderful)- Interesting spot, this home oenter of a desecration In the name of sport, and one of the real sights of the current season here. On last Saturday fully «.ooo racego ers witnessed the sport at the Fair Grounds, while the very next duy quite as numerous a crowd assembled at the Sunday plant. Scarcely a single face neen at the Fair Grounds could be ills earned at the Suburban, a ctrrum stance which affords aims Indication of the enthralling hold race track gamb ling has upon the community at large. At the Fair Grounds und City Park the rale of admission Is 11.60. while you pay but half u dollar nt the Sun day plant. Until the coming Into ex istence of Suburban Park's Sunday game this city was Just like the aver age horse race renter -quiet and sober. Then what a transformation followed. As In the days of the old lottery, men and women who scarcely knew of horse racing going on suddenly la-ramo Honda for the game. In the Imrher shops, the hotels, and In the marketing plucee. the by-word la as to the probable win ner of the afternoon handicap. Catches tbs Workers. Thousands of men and women whose time and attention had been engrossed by their dally work through the week found Suburban Perk a line medium for an Indulgence in the sport of kings on their one day off—Sunday Two or three trips to Suburban Park and they became rnnflrmed horse players. The Hutiday trac k has really proved u feed ing source to the older courses, for the old sporting adage, “once a player, always one," was never better exem- plltlcd than In hundreds of cases of clerks and young artlsnna. who, mak ing a winning on the Initial venture at Suburban Park, quickly forgot the dif ference In admission, and deserting the kindergarten course, blossomed Into regulars nt the Pair -Oroifnrts or City Park With three race troika running In n city the size of this, soon no one but the old men and the nurse girls will be left at hnmi, the rest of the impu tation being at the track side. As a matter of fact there are more of the •mall hand fotm books in circulation here this winter than Is the case dur ing the summer about New York. Halting la amounting to a veritable . era*. and the Sunday game at Subur ban Pork Is the cause of It When MUENCH& BEIERSDORFER THE PEACHTREE JEWELERS Diamonds, Wstchts. Jewelry. Fins Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repair ing. M Peachtree Street Atlanta, G*. Bell Phone 1111. will It nil cease? Rome seen sny when the race truck bettng becomes a thing of the past In this state. The professional race track follow ers who tlnd the Runday afternoons lag ging sit their hands, or. again, the los ers who crave Immediate action In the hope of "getting out," stroll down the ferry slips about noon. There they embark In special race track ferries bound nrross the Mississippi river to Algiers, La., a distance of 2 miles Once landed, a quick change to the race trains of the Grand Isle Railway follnwa. A whlak through a region abounding In the lineal sugar, rice and cotton plantations In the South soon lands the enthusiast at the track aide. It Is a half mile course with a grand stand capable of accommodating not more than 1,004 persons. The betting shed Is enclosed and la no larger than an ordinary barn. Dams la Vary Poor. Imagine what the scene looked like on the afternoon 6,00 race-goers aaw fttarter Risk send a Held of horses away without waiting for one of the choices to toe tlie mark. He had not observed the horse coming slowly around the quarter stretch to the starting post and thought the field was complete Inn um ber Two yearn ago there ueed to la- four nr flve bookmakers doing buslnpes. Now there are u score or more of them. "Tom" Rhaw, the noted prtce- maker, finally cutting In on behalf of "Harney" Rchrteber last Runday ‘Over nt Rheepaehaad Ray," la the way the wags put It. But still they go, Runday after Runday. This suburban park Is not only the te Runday afternoon race track upon which thoroughbreds are raced, but It Is the only half mile course In the world where hurdle raeea and steeple chases are run. LONG CAREER COMES TO END Unlea* President William M. Kava- naugh. Southern League mogul, calls the spring meeting of the Southern League for Atlanta and for soma data Inside the next couple of weeks. It will be a big surprise to local fans. The spring meeting Is about due. The one last year was held enrly In Febru ary and the one this year la likely to be held at about the same date. However, Preeldent Dickinson, of the local club, baa been unsuccessful In his efforts to ascertain the exact date. He has wired President Kavanaugh, but baa bad no reply pa yet. Mr. Dickin son Is of the opinion that the date has >t been decided up< n as yet, but that the meeting will bo held soon. It Is hard to tell what will be dona at the meeting, further than to decide on tho new schedule. This I* always a NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS By PERCY H. WHITING. We’re off on tho last dead month of the sporting year. With February out of tho way wo can count on the advent of baseball. Then comes tennis, then all the spring sports. The New York Americans come March 8. Then thv Atlanta team reports. Then the exhibition games begin. Also about that time the college baseball players crop out in all their glory. On April 10 the Southern League season begins and from then until October there is baseball galore. Other things will interest the sport lovers of Atlanta during summer. The annual Southern Lawn Tennis championship will be . held in Atlanta in June. ■ So will the annual championship of the Southern Golf Asso' ciation. Probably the Southern Grand zYmcrican tournament will find its way to Atlanta, And next fall there will be football as usual. Verily there is plenty to wait for—and not long to wait. Pennsylvania state has been dropped from the Yale sched ule. And the Penn. Staters ore rather proud of it. Yale had to admit that the Dutchmen were too strong for early season competitors. The New York papers keep busy these days denying each other's stories. Hal Chase says he is not holding out for more salary—as stated, Mike Donlin allows that he didn’t have to pay his doctor’s bills, as alleged—and so it goes. It's awful how hard it ii to get anything to write about in this dull season. The Southern League has sent a large number of very prom ising recruits to the major leagues and is much interested in theirsuecesa. —— — In this connection it may be interesting for the fanatics to know that Rube Waddell has solved the problem of why so many good minor leaguers fail to make good with the major leagues. Rube says it is because they can't play good enough. All hope of holding race meetings in Salem, Mass., has been abandoned and the promoters'of the scheme arc left hold ing a million dollar bag. Lovely game for somebody. Verily the annual crop of suckers is something astounding. fruitful source of wrangling, and doubt less will be this year. Otherwise noth ing of an exciting nature Is due to come up at the session. DIXIE BREAKS RECORD. Palm Beach, FIs.. Fab. 1.—The fast motor boat Dixie undoubtedly set a new world's record In the nt* yester day for the Blr Thomas Dewar trophy when H covered a mile In 2:20. The Dixie, of course, won this event, and also the Wannamaker cup and the spe cial race for fast boats. The consola tion event wan won by the Gray Wolf. You have to get right foolish these days to get any free ad vertising. President Dnvey, of the Boston Nationals, had to offer $25,. 000 for John Kling and “Three Fingered” Brotvn in order to get into the papers. He could safely have made it ■foO.OOO, though. Chubby Charles Murphy needs the men more than the money. The New York Sun objects heeause Cincinnati has signed Charles Grapewin. the actor, who is to ait on tho bench and root for the team. They claim that there are enough “joaks” on the Cincinnati team already. But then, The Sun always had a bad diaposition, anyway. Joe Kelley gets $5,000 a year for managing the Toronto Eastern League club. This is supposed to be the largest salary ever paid a minor league manager. I#oxlngton. Ky . Feb. 2.—Charles Mar- In, nurd 6S, one of the moat famous driver* and trainer* of race hor*e» In America, died In a ho*pltnl here last night.. During hi* career he owned many hor*e* **f national repute and probably won more vlctortea with har ness horse* than any uther American | l.V tmtner Among hi* 14m »>f employer*. Third race -Six fusion**, selling: n»re Renat or* and congressmen. Ill* Hlue Dale. -So. Spton. i‘8. l«ndy Caret, arly home was In Meadvllle. 1’a I!'"'. Columbia Girl 106; ohlyesa. I0«; Marvin was at one time manager; Happy Jack. II. Iftit, Goldie, 100; Dr. f the famous Palo Alin farm of Tall- j »'"rulll. lOS^Gold _Proof._lOt; Salvage, fornln. owned by the late Senator Le RACING RESULTS. NEW ORLEANS. New Orleans. Feb 2 —Her® are the results of the races today: FIR8T HACK—Refined. IS to 10. won; Dapple Gold, 5 to 2. second; Ma- falda. 0 to 6, third Time. 1:17. SECOND HACK—Mont he rt, 11 to G. won; Ruby wick, 2 to 1. second; Whisk Broom, out. third Time. 61 3-6 THIRD RACE—Tllelmr. 7 to 10. won; Grunudu, 11 to 1*. second. Glamor, out. third Time. 1:45 FOCRTH RACE—Missouri Lad. 13 1, won; The Englishman, 6 to l, second. St. Valentine, 4 to 5. third. Time. 2:13 4-5. FIFTH RACE—Ternux 8 to 1. won; Foreigner. 3 to l. second, Flavlgny. 4 to 5. third Time. 153 Entries for Nsw Orleans. New Orlean*. t«a.. Feb. 2.—^Entries for City l»ark Monday Flr*t rnce—Three un.l a half fur long*. purse Parisian Model. 108; Elvira M. 108. My Love. 108; La*a- tnuda, 108; Edna Matter, 108; Reela. 108. Rea. 108. Snlnc-law, 108; Ren Hand. 109. llucket Brigade, 109; Bayou Lark. |0»; Rrauney Lady. 109; Truce. 109; Lawle*. 10s. Second race—Steeple Chase, short ourse: Kara. 107. Pitkin. 110; Henry . Schroder. 137; Harufoot. 144; Ladv l; Sllllr Newcomb, 148; Aules. Refined. 110. Sixth Race—Six furlongs: Cora Price 100; Nellie Karine. 100; Excuse Me, 100; Rosemnrion. 100; Imposition. 100; Nedra. 100; Itelsoy. 102; Voting. 102, Turbulence. 102; Do Oro, 105; Colt- ness, 110. Seventh Race—Mile and an eighth, selling: Dr. McCleur, 102; St. Noel, 102; Lady Ellison. 105; Fonaoluca, 107; Torchello, 109; Ed Tierney. 110; Ar thur Cummer. 110; Sanction. 110; Chnmblee. 110. ohmoaa. 109; Dargln. Ill Fourth race—One mile, the Lagarde. selling stakes. $1,000 added: Elfall, 100; timer Larsen. 10o. Lamp Trimmer. 103. Tom Dolan. 107; Tilting, 113; Val entine, 108; Drotnlo. 100. Fifth race—Six furlongs. pur*e: 'Bel- _ rongres*. Mat vln I mlna. 100; Tanbark. 100. Prince Ros- Itlt for leveral years. I ler. P>9; Steerforth. 105; Decklaw. 105 land Stanford In 1*00 Marvin was presented with n b»g stabl** of race horse*., valued at ’•.''0" hi hi* employer*. Miller * Sib- *( of Franklin. Pa. Both men were ulonalre*. Joseph Sibley time «i member had been in III h* van at one *nth ago he sold hi* entire stable Urate George. 105; Soprano, 105; Lens, of horses. 1 107, Captain Hale, 100. BudhlU, 110; MACON CLUB NAMES BUSINESS MANAGER. Spe*ial to The Georgia a. Macon. Ga. Feb. 2 — Ralph R. Dun woody ha* been named bualneaa man ager for the Macon bn*ehall club and ha* taken up the work. The duties of a business manager of a hall club are not now to Mr. Dunwoody, a* he acted In thin capacity during the season of 1905. JUDGE HANSEL'S FRIENDS ENTERTAIN HOPE8 Special to The Georgian. Thoinnsvlll**. Ga.. Feb. 2 —Judge A. H. Hansel In resting as well aa could be expected today. Scant hop® 1* en tertained for hla recovery. BISHOP WILLIAM STANCE IS CLAIMED BY DEATH St. Paul. Minn, Feb 2.—Bishop Wil liam Stange, of Fall River, Mass. died at St. Mary-* hospital, st Rochester, Minn., at 8 a. m today. He underwent an operation for the removal of a tumor January 21. The bodj will be taken to Fall River tonight. HERE ARE PICTURE8 OF ABE ATTELL AND FRANKIE REED. TWO OF THE BEST LITTL FIGHTERS IN THE COUNTRY. MACON STUDENTS BELIEVE THEIR TEAM THE WINNER •pedsl to The Georxtea. Macon. Ga., Feb. 2.—Never In the history of Mercer University have the -student* an4 tho faithful-Jana of the city of Macnn felt so confident of a successful season upon the baseball field for the local college team. Dyre, the great college twlrler who played with the Baptists several years ago. Is back at hie first love and there Is no doubt but that he will put In a good season's work. Hog*, the man with the "steel arm." who was a student of Mercer for sev eral months In 1000. Is bsck and ready to put In the hardest game of hla Hogg, with a little training, will ns doubt become one of the beat cnllex. pitchers the Routh hss ever known. ogteiby. fHinttlarty known on tin* esmpus as "Prep." the man who won the rag for Bellebuckle, halls from South Georgia. Thla Is hla first year In collage ball, but he Is expected to do his share In winning the rag for tht Merrertane. Smith, of the last year's staff, has returned and will make a good man. A number of applicants are trying out for each position and there Is no doubt but that Mercer will put out th- best club this season that aha baa ever had. JOCKEY TRUST JOLTS NEW ORLEANS When the Select Few “Are Down” Long Shots Win. Combination of Riders for whenever a certain well-defined betting faction puts down the checks, the selected medium brings home the coon skins. This has gone on with unfailing regularity for four or flve and Players Is weeks now, and, of course, the tongues The ’same condition of affairs oh- Hard to Beat. while laet winter, with ths result that New. Orleans, La., Feb. 2.—Wherever the professional speculative set gath ers In the ofT hours away from the race track the one great topic dis cussed Is the so-called “Jockey Trust.” The Insinuation, in effect, that a clique of strong local and foreign spec- ulators have the leading race riders un der their direction and control, la heard everywhere. bookmaker la here now, where he Is al lowed to operate at City Pork and de barred from the Fair Grounds. Whether the so-called "Jockey Trust will be dissolved without recourse to extreme measures on the part of the stewards at the Fair Grounds and City Park remains to be seen. Some days ago one of tho main projectors of the combination was po litely warned to “cheese” and he forth with did so. Beating 4-5 favorites with 12-1 shots. And It aeemn not without reason, too. backed down to fours. Is about the range of the evildoers' scope, though they did knock down a J-5 favorite with a 10-1 shot early In the eeaeoa These Insiders, too. grabbed the tops as If they had had a first past the port cinch In hand. This dead-cinch play and the Infu sion of the new money and the new blood from New York. St. Louis nnd Chicago, which annually occurs Ju»t before Mardi Gras, constitute the latent phases of the money end of the Inn* winter's grind. NAT KAI8CR A CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. IB Dsestur St Kimball House. Bsrasin. In Unredeemed Die me ode. Some Gush From Baseball s Spouting Geyser Here are aome entries on the ofllclnl records of J. H. Farrell, eecretary of the National Aaaoclatlon, which are of interest to Southern fans: CONTRACTS SIGNED: With Naahvllle—W. G. .Mills. With Little Rock—William Hart. With Augusta—Tyler Christian. With Savannah—Carl Thompson. William Harley. With Vicksburg—G. W. Blackburn. With Gulfport—R. J. Gllks. With .Meridian—Ray E. Marshall, Everett M. Utter, G. O. Sample. TERMS ACCEPTED. With Montgomery—Andy Anderson. With Gulfport—George Manush. With Atlanta—Oeorgc Winter*. James ; Fox. Neal Ball, L. Hoffman, A. O. Jor dan. With Little Rock—D. E. .Miller, R Corklll With Jacksonville—Thomas McMil lan. Cliff Thomas. F. Reach. RELEASED BY PURCHASE Pv Memphis to New Orleans—Phil Nadeau. By Atlanta to Nashville—Whltey Morse. By Birmingham to Atlanta—Louis Castro. By Portland to Nashville—P. M. Mc- Elveen. By Portland to' Birmingham—Peter Lister. By Birmingham to Portland—Harr> , Matthew * By Little Book to Terre Haute—Bert ■ Noblett. By Shreveport to Springfield, Ohio - | O. W. Evans. RELEASED. By Atlanta—Tom Plummer. Lowell i» no better or worse than many another city, says The Sporting ! News, hut combined misfortune of Fred !«ake and hi* team was too much fo» the veteran to overcome; he was forced to surrender his franchise to the New England League. Lake g.ws to Little Rock next season and •will show fans of that section something In the line of bail playing they have never before seen. He Is In excellent condition anti will start the season in line fettle. Several of the Southerners at the New York meeting spoke highly of Frank Rudderham a work as an umpire, anti this set thing* In motion, so that league presidents were after him. proof of hla assertion that the duo was the stingiest on record: Wasn’t the story of the old pennant WANT8 MORE COIN. Joe Vila hands this little bunch to Soden and Conant. the recently retired owners of the Boston Nationals, in UAA TER ttPARKB. Here is the man who it holding out tor more salary. each year of donating $100 to th* champion club for the purchase nf a suitable pennant. Why was this do nation cut off? m tell you! The Bos. ton club won the National League pen. nant In 1891, 1892 and 1893. Soden an ! company bought a pennant with the $100 and had It Inscribed “Champions. 1891.” The next yedr they irot .mother hundred, but they Just changed the date on the old pennant to 1892, alter ing Just one figure. A third century* note was handed to them and again they worked th© same trick, altering the ”2” to a ”3.” aid threw the faltered old rag to the breexe. making Just $198, on the two pennants Is the two changes cost exactly $1 each. This took place when the B'* I n club was making all kinds of m *n*y In the twelve-clib league, and when the other magnates heard of It. they were so mad tint they didn't buy * drink for the Boston m©n for nearly two years. The possible successors to Billy Ollhert at second bsse on the New York team *re: Mullln Ktrsng tlsnnlfan-Corcnrnn Corcoran In not likely to* get It. TotnmrU too good a utility man to be placed r**s'» Inrly at one place. Jennings and Hanlon tout “Skip” Mul* IIn sa a star, and think that he esn M'1 down the Job. This la the only *h*nse Impending on the New York team. will continue In the outfield and Metiaus at first base. Captain Beiter. of the Harvard nine. My* that neither Willie Keeler u * BUI Donovnn will coach the Harvard t' n# this spring. The rumor has been rlf- weeks that l»oth men would pul th** • 1,11 **»n nines on to nil the trick* of the 8 ,in *’ The Chicago Americans hat** signed U»* fence Cheney, of Belleville. Ksn*. The 81. IxmiIs tennis will play a ►P r,R * series iH'glntilng March 3f>. enough to answer my question? Never hear,! It ? Well, let me tell ft. The National League In the old day*, that Is fifteen years ago. wan In th© habit GET YOUR LUMBER — _ FROM E. G. WILLINGHAM & SONS A #rt«” n art S42 WHITEHALL STREET.