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ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, MONDAY, "FEBRUARY 4, 1907. ! ,
NEWS OF SPORTS
EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
TOM FISHER
IN LOUISIANA
SHREVEPORT’S NEW MANAGER
HAS STARTED IN WORK
ON 1907 TEAM.
STARS OF SOUTHERN GO TO MAJORS IN SPRINGIrnTNEWsilur views
Tom Fisher, minat^r of the Rhrevc-
pon team, left his >nwig tn-Andmnn.
Ind., Friday and must already lx* safe
ly at Shreveport.
Tom writes that he will be In At
lanta this tiwnth for the schedule
meeting of the league.
THEY’RE OFF
AT OAKLAND
MANY GOOD HORSES ON HAND
FOR OPENING DAY AT
HOT SPRINGS.
Hot Springs, Ark., Feb. 4,*—'"They're
off" today at Oaklawn. and unfrs* all
■Igna go astray the meeting will he
the moat successful that has ever taken
place here. For weeks |»uM the strings
of faat horses have been arriving at
the track, the’ number so far sur
passing expectation* that It was found
necessary to pruvldf additional stall
room. Many unnamed youngsters are
In the stables and several- prominent
horsemen have a number of colts with
which they hope to surprise the turf
World ere many weeks huve |m*sed
Other better km.wn horses are here
In considerable numbers to get Into
condition for the ('rescent City Derby
and other big events to la* run on the
Southern tracks this springs. Among
the well known stables represented
those uf Harney—He lire! her.—LL L
Some of Best Men in
League Get Trial
With Big Leagues
and Several of Them
Will Certainly Make
Good.
have graduated to the maj.tr
" will be the cry of a goodly
r»f ex-Houthern Leaguers this
Christy, of Kansas City; O. \V. Itlsseii
of Pittsburg; I'. T. Chinn, Louis Celia
and F. A. Forsythe.
>000000
ON WEEK'8 CALENDAR.
O MONDAY.
0 Opening of the race meeting at O
OOakUwn, Hot Hprlngs, Arfc. 0
O TUESDAY. 0
O Annual meeting of the United O
0 States National lawn Tennis As- 0
O aoclatlon at the Waldorf-Astoria, 0
O New York. 0
O Fifteen-round bout between 0
O Rouse O'Brien and "Kid" Good- 0
O man, at Thornton. R. I 0
O WEDNESDAY! 0
O Opening of bench show of the O
O Collie Club of America, at Harris- O
O burg. Pa. 0
O Opening of bench show of t the O
a Columbus (O.) Kennel Club. O
O Ten-round bout belwecu Jack O
a Reed And Wit Dougherty, at In- 0
O dianapolis. O
a Anuat meeting of the Virginia 0
League uf Baseball Clubs, 0
Annual meeting of the North O
0 American Fish and Game Prolee- O
V ttve Association. At G'tebei. 0
8 THURSDAY. O
Opening of annuul tournament 0
O of National 8kl Association, at O
0 Ashland. Win. O
0 FRIDAY. O
O Start of the motor boat race 0
O from Miami. Fla., to Nassau, N. I*. 0
O SATURDAY. 0
8 Congress of 8nowshoers*for the O
championship of the world, at O
O Montreal. . 2
0 IryJoor games of the Pastime A. O
0 C„ In Madison Square Garden* 0
0 New York. 2
0 New York State championship 0
O skating races, at New burg. N. Y. O
O Open handicap swimming meet 0
0 under auspices of the New York 0
0 Athletic Club 0
0 The Ascot Handicap, with 93,<M*0 O
0 added money, for two-year-olds O
0 and upward, will be run at Los O
O Angeles.
league:
bunch
spring.
Maybe It will be a case of "hack to
the minors" after the try-outs, but any
way Hughes and Archer, of Atlanta;
Liehliardt and Nichole, of Memphis,
Absteln, and fly rile, of Shreveport;
llrndy. of Little Rock; Sallee, of Bir
mingham. and Maxwell, of Montgom
ery. will try u swirl In fast company
this, spring.
Several <>t these men nfe sure to
make good—barring accidents and In-
rtlng the proviso that they are In as
good condition this year ns they were
last
otinny Hughes Is a sure winner.
Tom led the Southern League as a
pitcher last year and can undoubtedly
Job with the New York Amer
icans. He has everything that any
good pitcher ever had. and. In addi
tion. he takes care of himself and is
ambitious. Tom will be a sucres*.
That Is a cinch. Unless Our prediction
»rse than usual, Tom will not only
hold Ills own In the American League,
but will be one of the stars.
Next lo Hughes, Llehhardt seem*
to have the best chance of landing. The
Dutchman Is a great pitcher, and with
the support that Cleveland will give
lick go*Hi and tightT
him he ought to .... .
Like Hughes. Llrbhnrdt has everything
In the curve line—nice control, a greut
head, and steady habits.
Absteln ought to do with Pittsburg.
The ex-Hhrevcporter Is n natural hitter
and he Is hired to swat the hall. If he
can keep the clip he set with Hhreve-
purt—.310—he will do well In the Na
tional League A* n fielder he rankv
with the best and he Is u reliable mac
on first base.
"Nick" Has Chance.
AT VIRGINIA. O
O00OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
O BASEBALL SCHEDULE
a *” "■
Q
O Here Is the Vtilvervlty of Mr- a
O Klnln’fl lmnehull .oheiliiln for Iso': 0
O Uarck 1#—Woodbcrcy I'VrveL ut 0
O Charlottesville. O
O March 21— Lafayette, at Char- 0
O lottesvlll*. , ®
O March 29—Cornell, at Char- 0
O lotteevyie. 2
O March 20—Columbia, at Char- O
O lottesvllle.
0 April 1—Open. “
O April 2—open. O
O April S—Pennsylvania, at Char- O
0 lottesvllle. ®
O April 4—Pennsylvania, at Char- O
O lottesvllle.
O April 6—Vlllanova.
O lottesvllle
O April 6—Vlllanova.
O lottesvllle. 2
O April 18—Dartmouth, at f Imr- O
0 lottesvllle. 0
0 ^Aprll 16—Georgetown, at < liar- O
0 lottesvllle.
O April 16—GeorRe Washing! — ~
Ulmr-
It Is about an even break for Nlch-
olls. This youngster did very well at
shortstop last year for Memphis.
robubl.v he was the best man In the
league nt that p»mltlnn. Hut a mnn
who can displace any of those Phila
delphia American Infleldero and take a
regular position is a g*v»d one and we'll
huve to slip It to him. •Icholls Is young
and it Is no cinch that he will hang on.
But he la coming fast and If ho docs
not mtk« good this year he will next.
Brady, of Little Rock, who goes to
Plttsbuig. l*_anuthcr man with about
«n even chance. Hrndy wan with the
worst team In the league last yenr
nnd In saying I his wre have not over
looked Nnshvittr -and he showed llf 1ft
lihenomenAI stylo, rtf course he could
not win many games—no human be
ing could with that Little Bock team
behind him—hut he managed to win
14. lose only 24 and tie 2. If you saw
Little lloi-k, play last $ear you will
understand that such a |n?r cent wu*
;celU*nt.
llut It Is somewhat doubtful If Rrndy
will stick. He has about all the curves
and shoots that any pitcher In the
league evrr showed, but It will take
his be.4t efforts to hotd on In the Na
tional. Here's wishing him luck,
though.
Maxwell Is another pitcher who has
about an even chance of landing. He
pitched nice hall last vear for Mont
gomery. He won 17 and lost If. games.
But someway It seems doubtful If he
4s quite good cnoilgh >0
the majors, lie Is anotl
TOM HUGHES,
The Atlanta pitcher who lead tha
Southern aLague last year and who
gata a trial with tha Naw York
Amarieana thia spring.
Wtfr&L
Bt-K
LIEI3HARDT
SALLEE.
V~**S
BYRNE
MAXWELL.
AB8TEIN
By PERCY H. WHITING.
It i» not the intention of the writer to edit thin column
with the scissors. Such an it is he is personally responsible for |
most of it.
Hut when some man says what he has been trying to say
and says it better snd in less words the only thing to do is to
print what the other fellow says and concluded it with a "Them’a
-my -sentiments.-— —— 1
Well,'here's what Caspar Whitney has to aay, in the Febru- .
ary issue of Outing: I
"Learn to say no to yourself with a biff N. Play hard when;!
you play: and play fair. Don’t bet; it takes the edge off the fun. i"
If the game does not uive you enough fun on its own account, j|
look for one that does.
“Don’t founble; it is a mighty poor investment; you never
get your money’s worth.
“Be ready for all your contests—your percentage of wins
will then he higher.
' "Play in which the loser has no share in the benefits is poor
play.
“Never kill beyond your actual camp needs—and never
kill, tiriu.
The game which requires the incentive of money (betting)
is one for sporting men. not for sportsmen.
"If you cannot play the game, get out of it.
"If von cannot speak kintllv of voiir competitors, hold VOUT
peace.
“It is better to lose through the other fellow’s cheating than h
to win hy his dishonest methods. 10,
"Don’t throw mud: some of it is sure to spatter the wrongh
person; besides—look at your own fingers.” ■j*"
It’s good advice, nil of it. Think it over and see if it isn’t. i
The S. I. A. A! hns returned a verdict of “not guilty but
don’t let it hnppeu again" in the cases of Pollard and Sims.
Oh well, we’ve all forgotten what they were charged with,
anyway.
Somebody hns respectfully suggested that Charles Murphy
buy a steam calliope to accompany Charley and hia daily parade
to the ball grounds. 4 ,
"The ctTili at Atlanta. (Ja.. iiT The South Atlantic League, is'
having n tilt with the United States government over Jerry Arm
strong.”
This from The Boston Journal.
In a measure this is perhaps correct. Only he doesn’t mean
Atlanta nnd Atlanta isn't in the South Atlantic League and there
isn’t any tilt.
May lie he was thinking of Augusta.
Emmoru for Quality
Get a Raincoat
At Reduced Prices
Dope, From Pens of Many Baseball Writers
'Incinmitt will ptciont man* strange
cs l«9 (he fans In -the opening
land wlih ! Kamo on April II than any other team
n the list | In either of the big league*. Now
Counting on Jimmy.
s though, ant! will doubtlern | that Bolt F.wlng Is certain to depart
J.ih with the big leagues f rmn Hedlund. another of the old
j standbys of 190ft goes, nnd those that
are left are George St hid. Miller, llug-
ln*. Jake WVItner, linn* Lobort and
Mike Mowrey. of these, the latter two
might he called youngsters, although
they have Ju*t about made themselves
Ith the fans, as both played
Just whnt luck Jim Ardiri will ha\
with Detroit |* problematical
Archer Is a good catcher When I
comes to tleldtug the position nnd peg
Ring them down to second and over to. .
first there w«m»M trouble to beating | wlwUl ** bal1 ia * 1
Jlmyiy. I-ut his hatting Is hardly up
to Amerhan League requirement* Lust
year lie hit only .224 nnd in |9of» it
was 264. Well, hutting like that will
hardly do for h Detroit catcher.
But up Detroit way. they seem to
think that Jimmy will he a fixture on
the team nnd are counting on using
him during the season Here's wish-
luck and assuring him that
warm welcome waiting
good enough for Atlanta any old day.
Doubt About Byrne.
Byrne I* another doubtful proposi
tion. lie is one of the most graceful
and best Udders the Southern League
has ever seen, he Is as gritty a lift!
chap as evei wore the "plat
hatted ‘
Umpire Hank o’
a ultchcr for the (
lie could never g«
keeping men close
"F had a half-balk motion." says
;0*Day, "that was a fooler to hose run
ners. but my catcher wouldn’t let me
usi* It. lie wanted everybody that
reached first to try to Meal second,
and nlwa \* told me to let them get a*
gay a* they pleased around llrst, so
hat the • would he encouraged l
r's auprenmey nnd without In
taking from tin* pitcher nny
resent prominence or Inter*
sonullty."
Hob Utufluuh has returm
beloved Williamsport after
make much of u hit In Bo
Boston Host aay* ..f his vt
glnuh has left t
that he Won't come back tu »ee
John L. Taylor, and If he comes at All
ill he subdued In spirits. To hear
him talk and llste
would Bunk him a Lajole or
nor I'nglauh I* a much hette
than lie l- a ball player."
for
.md
O at ChnrlottiuivlIL
Ov...e,
April 17—Trinity, at Charlenes- 01 , .
Silk o'Lnughlln tells the following ns
the only correct explanation of how he
happened t>> become an umpire:
"I plnved on an amateur team In
Rochester, and my position was left
field. I'm n »t a bit swelled when 1
suy that 1 was a Jimdandy outtleldcr.
I was fast, judged a Hy bull well and
could throw more than fairly. But at
hatting I wa* a frost Jack TownsWul.
formerly of the Cleveland Club, always
reminded me of myself. He hits 'em
just about a* l did Well, we were
hot match nt Silver Lake,
ne day. ami 1 had my
In the hatting order
her. In the ninth
•*t wav Uf get- n '" r H‘»'*hester. one
it was too. Alll tttvu * , ’ ,miMl ,n
thought a runner above the plte
April 20—Hnmpden Sidney,
0 Charlottesville. 0
0 April 22—Davidson, nt Char- Oj
O lottesvllle.
O April 2ft—Georgia.
O lottesvllle
O April 27—Georgia,
O lottesvllle.
O May 4—Georgetown.
O tngton.
O May ft—Pennsylvania, nt Phlla
O del phi a.^
*d yet with the maj'
finish. .1
mnn *!»•>
lion."
O May "—Vlllanova. nt VUlnno
0 May 8—Print eton. at Prlncet
O N. J.
o Mny 9—Ya1». nt X-w Haven.
O Min 10—tipen.
O Muy 11—Army, in W. t H<>1
0.'
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oooeooooooo
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MERCER EASY
FOR AUBURN
I Shi.vepoit Tlnd Memphis are pre-
i paring t-* bring m o.* n. w mm into
; fitt» Southern League this >oar th.in
h ve ever bet*n hroughl at one time
hv any two teams, aiwa>* excepting
Atlanta. Bur the exp* rtnu ntlug
I Shr» veport and Memphis will he along
a tllfTt-rent line from that at Atlanta
Managers Usher and Bahh will play
new men on their regular teams, h**p-
' mg t > land something in tl-.e shape .>f it
! pennant hv the lnje« t|on -»r new play-
AUGUSTA NOT
MUCH PLEASED
NEW SALLY SCHEDULE IS CON
SIDERED FAR FROM A PER
FECT ARRANGEMENT.
spirit no
Special to The GcoTglnn.
Augusta, Ha, Feb. 4.—The proposed
sihrdtile •'f games In the South Atlan
tic l.eagfie, which was recently Issued
hy President Boyer, is not klckejl
it against strenuously by local fans, hut
all admit that it might have twen hot
ter. The Tourists will pry open the *ea.
we got two men on base, one out and
me up. We hud only one utility hitter,
and tlie manager, arter thinking for a
long time, decided to send me up nnd
let the extra tnan bat for the pitcher
T.rlke out.’ says he. 'and thus avoid
a double play.’ That made me sore
and 1 went up to the plate, blind with
determination. The first ball that cume
up I shut my eyes at and swung. By
»«iiiu' mvMferbuis chance I shot it over
the head of the first baseman, and the
swat won the game for us. Flight
then* 1 retired «s a player. The fel
lows were good enough to lnsl*t that
1 should stay, but I was obdurate,
dually compromised by consenting
for them, and In this wnj
I worked Into the Job I’ve got
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umplr
The national commission
snaked Birmingham the price
Bluvcr Mi lore’s services from April 10,
1906. to' April 26. Moore was sus
pended In the fall of B*o6. Last spring
he was tendeted another contract. He
was imt notified to report and fifteen
days after the nea*on started he wua
released.
The commission ruled that In ten
dering Moore a contract the Birming
ham club, in effect, reinstated him and
that the player could collect fifteen
days
•ay.
FRANK ROTH
OPERATED ON
WHITE 80X CATCHER LOSES AP
PENDIX AND WILL BE OUT
OF GAME SOME TIME.
LETTER FOR PARSONS.
.uhurn. Ala. Jan.
k. t hall team defeat* I Meicer last
ht In a fast game. Auburn scoring ! (n
Merc* r 9. Auhuin will play Uoluin- "Four strikes
here next Friday night and the matters between the batsman and ■ Labor-Day the local team will be away
I game promises to he exeitlnr. ns the I pitcher, and look* to he a idmph-. fair i from home, playing Macon In tlM last
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surely even Up
StYHMiah In Savannah, .on
n l will * lose It with Mac*»n
in Mai >n, on September 4. On the
I Fourth of July a game wit be played.
In August between Jay Kantler'g team
•>f Gamecock* and Bunatck’s team, on
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