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Tom Fisher, mana**r of thr Bhrrvr- port team, left hi* home In Anderson. Ind.. Friday and must already l>e safe ly at Shreveport. —Tom vrrttea ttiar he witl he tn At lanta this month for the schedule meet In* of the league. THEY'RE OFF ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1907. UP-TO-DATE NEWS OF SPORTING WORLD NEWS OF SPORTS EDITED BY • PERCY H. WHITING TOM FISHER IN LOUISIANA STARS OF SOUTHERN GO TO MAJORS IN SPRING 8HREVEPORT*8 NEW MANAGER NAS 8TARTED IN WORK ON 1S07 TEAM. Hot Springs, Arlu Feb. 4.—“They're off” today at Oaktatvn, and unless alt slffna go astray the meeting will he the moat auccessful that hue ever taken place hare. For weeks i<ant the strings of faat .horses have been arriving at the track, the number so far sur- passlng expectations that It was found necessary to provide additional stall room. Many unnamed youngsters are In the etablea and several prominent horsemen have a number of colts with Which they hope to surprise the turf world ere many weeks have passed. Other better known horses ore here Jn considerable numbers to gel Into condition for the Crearent t'lty Derby and other big events to be run on the Southern tracks tlila springs. Among the well known stables represented ore those of Barney Krhrelber, C. C Christy, of Kansas City; G. W. Blsscll of Pittsburg; P. T. Chinn, Louis Celia and F. A, Foray the, Some of Best Men' in League Get Trial With Big Leagues and Several of Them Will Certainly Make Good. 60000000000400000000000006 O ON WEEK'8 CALENDAR. O O O O MONDAY 0 Opening of the race meeting at O O Oaklawn. Hot Hprtngs, Ark. O O TUESDAY. O O Annual meeting of the United O O Staten National lawn Tennis As- O O socle thin at the Waldorf-Astoria, O © New York. O 8 Fifteen-round bout between O Rouse O’Brien and "Kid” Good- O O man, at Thornton, R. 1. O O WEDNESDAY. 0 0 Opening of bench show of the 0 O Collie Club of America, at Harris- O O bur*. Ta. ~0 O Opening of bench show of the O 6 Columbus (O.) Kennel Club. O Reed and Jack Dougherty, at In a dlanapolls. O O Anual meeting of the Virginia O © State League of llaaeball Clube, O Q at Richmond. O * ' Annual meeting «»f the North O O American Flab and Game Protcc- 0 have graduated to the major leagues." will t»e the cry of a goodly bunch of ex-Southern Leaguers this spring. Maybe It will be n case of "hark to the minors" after the try-outs, hut any way Hughes and Archer, of Atlanta; I.lehhardt nail Nichols, of Memphis; Ahsteln und Byrne, of Bhrevepori; Brady, of Little Rock; Sallee, of Bir mingham. and Maxwell, of Montgo'm-, ery, will try a swirl In fast company this, spring. Several of these men are sure to make good—barring accidents and In serting the proviso that they are. In as ndllfon this year ns they were luaf. Tommy Hughes is n sure winner. Tom led the Southern League aa a pitcher last year and can undoubtedly hold a Job with the New York Amer- ns. He has everything that any m! pitcher ever hud. and. In addi tion. he takes care of himself and is ambitious. Tom will he a success. That Is a cinch. Unless our prediction orse than usual, Tom will not only hold his own In the American League, hut will be one of the stars. Next to Hughes, I.lehhardt seem* to have the best chance of funding. The Dutchman la n great pitcher, and with the support that Cleveland will give him he ought to stick good and tight Like Hughes, Liebhardt hue everything in the curve line—nice control, a great •head,-—and--steady hnhltw. - Absteln ought to do with Pittsburg. The ex-Shreveporter Is a natural hitter and he Is hired to swat the ball. If he can keep the clip he set with Shreve port—.110—he will do well In the Na tional league. As a fielder he rank* with the best and he Is a reliable mac on first base. LIEBHARDT. mb • fv TOM HUGHES, The Atlanta pitcher who lead the Southern eLsgue leet year and who goto a trial with tha Naw York Amoricana this spring. “Nick" Haa Chance. O Opening of annual tournament O O of National Bkl Assorlnttnn. nt O O Ashland, Wls. O O FRIDAY. 0 O Start of the motor boat race 0 O from Miami. Flo., to Nassau, N. I*. O O SATURDAY. 0 O Congress of Bnowshoem for thr 0 O champlonahlp of tho world, nt 0 O Montreal. O Indoor games of the Pastime A. O o C„ In Madison 8'iuuiv Garden, 0 O New Turk. j* O New York Stnte rhnmplonehlp O O ekatlnK race,, nt Netvburg. N. Y, 0 O Open hand leap e«Immune meet, 0 O under auepteee of the New ^ O Athletle Club. O The Aacnt Handicap, O added money, fnr O and upward, O Angeles. ■trk O 0 vtth |3,oon O -year-old, 0 will bo run at I.o« 0 AT VIRQINIA. 0 Char- t'har- OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOOOOOODOC O BASEBALL SCHEDULE O o O Hew* la the University of Vlr- O O glnla’s baseball schedule for 190.; 6 0 Marrh 16—Wood berry Forest, at O O Charlottesville. . ® O March 31—Lafayette, at ( hnr- O Cl lotteaviUe. _ J O March 26—Cornell, nt Char- O O lotteaviUe. & O March 30—Columbia, at Chur- 0 O lotteaviUe. JJ O April 1—Open. g O April 2—Open. , g O April 3—Pennsylvania, at Char- 6 O lotteaviUe. ' “JJ O April 4— Pennsylvania, nt t har- o O lotteaviUe. O April 6—Vlllanova, O lotteaviUe. O April 6—Vlllanova, O lotteaviUe ^ g O April ID—Dartmouth, nt Char- O O lotteaviUe. g © April IB—Georgetown, nt t har- O O lotteaviOe. . , g O April 16—George Washington. O O at Charlottesville g O April 17—Trinity, nt Charlottes- O O ville. ° © April 2D—Hampden Sidney, at O O Charlottesville O April 22—Davidson, at O lotteevllle. © April 26—Georgia, nt © lotteevllle. © April 27—Georgia, nt 0 lotteevllle. O May 4—Georget O tngton. © May 6—Penney 1 vanln, nt rhlla- O delphla. © May 7—Vlllanova. at \ Ulanova, O May tk—Princeton, nt Princeton. .© N J „ O May 9—Yale, nt New Haven. O May id—open. O May 11—Army, nt West U.lnt It Is about an even break for Nlch- olla. This youngster did very well nt shortstop lost year for Memphis. Probably he was the best man in the league at that position. But a man who can displace any of those Phila delphia American Infldders and take a regular position Tm a i -1 one and Well have to nllp it to him vholls |* young and It is no cinch that Me will hang on. But he Is coming fast and If he doea not make good this year he will next. Brady, of Little Rock, who goes to Pittsburg, Is another man with about an even chance. Brady was with the worst team In the league last year— and In saying this we hnve not over looked Nashville—and he showed up in phenomenal style. Of course he could not win mam games—«n human be ing could with that I.ltlb* Rock teuin buhlnd him —but he managed to win 14, lose only 24 and tie 2. If you saw Little Hock play last year you will understand that such a per cent was excellent. But It Is somewhat doubtful If Brady will stick. He has about all the rurves and shoots that any pitcher In the league ever showed, hut It will take hls best efforts to hold on In the Na tional. Here’s wishing him luck, though.' Maxwell 'Is another pitches who hns about an even chance of binding, lie pitched nice l>n.U lust year for Mont gomery. lie won 17 and lost 15 games. But someway It seems doubtful If he Is quite good enough yet to land with tin* majors. He Is another on the list W:U ES. ft- MAXWELL. ABSTEIN. Dope, From Pens of Many Baseball Writers Cincinnati will present more strange faces to the fans In the opening game on April 11 than any other team In either of the big leagues. Now though, and will d«mbtlera j that Bob Ewing Is certain to depart ! Job Kith the big lf«Kue« , f rom Redlnnd, another of the old j standbys of 1906 goes, and those that are left are George Hchlel, Miller, Hug- Ins, Jake Weimer, Hans Lobert and Mike Mowrey. Of these, the latter two might be called youngsters, although they have Just about made themselves olid with the funs, as both played Counting on Jimmy. Just what luck Jim Archer will have with Detroit is problematical. Archer U u goad catcher When it comes to fielding the position and lag ging them down to tcecond and Char- Char- nt Wash- o IV-V first there would be trouble In beating ' " IbblbK ball last >v< Jimmy. But hls butting Is hardly up ‘ to American League, requirement*. Lu*i year he hit onl> .224 und In 1905 It wns ,254. Well, hatting like that will hurdiy do for a Detroit catcher. Hut up iMtrolt way they seem to think that Jimmy will be a fixture on the team and ate counting on using him during the season. Here’s wish ing him link and assuring him that If he wants to come hack there Is a warm welcome waiting for him. He’s good enough for Atlnntu any old day. Doubt About Bymo. Byrne Is another doubtful proposi tion He Is one of the most graceful ntul best fielders the Southern league has ever seen, he Is ns gritty a little Chap ns ever wore the "plates.” And he batted .272 last year. In spite of «n ankle that troubled him most of the season. But soma w ay By vs the experts as being light to tiutke good yet with the major I •£* leagues. H"W c\er, he has a good chance. Another man who seems a little out classed in fast company Is Sallee, with Birmingham InM v. nr. This “human flat." tbough with a pennant winner, •My w.»n 17 games lust year and lost l»o, he tied 2. But It Is hard to see what entitles him to u trial with the fast ones However, we hope Bir mingham will not get him back, for the Barons are strong enough without him to make it interesting Umpire Hank O'Day. who was once a pitcher for the Giants, explains why he could never get u reputation for keeping men close to tho bases. “I hud a half-balk motion.” says O’Day. “thut wo* a fooler to baserun- ners, but my catcher wouldn’t let me use It He wanted everybody that reached first to try to steal second, and always told me to let them get as gay as they pleased around first, so that the » would be encouraged to try for second. *’ 'Buck* Ewing was my catcher. *I-ot ’em go. Hank.’ he used t«» soy to me; 'that's the surest way of get ting them out.’ And It was, too. All 1 had to do when 1 thought a runner was going to attempt to steal wus to throw the ball wide s.» the batsman couldn't teach It and then duck, for old 'Buck* would whli that ball imprest I through the box only about 5 feet off trltle too j the ground, and If the pitcher didn't 1 get out of the way the game would he finished without him. Tho way that man shot a ball to second was a cau tion." O0OOOOOOOOO0OOOOO 0 0 OOOO 00 o MUENCH & BEIERSDORFER THE PEACHTREE JEWELERS Diamond,, Watch,,. Je-.tr> Pm, Watch. Clock and Jewelry Repair- j ninnt in Ing. . | If Mere t* Paichtree Strati Atlanta, Ga. j Ball Phone Oil. MERCER EASY FOR AUBURN rt and Memphis, are pre paring to bring more new men Into the Southern League this year than h ve ever been brought at one time by any two teams, always excepting Atlanta. But the experimenting of Shreveport and Memphis will be along a different line from that at Atlanta. Managers Fisher ami Babb will play new men on their regular teams, hop ing to land something In the shape of a pennant by the Injection of new play ing spirit—not that the Southern l.e-ogue hasn't been fast enough, for It would be next to Impossible to make the league much faster with minor league material. New- Orleans Item. the pitcher's supremacy and without In any way taking from the pitcher any of hls present prominence or Inter esting pemonnlttx." Bob Unslaub has returned to that beloved Williamsport after falling to make much of a hit In Boston. The Boston Post says of hls visit; “Hob I'nglaub has left town. The chances are that he won't come back to see John L. Taylor, and If he comes at nil he will be subdued In spirits. To hear him talk and listen to hls demands one would think him a leojnlr or a Wag ner. Unglauh D h much better talker than he is a bull player." Bilk O'Laughltn tells the following as the only correct explanation of how he huwpened to become an umpire; "I played on an amateur team In Rochester, and my position was left field. I’m not a hit swelled when I say that I was a Jlmdandy outfielder. 1 was fast. Judged a fly hall well and could throw more than fairly. But a| hutting I was a frost. Jack Townsend, formerly of the <’|evrland Club, always reminded me of myself. He hits ’em Just about as 1 did. Well, we were playing n hot match at Silver I«ake, near Rochester, one day, and I had my accustomed place In the batting order right above the pitcher. In the ninth AUGUSTA NOT MUCH PLEASED NEW SALLY 8CHEDULE IS CON SIDERED FAR FROM A PER- FECT ARRANGEMENT. we got two men on base, one out and me up. We hud only one utility hitter, and the manager, after thinking for a long time, decided to send me up and let the extra man bat for the pitcher. 'Strike out,' says he, ‘and thus avoid a double play.’ That made tne sore and 1 went up to the plate, blind with determination. The first ball that came up I shut my eyes at and swung. By some .mysterious chance I shot It over the head of the first baseman, and the swat won the game for us. Right there I retired as a player. The fel lows were good enough to insist that I should stay, but I was obdurate. 1 finally compromised by consenting to umpire for them, and In this way I suppose I worked Into the Job I've got now." Tho national commission hns soaked Birmingham the price of Plaver Moore's services from April 10, 1906. to April 25. Moore ’was sus pended in the fall of 1905. Last spring he was tendered another contract. He was not notified to report and fifteen days after the season started he was 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' pay. FRANK ROTH OPERATED ON WHITE 8QX CATCHER LOSES AP- PENDIX AND WILL BE OUT OF GAME SOME TIME. Frank Roth, the Box catcher, w.m operated on for uppendtcltls last Mon day at St. Bernard's hospital here writes Larry Hoffman from Chicago ill most likely be out of the gatm \ .-ball f"t* the New ' 1 rather phased with tin ‘‘‘"'.the batter four strikes instead ,n K , thtve H»* says im- i Vnur strike* would surely even Special to The Georgian. Augusta. Ga., Feb. 4 —Tho proposed hedule of games In the South Allan- • League, which was recently Issued j * or ** lc first l»rt of the seas by President Boyer, Is not kicked against strenuously by local fans, but | all admit that It might have been bet- j ter. The Tourists will pry open the sea- j son with Savannah In Savannah, on | April s. and will close If with Macon' In Macon. «*n September 4. on the i r K'vlbg Fourth of July a gatne wll be played In August between Jay Kanzler's team of Gamecocks and Ranslck's tenni. Or LETTER FOR PARSONS. There Is a letter here urns, manager of Kd % DeGroote NAT KAISER A CO. NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS By PERCY H. WH1TIK0. It is not the intention of the writer to edit this column with the scissors. Such as it is he is personally responsible for most of it. But when some man aaya what he has been trying to sav and saya it better and in less words the only thing to do is to print what the other fellow says and concluded it with a "Them's my sentiments.” Well, here’s what Caspar Whitney has to say, in the Febni. ary Jsaue of -Outing “Learn to say no to yourself with a big N. Play hard When you play; and play fair. Don’t' bet; it takes the edge off the fun. If the game does not give you enough fun on its own account, look for one that does. "Don’t gamble; 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 be 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 time. 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 you cannot speak kindly of your competitors, hold your peace. "It is better to lose through the other fellow’s cheating then to win by his dishonest methods. “Don’t throw mud: some of it is sure to spatter the wrong' person; besides—look at your own fingers.” It’s good advice, all of it. Think it over and see if it isn't The S. I. A. A. has returned a verdict of “not guilty but don't let it happen again” in the cases of Pollard and Sims. Oh well, we’ve all forgotten what they were charged with, anyway. Somebody lias respectfully suggested that Charles Murphy buy a steam calliope to accompany Charley and his daily parade to the ball grounds. “The club at Atlanta. Ga.. in the South Atlantic League, is having a tilt with tho United States government over Jerry Arm strong. This from' The Boston Journal. In a measure this is perhaps correct. Only he doesn’t mesn Atiantn 'and'Atlanta isn’t in the South Atlantic League and there isn’t any tilt. Maybe he .was thinking of Augusta. Emmons for Quality Get a Raincoat At Reduced Prices Now’s the time to buy a Raincoat. You save just 25 per cent oil every dollar during the Emulous February Clear ance Sale and, tod, get a Raincoat you’ll always be proud of. “Cravcnette” wa ter - proofed, hand - tailored and jjerfeetrfitting—a coat that will serve you in bright weather as well as in wet weather. Stylish mixtures, solid greys, blacks and tans of smooth worsted and rough Cheviot materials, to select from. All $12.50 Raincoats, now $9.40 All $15.00 Raincoats, now $11.25 All $18.00 Raincoats, now. $13.50 All $20.00 Raincoats, now. 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