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PERCY H. WHITING
AROUND NUCLEUS OF!
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LD A PENNANT WINNER
League in Their
Positions, and
Other Old Men
SID SMITH, CATCHER
Thla man lad tha Southarn
Laaaua in batting I a at year and flo*
lead the contestant!* In a 15-mlle cross
country run. Similar runs will In?
pulled off every Wedneaday and Sat
urday. the weather permitting, until
March 2. when the regular track prac
tice begins.
Valuable experience will be gained
In this kind of running that cannot be
secured luter In the season, and a large
one In which her team haa taken |
and thla one defeat came last
when the team waa In a crippled <
dttlon.
Manager Harris haa been w«r
hard and wttt gtve the University
beat achedule this spring. Inclu
games with Vanderbilt. Tech. Etr
Auburn nnd Ciemaon.
the local hill climb, but it Is likely t
a system of electrical timing will
employed. with two 'or three s
watt lies in use nl tach end of the
Billy will probably manage tha
taam thia year from tha bench, aa
he did meet of laat year. On a
pinch, however. Smith can go to
the outfield and put up graat ball
there. .
urea among tne neat or tne catch-
•re. He will be Atlanta's regular
catcher in 1907.
RUBE" ZELLER, PITCHER
SOUTHERN DOUBLES TEAM WILL
PLAY FOR NATIONAL HONORS
Meet the Eastern and
Western “Champs”
in National Event.
New York, Feb. 4.—The determina
tion to lend another challenge to Eng
land for the Dull cap salt'to Incor
porate the aaaoclatlon waa reached laat
night at the twenty-sixth annual meet-
Inf of the United States National I*awn
Tennis Association, held In the \Vnf-
dorf*Astoria Hotel.
Thtrty-onc clube were represented by
delegmtea and alterrates. nnd twenty
by proxies. The annual election re
sulted In the continuance of the entire
board of officers and of the executive
In office.
There was satisfaction expressed that
tha Americana are again to challenge
for the International cup and that at
laat Incorporation Is to be effected.
Both of these matters were left to the
executive committee to effect. The of
ficers chosen won:
President, l>r. James Dwight; vice
MICHIGAN TO
PLAY VANDY
Nashville. Tenn. Feb. C —Michigan
has offered to send her football team
. to Oils city either November 2 or Octo.
her 26 for n game with Vanderbilt.
Arrangements will at once l»e made to
* give Michigan one or the other of these
dates.
ONE MOGUL
HAS A KICK
Special to The Georgian.
Kavannuh. Go., Feb. •.—There was at
least one South Atlantic mogul who
i eras disappointed when he learned that
President Boyer had called the m?et-
! fng of the Bailie directors for February
| IS. In Augusta. Not that this i*artlcu-
l lar party at Interest objected to the
I meeting being held In Augusta, nor
that he hod any compunction about
meeting on the 17th day of the month,
j but, be It known, N P. t’ortuh. ►••**.
I rctury of the Savannah club. I* the
; newly elected clerk of council of tbs
' city of Savannah.
Last year when the iHiumut otic*-
, tlon was worrying the hi nds of all the
• other local owners. N;ck was not think
ing of baseball alon«. lie hud Ids eye
on a plum that was hnnging high,
and when the now crowd ctme m Nick
was rewarded for his tubbctlng Hut
j it is unseemly, say* Nhk. that Presi
dent Bover, after waiting >i month and
taking his sweet time nuout culling
the meeting, should have picked nut
thf worst day In the month, the very
day when couloir holds it* February
me salon.
Among the several matters which
Mr. Corlsh wants to bring bef ire tbs
meeting Is that of securing a new
make of ball thin season.
MUENCH&
BEIERSDORFER
THE PEACHTREE JEWELERS
Diamonds, Watch*., Jewelry. Fin*
Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repair-
Ing.
n Paachtraa Stroat——Atlanta, Oa.
Bell Rhone 1311.
|>restdrnt. Robert D. Wrrnn; trraaurer.
Richard Steven.; arrretary, Palmer K.
Prreely: executive committee, William
A. Earned. Itwlght F. Davie. Krlgh
t'ellln., Raymond I> Little, Holcombe
Ward, William J. Flothi.i, Frederick
(). Anderson, A. J. Hoikln. und L. D
Hcott.
L 1> Scott, of Atlanta, aecretary nnd
irea.oirr of the Southern Anenctattnn.
■I>rnng a auriirlac upon the meeting
when he anked that the Southern play-
era' have rrprc.entatlon In the national
champion.hip tournament at Newport.
His request took the form of u motion
that the winners of the Houthern dou
bles rhamptonahtp h- admitted tutu tha
comp-titlour for tb« doublM title and
that they play In the preliminary with
the K.i.lrm anil W.aiem champions
for the tight to challenge for the chain-
plon.lilp. Thin waa fnvnrahly acted
upon and the prellmlnatlea may be de
L. D. Scott Re-Elected
Director of Tennis
Association.
elded at Longwnod. Southampton, or
Orange a't the discretion of the execu-
Uyo committee.
The statement that the amateur
nthtettc union wa. aaaklng to get In
rontrot nt lawn tennis, made by Louts
Phillips, was not taken seriously by the
members, hut It ptuvokad m heated die.
cus.ton as to amateurism.
By PERCY H. WHITING.
So Michigan is comint; down to play Vanderbilt in Nash
ville. Will we nil he there! Well, we should 3nv ves!
Nashville in ttoiitK to have it new ball park, (irent enter
prise. vest The kind of enterprise which was started in motiou
because the old park was sold out from underneath them. How
ever, anything for a new park in Nashville.
The wrestlers have lit on Knoxville, Teun. Well, that is
pretty tine excitement for that town. Only the shell game has
outworn its original charm there.
Hacing iu Tennessee is dead—for the legislature has passed
a hill killiug race track gambling. With the death of gambling
the "sport of the kings" goes to the wall. Somehow the “king's
own game" does not seem to flourish very well without the gam
bling side ltile. Those who know the game best in Tennesaee regret
its passing least. It was conducted on a higher plane itt that state
tliuti in any other where the various Western turf associations
have jurisdiction, but at that it had its faults—and they were
faults so obvious that the legislature decided thnt the only way
to reform it was to kill it.
The story is going the rounds now that Francis Trevelyan
iptit as steward at City 1’iirk, New Orleans, because he refused to
sanction the reinstatement of John J. Ryan. The admiration of
the race-going public for Trevelyan lias not diminished arty in
consequence of this resignation.
John 1). Rockefeller’s new automobile has been c<|tiip[Vd
with shook-absorbers. Wonder if he takes his magazine litera
ture with the same equipment!
A new racing automobile has been named "Cigar.” Some
fresh guy wants to know whether because of the shape or the '
smell.
Harvard •■urstnaii lias just gone crazy from over-study. Two
possible morals for college men—il l Don't row. (2) Don’t study.
Take your choice.
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O Soc ial III The Georgian
O Montgomery. Ala.. Kelt »; it is
O nmwutv t'tl that • n o* ti»b**r -G the
O University of G.nrirta ami the
O University of Alabama will |*lav
O a game of football In till* cUv.
O unit that It I* |tro|to*t»i| t«* make
O thl* game an annual affair.
O O
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«’atelier bni I’rlcrr ami Pitcher l*y Voting,
tin* star button *»f th* Ittmtnn Americans,
hate tlgncd their confrnt t» for the coining
•eaaon.
The I ntrmltjr of «'hl>*ago foot 1*1) eleven
la trying to arrange for an Kssteru game
thl* fall.
Jack It ceil, of Chicago, an«l Jack Hough
%*rty are hltcheU up for a ten -round fight
to he pulh'tl off nt Indianapolis tonight.
OOTCH THROWS BARR.
Knoxville. Tcnn.. Feb * — I
• Sotth took two straight fall* n
Jim Hnrr. the Engti*h wiwiu*r.
lu.-t night.
NAT KAISER A CO.
, CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
[ IS Decatur 8L Kimball House.
Bargains in Unredeemed Diamonds.
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
When, at the annual meeting of tha
Bout hern League In Birmingham.
Charley Babb said. "I'm going to win
the pennant thla year, depending on
what Billy Smith haa In Atlanta," he
came very ctoae to expreaalhg the
opinion of the inanagera and mogula of
the Southern League.
"We've got to beat Atlanta" la the
feeling all down the line. New Or
leans has her fingers creased when At
lanta la mentioned. Birmingham la
worried over the atrength of the Crack
ers. And so It la all over the league.
It la the undivided feeling of the ex
perts that the team which beats At
lanta Is going to win the pennant, and a
lot of them doubt If any team In the
league can turn the trick.
Well, let’s see what Atlanta haa that
scares the reet of the bunch ao badly.
Take the old men first, for we know
the most about them.
Tha Three Best
For one thing. Atlanta has three men
who are the beet in their 'positions In
the league, and maybe four. The cer
tainties are:
Bid Smith, best catcher In the leagu
Jim Fox, beat first baseman In the
(•ague.
Otto Jordan. be«t second baseman Ui
the league.
No doubt If Birmingham paper* war*
running sporting page* 5which they
aren’t, for the sporting editors In that
lively burg are covering <>».aths and
funerals as a winter’s pastime) they
[Would rise up end denounce the writer
a* an escaped lunatic and The Geor
gian and New* as a res ut f« r the fee
ble minded on the st remit h cf such *n
utterance. And yet evety fan with
average human Intelligence \% ill adml*.
that these men were the best the
league had In their iea)»ectlve positions
In 1906.
Probably some would allege that
there were better fielding catchers In
the league than Hid Smith. Atlanta
will not admit this, esptotally consider
ing the disadvantage under which
Smith worked, but anyt.ay look at tiia;
batting average—anJ then hush. We’ll
have to slip It to Sid. lie was the beat
catcher In the league.
There wasn’t much argument about
GEO. WINTERS, RIGHT FIELD
George is the only bona fide
veteran on the team, and yet he
played last year, with all the vim
and friakineaa of a youngster. Hie
fielding waa always of a phenome
nal nature
and shows Atlanta's eeoon
man ready to crack off a nice tin
gle. Otto batted better than any
other aacond baseman in tha leagua
in 1906.
Jtm Fui, either. Hyrt+dnot *vxt n*
Abstain, but he fielded hi* position
wonderfully well and h'.s t,*une exhibi
tions under trying circumstances would
have entitled him to a poaltiri at first
base on any man's team.
At second base it was the consensu*
of opinion among the possessors of av
erage baseball knowledge that Otto
had It over all of the second basemen.
No Southern League second basemen
haa fielded his position better and done
a* much sensational work In stopping
balls. And Otto’s batting has been up
to the standard.
Wintara Laads, Too.
Another man on the team who rank
ed right around the top was George
Winters.
In fact, now that-you come to think
about It, what fielder in the league had
anything over “Olnger George?*’ We ll
tell you the answer right now:
’’Nobody.”
Winter* absolutely led the outfielder*
In butting. His .2*7 was nhead of any
other fielder who took part I11 any rea-
GLEN UEBHARDT IN ACTION
-
better than Winters: KnoIL Nadeau.
Crosier, Wiseman. Rlckert. McCann—
that Is, counting only thoae who took
part In more than 80 game*. Winters
himself played In 144.
Five of these men are counted out
of the race because of weak batting.
The men and their batting averages
are: Knoll. .239; Crosier. .227; Wise
man, .252; Rlckert. .252. und McCann,
.272.
The only star-fielding outer-gar
dener who batted along with Winters
waa Nadeau, of New Orleans and
Memphis.
For purposes of comparison, their
full bnttlng averages arc given, ’’aide
by each:” Games. W. 144. N. 140; at
bat. W. 529. N. 522: runs. W. 68. N. 65;
hits. \V. 163. X. 146: total bases. W.
194. N. 179; sacrifice hits. W. 25. N. 31:
stolen bases, W. 12, N. 29; per cent, W.
.287. N. .279.
Doubtless It Ih a very even break
between the two. But the difference
between Winter*’ advantage in bat
ting and Nadeau's advantage In field
ing -t-.niM to Ih- nil In favor of the At
lanta man anil we may ae well writs
It down here and now that George Win
ters was the heel outttelder In the
league- last year.
Zeller -Right Than."
In addition to three four league-
beaters. Hmlth can count on a few-
more reliable members of last year's
JAMES FOX, 1ST BASE.
In this pietsrs Jim was. by spa-
cial rsqusst, giving an imitation of
a human bsanpole, at which stunt
ha avar shines.
Rube wasn't the beat pitcher In the
league last year by five. These live
were Hughes, Llebhsrdt. Brelten.-t-m.
of New Orleans. Loucks and Reagan
Three of these men will not be ba< k
In the Southern nekt year, however—
Hughes and Llebhardt. who will In- in
the American League, and Brelt.n-
steln, who haa, It Is reported, retired
from baseball. Of the remaining two
Loucks pitched In only IS game*,
against 40 for Zeller, and Reagan—u. II,
he waa with a pennant winner where
winning came easy.
Out of the 40 games that Zeller
pitched last year he won 24, lost It
and tied 4.
"The Rube" Is a hard working pitch
er and la ambitious. He wants to get
In shape for the big leagues and Hilly
Smith believes that this year will be
his lost with the minors. Also he be
lieves that, unless Hughes cornea buck.
Zeller will lead the league.
It may be mentioned In pasalng that
Zetler fielded hls position In 1904 a,
well aa any pitcher who took part tn an
equal number of games and batted—
well, let's not talk about that. Zeller
le a good pitcher, so who cares whether
or not he bate.
That about covers the regulars who
will be back. We hoped to say a bit
about the new men. but the limits of
spare make this Impossible In this ar
ticle. Hut It Is coming soon.
Georgia Track Candidates
Taking Cross-Country Runs
Special to The Georgian.
University of Georgia. Athens. Ga..
Feb. 6.—Manager Harris nnd Captain
McCaffry. of the Georgia track team,
are now making preliminary prepara
tions for the ensuing season.
All long-distance runner* nnd 440*
/nrd dash men hove been Instructed
to report for the first work-out Wed
nesday. Ex-Cuptxln Raoul will then
number of contestants will take ad
vantage of every work-out. RcRuiar
track practice, beginning March 2. will
give ihe team nearly a month before
Held day, which will be held March 3»*
A great team Is expected to be put
on the field by ths students this sprlns
Rvery man on last year’s team ha* re
turned and It Is hoped that good ma
terial will be found among the new
men.
Georgia has won every dual meet, but
' ■ * ‘ 1 has taken p in.
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Emory,
Local Autoists Making Plans
For Hill Climb of February 22
Preparations are going steadily fo* -
I ward for the nutomnblle hill rllttm.
which will be held <»n the Ilapevlllc
I road, on Washington’s birthday,
i All the preliminary arrangement* f«»»
! the event have been made and all which
remains to be done l* to complete th %
I lint of entries, nppolnt the official* and
| get the timing apparatus In good run-
! nlng order.
of course such n thing ns a hll!
j climb where the cats race each other
| up the Incline I* nn Impossibility »n
any hill yet discovered. All climbs are
I with one car nt a time in
1 the tint * taken for each cur
It has not been definitely decided Just
t
It I* Impossible to tell Just how many
auto* will be in the race, but there are
five events and each must have three
entries to be declared filled. Undnub'*
edly each race will have at least th*
allotted number and probably severjl
will have more. In fact, twenty •
thirty cars will doubtless take part
the event.
Handsome cups have been offered *n
all live events, and It Is likely **nt
other prlies will be put up so thit
there will be nt least two prises f ’ r
each race.
As soon ns the weather settle* '
trlHe and warms up a few pegs
contestant* will begin taking prn-ti
trips up the Incline In order to get »'
Inv of the land before the day of tin*
climb.
RYAN BEAT BARRY.
Hot Hprlngs, Ark, Feb. •.—Ton
Ryan knocked out Dave Barry In "
Barry was knocked down four time- m
the fifth round and the last time
unable to rise.
This fancy motion picture of "The Dutchman” was taksn in Clovtland
shortly after the Southern League season of ‘C00 closed. It thowt the sec
ond boat pitchor of tho Southern Letovs met at the erd of his delivery.
Liebhardt will bo aivon a thorough trial with the Cleveland team thr
year, and Larry Laipie believes that the es-Southerner will make good.
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