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ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, 'MONDAY, KkhKCARY 11, 1907. , UP-TO-DATE NEWS OF SPORTING WORLD NEWS OF SPORTS edited by PERCY H. WHITING «IM**H*NN«HMII •' BE MISSING IN 1907 FAMILIAR TO SOUTHERN LEAGUE AUBURN A WINNER. B|*cUl to Tin Georgian Auburn, Ala. Feb 11. - Auburn do- rented Columbus huidtct ball team Sal* urdny night. r«*«»ftng t*» -T It wiu the hardest and bent Karin Aubum ha* ever played The aeitlnr* and junt*»r* tdayrd their ehHW ganui u£ football se^crday, th« aenlor* winning i» tn * He hail a b in? nmfonnce with Billy Smlib and I* arui.nu. to lanic Hoffman Mid one **r two other |d tyerx whom lie thinks* 'Ml fall l . make Rood in At lanta. NOTES OF SPORT. j And ••-.mile Mark < • «d.*d I*. I for flu* new Trenton c lub of the Trt- | State Lragiir. i Jake St.ihl miv.* thai In* "III not piny (with the Wnchtnrtott dub. but will be s*atlulled "tth a llostm berth. MUENCH& BEIERSDORFER THE PEACHTREE JEWELERS 1“ Diamonds, Watch**, Jswslry. Fine ' Watch, Clock end Jewelry Repair, j, > A! tin, krnlinx. r j -.rare him nIth uutl.i that or. Im.rhiill lag. •9 Psachtre* Street—Atlanta, Ga. Sail Phone 1*11. SUNDAY 3:00 to 3:30 P. M. ORCHESTRA CONCERT RELIGIOUS SERVICE AT 3:30. DR. C. T. PISE WILL SPEAK ON A SUBJECT OF INTEREST TO MEN. Y. M, C. A„ Pryor ard Auburn Av*. MANY FACES FANS P. LIPE SIGNS TWO MORE MEN W. E. MURDOCH AND CHAS. SCHU- MANN APPLY PENS TO THEIR CONTRACTS. gpeclal to The Weorgtsn. Macon. tin., Feb. 11 Manager I’erry l.lpe has atltletl two men to IiIh ll»t of Mien'll player*. They ore W I*.. Murdoch. "ho |daycd renter Held f»»r Macon ln*t year mid tnnde n record for home mu* In «*»»•• game; th« other I* Charles Htiumnnu. of cruey Cltjr. lie ployed III III* home* town last season In the New Jer*ev State l-engm*. Hhumann I* n youngster tl'e feet nmftrlgtit Inchea lull au«l weighing 1*S pound* lie I* touted a* belnir tu*t "a* e»er> thing" In the field nud on hi* feet and ha* n fairly good batting average. The number of *lg!ied lihiyer* nt present la sixteen and the only rout rio t* which are now out ore those of Houston. Stinson. Itanmiert nud t*lark. «»f then* Clark and tttlnaoii wilt likely In* mi linnd. "idle Hum inert and Houston will l*e iiiUaIiuv Ham inert ha* naked f**r hi* release nud will likely play In l«oul»inu.i. where h*» lit- .» fatuity. 11oust»»u, while no! beliu; hear.I from, will more than likely unit Im-.I'.iH to become a '•parson,'' n- to hu*. te en stu«l> Ing for the miuimry f*r the pn»t few yt.ir-. and It la underst***! that lie t- n>-w ready to enter the Held. Stinson I* hold Inc off f <>r more pay. > ut will likely come to term* before the . *.ni open*. tinrV will pr.*bal.h be on linnd id***, ns he h«* written Man a iter I.tpe a letter to that effect Thu basket bail suasun is ilrawing to u .•losi>. The end of February will are the linisli of praetienlly all liasket hall—ex- t'ppt the outdoor va'riety played at Kiris’ schools. The present basket ball season has not been a nottibly bril liant one in Atlanta, or one of any very strenuous scintillation elsewhere in the stale : but for all that a lot of cood Kamos have been played and a lot of men have taken a lot of eood brisk ex ercise that has doubtless improved them physically and furnish ed enjoyment to those who took part ill the games and to those who looked on. And after all that is about all you can expect of any sport. With the opening of the baseball season basket butt wilt wilt - and you can paste it in your hat that the baseball season is al most here. The Cotton States League has decided to stick to a six-club circuit. I’robably this is wise, though long range judgment on baseball wisdom is no easy matter. With six clubs in the league (here are always a couple of towns which are glad to get a fran chise when any of the weaker members drop out. An eight- club circuit would use up practically all of the available towns in tin’ Cotton Stales territory and then if there were a mid-season blow-up in tun town the league would be caught short. livery game which the professional gamblers touch soon be comes so tainted that the amateur bettors pull out. A frequent traveller across tin* Atlantic lias commented entlv on the fact that selling pools on the day’s run of the ship, which was a usual form of amusement on the big liners until recently, has been practically abandoned. ‘‘Professional gamblers did it.” he said. ‘‘They found seine questionnlile way of getting hold of the day’s run before it was posted and right then and there the custom of selling pools on the run ended,” Wilson Matthews In Atlanta Many »f the faces mini familiar In the Southern League In year* past will be mlaelns when the .panic'll blooms again and the rr.irk of the festive horsehble reaountls through the South land. A bunc h of old-flmera, men who hnve been with Southern League* alnre the league was rescued from oblivion and placed 111 evidence, have passed on to broader, or maybe narrower, fields. Some of the players In (he Soulhern league w ill go upward. These players have frequently been discussed In these columns. . , Some player* have been transferred to team* In other leagues of the same class a* the Southern. And still others have dropped to low er c-laea leagues. Two of last year's managers have gone to leagues of a lower class than the Southern. Hob Ollks has passed down to (lulfport tn the Cotton Slate* league. And Dominick Mullaney. who looked after things at Montgomery In 1»0« I* director of destinies at JfUK- ' aonvllle. In the South Atlantic League, tbi* year. —■■■■—— . The Putina of Oilka. Ollks was practically a landmark. He was at the helm III Shreveport for '7 year* nnd was looked uisiti as a fix ture. He was a llrst-class manager, loo, and always gave Shreveport a team which wa» right In the running. At the drat of every season It appeared J that he had a pennant winner, but hard luck Inter In the year usually dropped (ti* nnkrrs Into n less Ioi,moi«iU- Pcu!J-- tlon. * . , The desire of the Shreveport barkers for a playing manager no doubt re sulted In Ollks - disappearance from Southern l-eague ranks. One player In the Southern League last year—“Punch" Knoll, of New Or- leana—will lie In n lower class league this year, hut he will figure as a man ager Instead of a player. Knoll has gone to Terre Haute, where he will try to grind out a pennant »Inner. Knoll we- “nothT landmark. He was with the Nashville team' back In IH® days when Newt Klsher was winning liennants with that organleatlon. and did atnr work In the outfield and as change catcher, l-ater he ttied ^ It a year at Washington and then crank brought him back to New , Orleans, where he played nlre. though not bril liant. ball last year. Little Urcltenateln. of Shreveport nnd Montgomery fame, bus dropiwd a peg. Hr goes to Springfield. Ohio, where he will doubtless make good. He Is a wonderfully good Pilcher fur Ills Inches. | nnd la a great judge of bull players. 1 Bob tlllka saya of him that he knows more about ball player* than any man In the league, nnd that lie will one day be a great manager. Atlanta Playeee Ge. e Several familiar face* of the Atlanta learn will not he In evidence this year. Probably Dick t‘roller, long nn Atlunla stand-by, will not lw In the league. In fact II I* likely Hint Dick will retire from baseball. Kvera la uiiother who wee here Inel year and who will not be here this year. He goea hack to the South Atlantic, from whence ho came. Raymond, with Atlanta for a while last year and the year before lias '■ gono to tils out love,- Jackson, of llw Colton State*. Hut three are only a few of ihe many who have dropped nut. Krve Hock 1ms gone, Bohannon has been sent to Kvanavtlle, Iterl Noblett Im* gone Jo Terro Haute. Munush. one of the Memphis experiment* last year, will be wllh Bob Ullk* In Gulfport In 190., end will dnubtleaa do well, for ho Is u •irons bailer. LoRoy Taylor, another Memphis “chance,“ will pilch lndc|iend- ent ball In 1907. And *,. It goes. The players named are only n few or the many who will go to other leagues thl* year. New Here is Ihe pitcher who was re leased by Shreveport end gobbled., up by Montgomery last veer. This year, he will be with the Bpring- field, Ohio, teem and will doubtless do well. “Little Brsit" ie not only a good pitcher, but in addition he it a shrewd judge of bell players, and will doubtless have a team of hit own to manage before he ia many years older. PUNCH KNOLL. the or- reeent league. This year Bob will do tho man agerial act at Gulfport in the Cot ton States League. Time was when Bob was • first-elate pitcher, and after that he did good work in tho outfield. But Boo hoe quit playing now and manages the team from the bench. Gilk* always gave Shreveport a good team. BERT NOBLETT. * Thi, is Noblett, Who held fort- with Little Rock lost year. He has been tent to Terre Haute this year and will doubtless do wolf. Nob. lett is a first-claes player and ,, certain to make good in Terre Haute. Commodores Meet Michigan In Nashville November Race Track Followers Keep New Orleans Gamblers Busy Hnxket hall loyer* who reside In the vicinity of Slone Mountain had the pleasure Saturday night of seeing the team that represent* the Fnlveralty School In ihe Junior longue hand the Y. M. <\ A, second team a 'lemon in the form of a defeat by the score of IK to s. The accommodation train carried in Stone Mountain a <twtcr collection h basket ball players from the Y M. <\ A*..' consisting of Oreen. Phillips, Jones. Bilker. Huff. Mltchrli nnd Wulnch — Ihe seven fastest n-.rn In the Y. M. <\ for their Inches nritl nun ??»«. When the whistle blew for piny the two teams immediately got busy nnd there was not u dull moment In th” whole flrst half, both teams playina with the vim nnd life that Is •ln»r;»f terlHtfc of them and which Im* *!'»«> so much to help them defeat bmh th« U. M. A. nnd the Boys* High Srh«**‘l. Members of the Y. M. A. team ar* loud In their prnfce of Stone M«uint;ui hospitality, nnd ntnte that they "ere treated royally. The Y. M. t\ A. first team played Tech Y. M. A. team a prncti* •• Saturday night nt the Y. M 1 •** gymnasium. The Y. M. <’ A had things Its "ay throughout dse game and was never In danger- score was 34 to 20. While It was not n* fast a K-i’ruo *•*- some that have been played then*, i* was fast enough, especially In U’** five or ten minutes of play AP'i tn*t It was a foregone conclusion licit tn- Y. M. f\ A. would "in. Tucker and Ellison Win $150,000 Playing Ponies New Orleans. I.;*.. Ith. H—Rotor* Tucker and titarles I'lllsin have w« u [ more money fi »m the i Ing this winlcN; than any sl\ otfwr plungers. If they wen* to return Ki*t today ! they would take vIth thrin at hast' Tucker, who cam here liadly twisted J financially from a disastrous summer j season, hns evened up his scyre "Itlij Ihe liookles. His llllv lYhtKk Bryom ho.* ' been a never falling * *uree «»f wealth | t*i him. IN cry time Tucker plunged ! h« avlly on her shr landed his tots. FlUson has l>een ihe proverbial bus: lx*e all "inter. He has cashed m»ne: so often that the heoknmkers are no.« fighting shy of Ms bets. week ugly rumor local tracks. It w as even that on one or two occasl'tm tin* ridels were so hadly und- fluence of drink that the n-u ! day’s rating were due t«» tl Itv to handle their mounts pi The second annual tourn.ta • Missouri Ft ate Bowling A "ill he held In Kansas Cll> coming week. There "III *• events—five men. two men vldual contests. NAT KAISER A CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. Kimball Heat* Dum?".*- LARRY LAJOIE. ; This it the way the greatest second beeemen In tho world look* when t he ie waiting for something to happen. Larry will bo in Atlanta this spring ; with hie team and will bo welcomed by hit meny friends in the city. GET YOUR LUMBER FROM E. G. WILLINGHAM & SONS I Hardwood Homing a specialty. We deliver promptly and <- * ^ | satisfaction. A full stock of Lumber. Bash. Doom. etc., on hand. * right. ' 542 WHITEHALL STREET. The Vuadeiitlli Mli-lilgnti game to he piny* ed on Inidley Flokl next full, tuiy* the Nnshvllle American, I* now n sottltsl unit- ler. The dnte Will Im* .Noveniher 2. The eontrnet sent to the Wolverines l»y Dirertor ttiilrd, thereby a ha tiring the Ntruggie. which "ill he fur the biggest ever played In the Mouth. This game Is hvtkeil upon by Yost ns one of the very hardest lie will hovC; fit f«rf, he does oitf think US* uletfftlQf With l'SDD sylviinhi, which eleven the Wolverine* plnjr Novemlier 16 nt Ann ArtMir, will he mare AitihlMtrnly fought out than the one with the Commodores. With the luutch on Vanderbilt's schedule !Conch^feGoujrb will doubtless devoir :i!t his attention to the one *erup. He doc* not fear any of the others T«*eh "III not prove dangerous, nor will Wuhush or the others, with the result that the Cmuniodorr'*’ one supreme effort will Ik» to down the North ern visitors. And here let It In* mild that nothing would please MrOugtu and tils eleven more than to put It on Yost, Id* hrotficr-in-fnw. Ko(B1B8 All come from Mrwmnee of 1st** ennceralMg her M'hetltile for next fall. The manager Is busy fixing the dates, which will probably In* pretty much the same us they were the past season. Sow Orleans. La.. Feb. II.—Tho crowds of men who come to New Or* leans to gamble on the races In tho afternoon are attending their evenings at some of the many gambling houseu now running strong In the Crescent City. The dubs are all doing brisk busi ness. Around the hank game In one «»f The “dubs tth Tlrnvtar street insi night were ••Bob” Tucker. ••Whltey’* Lang- don. •‘Joe” rilmnn. “Cap” Bradley and •'A!” Font I lieu. Looks like the Sara toga set. The boys came about 1R o'clock and cashed out after the midnight hour, the house taking in some $9,200 on th*» session. .“Hull" Standlfdi. the Florida Casino promoter, is behind it strong poker and -uiiitcr. Flenly ut action In his place, with a midnight lunch, which .outdoes the sumptuous spread ''Joe” riltnun put down at his famous Bridge Whist Club at Sarato ga. N. Y.. twj> years ago. lilnmn. ''Cap" Bradley and other fa mous knights of the gambling lilaxe si lently drifted Into town two weeks ago Of course the sharp-shootejs smelled out a rat at once. Then ».»r»*■ t}» announcement that for »h ■ ccmiv.i days tho 'ild" would be lifted. Off It came with u Jerk s »m.* < m ago. However, some pretty stiff ir.fn- bllng has been In progress for two months past. This was to Is* exj .■ f,..> for with 4.000 professional race ira. k followers quartered In the city f tr . ««-k after week, something In the way -t a curd game is a natut;at ant! assuri tl nourment. | For Instance, a well-known b*N>\- nuiker -who keeps bachelor hall In i smurt St. Charles avenue cottage in vites his friends of an evening t • tit* cute little domicile. Bridge whist ii the order, one bookmaker nnd his wife are excellent players, as evidenced hr u balance of something like $lfi,""i» ui their creillt tmlny. It's a prlvutc gam**, of course, and a session neve* more Hum two hour** of an evening.Ht tius fur flies "idle the enri-* n- imv- cuittlhHt. f**r $2uti,ci(lfl wiU nave cIihi^.J^ hands on the piny eTe the “bln.v” Nt next April. It’s gamble In the .»ft«*i- noon hi the race track and gamble it night at the clubs—gamble all tl • while. Incidentally the «portiin: visi- tor; can fun himself to death, for "lid not with the carnival balls. «h* ma«iu» dances, the French opera nod ;« hlat< of theaters nnd music halls a-*-le*" u*c. there Is diversity here to i kneel, ’ .wn. NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS j By PERCY H. WHITINO. I’rosidcul Kavmmunli hits nimplcti'd hik staff of umpires. They are Frank F. Rinn, Frititk ftudderham, Dnu Pfeniiinper, Chief Ziliililer nnd lloh Cnriithers. Here's hupiiq; that they ore ^ond ones. liudderhnm mid l*fenninK<'r wo know ns umpires. Rudder- hnm was with the lenfftie liiNt year, I’fcnniittfer hits been with it fur two years. Ruth lire impurtiul judges of plnv, enforce ifoud diseiplmu on the field mid possess irnml hnnehnll judirment. Zimmer won in the lenttue last yenr ns n nmnntter. At that end of the pime lie did not prove n howlitiff sneeexs, hut he hurl nil the diNcoiiniKcmciitK of trying to furnish liittle RtJtk with n Imll eluli nnd maybe the tusk was too jtrrent for nuy moo. Zimmer knows hnselmll in nil its various phases—for he was once one of tho best of the NutiotlnI le'iitpio catchers—nnd if he can enforce order on the Held he will do. That's whnt. the funs wnnt of nn umpire they insist that he keep the players nt the. uamo and eliminate nnt-eliewinc nnd um- pTrr tmilioe. -Whnt the fans talk most »lmut in lhc decisions the umpires make, lint ns a matter of fact the fans seldom know whether the decisions are ritfht or wronjr. It is timierally out of the question even to jruess accurately at a decision from where the spectators sit. Itut every fail can fell if the umpire is keepim; order on the field and if he doesn't then the fan lias a just claim nn u kick. The chief requirement in an umpire these days is nerve, hacked by a knowledge of the rules. Two of the umpires ap pointed bv President Kuvamiut;h have this. It is to be hoped that the other three nre similarly equipped. Y. M. C. A. Second Team Beaten By the University School Boys RTCWARDCROZtER. It it not liktly that "Dttrfoot Dick" will bo in tho Southern League next year. He hot not been able to come' to terma with Atlan ta* and it it doubtful if he would play with any other teem. Dick ie one of the nett outfielder* the league he* ever known, and hi* •tunta in the sun-field have made him famous ell over the country. DOMINICK MULLANEY. Here it the genial Iriehman who managed the Montgomery team lett veer. In 1907 h* will be at the helm in Jacksonville. Mullaney it e good player, in addition to being a first-class manager. He will no doubt be among the best batters in tho Sally League. Walked 1,600 Miles on Water; Won Bet on Narrow Margin Sow OrlcanH. La.. Feb. 11.—Captain <*h:irl«*M \V. Ohlrlcvc ban won hi* bet of $:».«00. having walked 1,600 nillea from Cincinnati to New Orleans, on tin- water. He made tin* trip In forty-five minute* le*» than forty days. He "In* $5,000. Hail he been forty-elx minutes later he would have lo.it. Oldricvc uned cedar wood ulmes, 4 feet b Inches long. :» Inchea broad and 11 Inches deep. With these he trod the surface of the river, clonely followed all the way by Ilia wife In a row boat. Jack O'Brien hax agreed to atop three lighter**—Onorge Brown. Jim Tremble und the ''Terrible Turk"—In six round* each, the evening of February 26. be rm* the Pacific Athletic Club, of Lob AngeleH. [HERE’S OUR OLD FRIEND LARRY| Life. . r| , r , | . ||