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ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1907. UP-TO-DATE NEWS OF SPORTING WORLD NEWS OF EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING GEORGIAN OFFERS TWO HANDSOME PENNANTS Will Put Up Trophies For City League and Junior City League To Be Played For This Seasons CLARK GRIFFITH HAS GOOD CATCHER ' G00(Htt AtW0UnC€S Football Schedule Full List of Games For Tech Team Mad Public at Last—All Games Except One Played in Atlanta. th» new mat*rial in tha various clubs. Hsrt is ona of tho Now York American League team's reerults, of whom mush ia expected. He ie Ira Thomss, catcher and stiff bats* man. Thomas made his first stride to greatness on the Providence Eastern League team, on which he made a batting record ef 411 in " nkeee purchased him . I If a city league cant»r~.;r£Jtntxert in Atlanta The Georgian will lie pleased to offer a handsome pennant for the race. Moreover. If a Junior league ten l>e organised The Georgian will also offer a pennant for that. This paper has always stood for all that Is beat In sportland and has done everything possible to promote the In terests of the amateur baseball play era. Last season, as soon as The Oeor gtan was started, the rolumna were thrown open to the amateur players and The Georgian carried a very con slderable amount of amateur baseball news. Later In the season It assisted In the organisation of the Commercial League and offered a pennant In that league (which was eventually delivered to the winning <««"«,. after a aeries of veia tlous delays). In order etlll further to promote the Interests of the amateur players, Th» Georgian today announce! that It will gladly give two handeome pennants— one for a city league and one for a Junior city league. If tho offer Is ac cepted the pennants will be ordered at once end displayed at The Georgian of- —ttce cut aoon aa they can be secured—• —probably—before the—araaon—begins— though the ways of pennant-makers are strange and the writer has found to his sorrow that It never pays to prom ise the delivery of a pennant until It Is In hie hand. There Is a large chance In Atlanta for a city league. .. .. The writer began advocating the or ganisation of one a few daye after his arrival here last spring and he lias been at It off and on ever elnre. The Georgian was the first on the field with the suggestion thet one he orgenlsed last year. It was the first In the Held with the suggestion thet the city lit up a lot of parks for the use of local ama teurs and It will continue to try to do everything possible for amateur base- ball In this city. It the writer can be of any service In the organisation of a league he would be glad to give hla time to It. He as sisted In drawing up the constitution and by-laws of the Memphis city league—undoubtedly the moat success ful city league In the South outride of Kew Orleane. was connected with the MO® RETAINS CHAMPIONSHIP KNOCKS OUT TIGER SMITH IN BIO BATTLE FOUGHT IN LONDON, ENG. Special Cable. London. Keb. Gunner Molr knocked out Tiger Smith In the nrst round of their nght before the Na tional Sporting Club last night. By this victory Molr retains hts title as heavyweight ehamplon of England. The ngh! was the most Important sporting event of the season In Eng land. and the two men fought for a purse of $6,750. * Molr opened the light with n rush snd dazed Smith with a hard right to the face. The Tiger came back In a second with a Jab to the Jaw, but It hud little effect and Molr landed right and left that sent Smith to the floor; 8mlh rose gamely, hut was hardly on his feet when the Gunner forced him t.. a neutral comer. There the chain- 1,Ion landed at will, and after sending him down twice, knocked him out tompletely with n right to the Jaw. TIGERS LAND IN AUGUSTA The mrt«len of the South by llie major league teams baa begun. The advance guard of the Detroit agave gallon, numbering In ita ranka James Ar- rhrr. baa la mini In Ausuatn numbering all pin vers snd Manager Jennings The rut of the mill 'll Is expected soon. H f ANOTHER CHALLENGE To the flportlng Editor of The Georgian; I hereby challenge Kid Hums or Dan York for a side bet of H>. fall* to lie heat Is<t of three, cstchat eaicli emu style. To take place In or out of city, within one week'e time I prefer Kid Burnt, iklgnedl J- IIEAI.E. l/ieal Champion Koatheravlght. A riltaburg scribe hue nt laat told Hum. He says; "An the limits now ilar.ii they won't do” At times It is hard to make some people understand wust everybody on tho outside has known for years. h MUENCH& BEIERSDORFER THE PEACHTREE JEWELERS Diamonds, Watchee, Jewelry. Fine Watch. Clock rnd Jewelry Repair M Peachtree Street—Atlanta, Gs. M.'Msat 1311. JvnshvtHs eKv league uo.1 ha* been Identified with the advancement of amateur hasehall in every way possi ble wherever lie has been employed. If what he knows about city leagues will lie of any usslstnnce to nny league organised In Atlanta lie would lie glad to give hts services. The need of n Junior league Is very' strong and The Georgian would lie glad to assist In any way In the organiza tion of one. Bucii a league should he limited to players 16 years old or under and doubtless six or eight good teams made UP of hoys of that age could tie se cured. Other elites have done well with Junior leagues and Atlanta could doubt less do likewise. The Georgian Is con fident enough of the poealtillltlaa of such a league so that It offers to put up a handsome iiennunt fora Junior organ ization. We should he glad to hear from the amateur baseball players along this tine. \~not~news7but views By PERCY H. WHITING. The sporting page of an Atlanta Sunday tin- following in iknI a lenient: “II,v this appointment (that of the paper's sporting editor ~~irr-nffirTffL-ifl»on?H The .loiirniil will lifetime I ho official organ of the Atlanta Kaseball Association.” ('resident .John F. Dickinson, of the Atlanta Hasehall Asso- eiation. was asked: ‘‘Did you authorize the statement that any paper was the offieial orgat) of the Atlanta Hasehall Associa tion?” , To whieh he answered, “I did not. I made no swell state ment ami NHitl nothing whieh could have beet, construed as meaning anything of the kind.” He was then asked: ”Do you intend to favor nny paper in the matter of news or announcements?” His anxwei was: “I do not.” • "The papers have made hasehall here,” added Mr. Dickin son. "anti we try to treat them all right. Hut wilder nc circum stances would we appoint any paper as official organ. I can not understand how any man could have made such a mistake. I hail no conversation with the new scorer nt the time of the ap pointment further than to turn the hooks over to him. lie drew a wrong assumption from that act. I ara afraid.” William Smith, manager of the Atlanta hasciiaTI team, was interviewed, and asked the same questions. “Did yon authorize the statement?’— :— Answer—“I certainly did not.” (Question—“Do you intend to favor any one paper in giv ing out the news of the bnNchall team?” Answer—“I do not. I have never favored any one paper, and never expect to.” “Such a statement is absurd,” continued Mr. Smith. “I think a great dcnl of The Georgian. It has always treated me fairly and 1 have always treated it fairly. I have given The Georgian every piece of news I have ever given any other paper anti 1 intend to give it every hit of news that the others get. I tlo not believe in favoring any paper which gives us a fair ileal.” It would thus seem that the said paper is in error. Or may he it appointed itself "official organ.” As n matter of cold fact, the job of being offieial scorer is nothing more than a nice gift lor the appointee. It means fct.OU a game. Anil that is all. In the first place, it is not a club appointment, lint a league appointment. The club reetnnmends a scorer amt the ap pointment is matte by the president of the league. Hut the league president may go over the ball club's head in this matter. The writer, after being “fired" ns scorer by the Memphis Intselmll association—during a particularly stormy time in the little unpleasantness in Memphis in between (lie ball club and the newspapers—served out-his season at the request of President Kuvnnaugh. > The paper whose baseball writer is made scorer is no more the offieial organ than ns though tine of its employees were ap pointed Hit umpire. Hnth scorers anti umpires are league serv ants. and paid by the president, out of the league treasury. The job not only does not make the sporting writer the of ficial mouthpiece of the club or league, but it tines not even give him the exclusive rights to the official scores. Hy the league regulations he must furnish a copy to each paper whieh desires one. So the scores which appear ill The Georgian will he just as “offieial” a* those whieh appear in nny paper; and, as in the past, nil official notices from league or local bHsehall headquar ters will appear in The Georgian ns soon as in any afternoon paper. The Georgian will attempt also to give all the baseball news in the future as it lias in the past. It is up to the public as to which sporting page they pre fer to read. And we are quite willing to leave the verdict with them. the bulk of the work Fall on thle young giant, who la 2S yoara old, • foot T inch tall, and walghti 1*9 Founds, whan in condition. SALLEE DOPE ALL WRONG; SMITH DOESN’T WANT HIM Manager Oondler bin announced Tech** football schedule for next season, a ud from present Indications It's (ruing to lie a hum uFei\ UitljT one game wltt be pfsyed nwer from Atlanta. an that Atlanta people will have all Hie footlall tbej wnnt. All tin ol<! time rivals are on tbt Hue up, nml in dlore of lift v hi sou list Imh'D substituted Tennessee. Clrutsou tin iiniihI w111 he phiyetl vn Thunk*ghlug tiny, ami tbln Bill proluility lie the knoat bitterly contested game of the season. lAnt season. (iruisou whs victo rious. the year before Tech, nud the year lief ore It was n tie’ 11 to II. Tlda year will he the ruhlter. nml iMitb tenuis lire go lug to neglect nothing that will lead them to. victory. For the Amt time tn her athletic !»!•• tory Tech defeated Auburn hint season, mid tho Alabama boys am coming luck with blood III their eyon nml 11 determination to wipe out the atlug of defent. Georgia, of course, wants to wI|h» out the defeats of the last three years, mid the Georgia- Tech gsuie bids fnlr to In* it rent warlike tug. Hewn nee will undoubtedly give the Yellow Jackets nil they tvnur. mid Tcunen- ■W Will try to-get buck on a higher plane possible to gft thin game trnimf.rr t . stmed UmtlOttlUg will be do,,,. 7 "•* direction. However, It |« n ».»re tin. W,,, g hi ‘ n "fiwnwir a'l ^JWS tu F % Ju,l * ho it hiii t... i, definitely known yet. Imt It In re,» , r , ? ( llwt It will lie Auburn mill .jJJ'k two Irani, liar,* never in.I i„ a fimflulll tattle In-twee,, III.in n'.i .i .n.. u big rniwd nliuo.i nnr Uni. ,, . * ulsn gin* Allan!, people 7 ,;' S£j.. r <•» lb. Thonkaglrliig g,T h " f« only a Inn tier of •iiruilim n. II iasy lie Unit Georgia win Mimr good Irani. In which <•«., , wniil.1 rlmw equally wrll. It win i... did npiniriiniliy for aotne oatrl.l. V> *ad draw a rood rr„« ,| u i: ,h " «» <• " With moat of ib. otrn on fa,! lllir-ll|i arlimllllnl In rnnir l.n.k proapert, look good for a n |.,, Vl.lortrs, Itiaugli tbls I, I m „„. r „, a 7 « b. dlsriiMml with more serarmy wi.au' rJ 91 Iteretnt^T. fjinr rwir t? thought Hint moat of the Teh vet, would return, nud when the tuMia..), ibere were Just three men In bad lieen on I be. learn the year ui.,,. Ibla numlier was lnrrea>r,| i„ days Isler by the timely nrrltnl „f |; r „'* Ths List of Gsmss. Here Is the sehedule a, given mil hr S| 3n ogwr UoudUr ; ' Of toiler IS- rnlrerslty of Troneswe ! lanls. Oetolier M—Auburn In Allnnhi Noremlier S—l.eorgla III Atlnntu November S-dewxnee In Allnnlv November It—Vanderbilt In Nn.livll;, November a-Morcer m Allnuti. Novemlier IS (Thsnksgleln*i-r|.T„» Atlanta. THREE JUMP THE TEAM MAY ORGANIZE SMALLLEAGUE ALABAMA, GEORGIA AND TEN NESSEE TOWNS MAY TRY TO GET TOGETHER. S'lM'dnl to The Georgian. AiinlNtoii. Ain., Keb. 25.— Owing to the Ithdrnwul of Kelmn mid the Iimbllliy of lluutavllle nud rhnttntiiNiCn to utteiid. the ting of the lummgera of the prop«*<u*d Trl Stntc l.cngue, to Ih» held nt the Ain- biuiin yesterday, hns l»eon postponed. Whether or not the organisation of nn Alnbiiiuii-(li*orglii Tcmiesaci* longue U per- footed nt the mooting t^ l*e held In thin Inter, however. It seems certain that Aiinlntssn will hnve g«Hn| baseball for the mtliig sea non. A fast team, cotnjM»N.*d tostly of local men. Iins lieen partially in Ideit u|mui nml n number of games prom. I*cd with lienr by cities. Here Is n list of the men from whom n lemu will Ih* seliN*tiNl: l , tlcUera—Womack, Sneinblect, Rivers, t’osnrt. fntrhrra—Ilurgcs nml flullard. I iificlders-1 loffmn u. Newkirk. MrtVy. Avers. J. W Morton. Holden. «uufielders—Hull nml llnrrls. It wns sold that the meeting hen* w.ml.i In* nttcndiNl by representnlives from Kn"\- > Hl«*. Cliiittiinoogii. tindsdeu, Rome. Tslln- ligii and Huntsville, with protmtde repre- flilcago, Feb. 26.—Threw of the New York ainntn players refused to accom pany the team on the training trip to California when the others of the fa mous baseball aggregation left here last night, and Secretary* Knowles had to deal with a small mutiny. Those who did not go were Devlin, Bowerman and Mullln and In each case ******************** the salary question the bottom HENLEY STILL ON-fflE FENCE HAS MOT SIGNED WITH BROOK LYN BUT EXPECTS TO VERY SOON. of the trouble. Bowerman took a train for his farm In Michigan: .Mullln \M-nt back to Wllktsbarre and Devlin re tnalned here. It Is said that Donlln contemplates , theatrical tour with his wife, Mabel Hite, who Is well known In vaudeville circles. The loss of these three met will necessitate several changes In tl ranks of McQraw’s player* Weldon Henley, the local pitcher who wss drafted last fall by Rrooklyn from Rochester, has not yet B)gned his 1*»7 con traet. Henley states, however, that he exited* to sign, nml that he anticipates no trouble over the queatlon of salary. Henley, by the wny, scouts the now of ten advanced Idea that marriage ruins a ball player. "The year they called me the ‘bridegroom pitcher* was my best lu bsselmll,’* he wild Monday. "I look to see Jordiin nml Fox have tlielr best seasons In 1907." Henley Is looking very fit thU year, and expects to give n good account of himself. (In the Itrooklyn team fie will lie on the pitching staff with another famous ex* Southern I,eaguer. Harry McIntyre, the man who won for Memphis her last peii- nnut. successful In It Is almost uti assured fact that I'ostmssic .1, M. Ragan of tills city will be selected to head the orgiiulxntlou. Tonopah Offers Ten Thousand For a Burns-Schreck Battle Chicago, Feb. *26.—Jack Noon»n, set- Jury of the t’union Athletic Flub of Tonopah, New, today offered a lio.ono «e for n tn* teb between Mike Kelt reck nnd Tommy Hums, the light * take place In Toiioiwh on July 4. Noonan made bin Appearance In the lice of The rhlcagn American today lilt u cert Hied check of Slh.OOU, reudy . post It to Insure the heavyweights good fAlth. lie demands, however, that $2,500 1h* jmsted for each of the pilnclpuls, giving him some surety that they will tight. Should either Hums or Hehreck lose to some fighter In the meanwhile the offer will be withdrawn. Tommy Bums, w hen seen, spoke fu- vorably about the offer, but there are certain things that may cause a hitch. Tommy Insists thut the offer go wheth er he wins or loses with O’Brien on May 9. Noonan does not approve of this, for he says Hi.ms beaten Is not the card. Tommy declares that should he win from O’Brien his services In the ring wifi be worth far more than $10,000. t’hatley Babb, of M**mphK has offer down lie dot * not think that the sprung the rumor that Atlanta ti.it «•. »mun who won onl> 17 out of 32 games cured Bailee, the Birmingham pitcher I " ***’ w l H *RGnnt-winning team lost of latt season. I ill te So This, howevei. 1* n f«|«c nlaitn At-h, |f. lantit has not secured the elongated ' southpaw nor «!•*•* tie |.h,.: dub wnntj the man. Hughes J« nningi lei Home tine . I Bt|l> i it#i hid a •ton fo» Hot springs xhwtHw sMt a .Ulii Liit4U.il Jit** '“L L* it oil Tl'jirs. imugh ho Atliinm h.irlev lltiltli will please forget !*• smoking the wrong dope. GRANTLAND RICE WRITES EPITAPH FOR BELOVED BASEBALL SLANG i 'uncvi nlug the pussing of baseball slang. Grant land Bice, of the <io\eland News, perhaps the foremost slang-writer In the country, bus written the following bit «>f verse, th» epitaph of "another soul gone to his reward." THE EPITAPH. Above your tomb today we drop a tear You’re down and out and that’s no "Idle pipe." Wr hate to see you ”t»enty«thr*e’’ ftom here. But so It cornea to those no overripe. Our hearts are broke, for nev« r. never mi re dan we write down, "Hmv’h hit sexVeil up the score." We hate to dump you In this i lam nv sp«i. • And plant a brick above your busted but. Tou once were kicking and your puce was hot. But now ei last your hectic stride t * done, our i > es are dimmed-im longer can wc w rlti: "BUI Bradley Jammed a corker out to light ” Farewell, o Slung, a long farewell to y»*u You’re listed now among the port red rend. VIh.vc your mound we i»t e* thy word ’ Skhlo*\" «wing the laurel w*eatlt alr ve . out head I your w«y—-you’\e rot:ndr«l • »tit jour tint* had pro.'C n« '•» ;! <•* bn>r!val| rltyim. SWEET SHOULD BE ONE OF TECH’S GREATEST CAPTAINS As exclusively stated in The Atlanta tteor- gtan of yesterday, tla? Tech football squad lias elefttnl as their captain for next season t'barley Sweet. Coniine after four year* of yeoman service nn the football field In the Interest of the Old Hold and White, this la ii well deserved honor. Sweet has lieen one of the moat verantllo players who ever donned the moleaklns at Tech, nml In every oeaaon he played nioNt of the time nt end, making with ”l.obater" Ilrown what Tech men l»e* lleve to lie the best pair of ends In the Smith, barring none. In the season of 19(1C he played end for a part of the time, nml then was shifted to guard, where he did ex cellent work.. At other tliiicn lie has played back of the Hue. so that ns captain he will understand the needs of every department of play. Sweet linn lu time past shown that he possessed no siunll ability ns a cos eh. Slid many of tils, friends predict that If lie were to take up tbnt line aftrr grm1tmfHt* 1M6 be would make a wark for him* Jf year or two ago he coached nnr nf class teams after the close of the regular season, nml had the pleasure of seeing bis charges easily the ehamplons ,.f Un it la hardly thought, however, iImt he will take up coaching as a profession, ns perts to graduate after next setiEun tile engineering, and will probably hate open to him after graduation a pnsltli that will lie more lucrative than machine would Im*. Sweet Is nn Atlanta lioy who has r***-el hla entire nthletle training at Tech Win be entered tile Institution several years « he looked so frail nml light Hint no •• would have expected him to innke the ten tnseli less Ins-ome a star player: but took an Interest In athletics from the *ta and now one would hardly rcrognlxe b lu the stalwart athlete who expect* lead the Tech team to victory nett fall. Dixie Land’s Richest Race Will Be Run on March 23 New Orleans. I.a . Feb. 2t*.—Within a fortnight now the "Derby bug" will be huxxlng In every noodle down here, for on the 23d of March will he contested tho rlcliost horse race ever run Ii Dixie Land—for on that day the fa .nous Crescent city Derby will be de cided. Tho race has n fixed value of $10,000, and Is to the whole tier of gulf states exactly what the Brooklyn Handicap at Gravesend. L. 1. nnd the Burns Hnn- Heap out ill t'nllfornin are to those re spective localities. In a few days the several colts nnd llllles aspiring to the honor nnd the fat purse which goes to the winner will be put In training. In fact, several of them are already taking the mile and eighth gallop—the distance of the race. ODD WAQER IS MADE. latte last week a remarkable wager •n the two local dvrbte* was made. You know there Is also u derby—the New Orleans Derby over the tity Burk—In iddltlon to the (’rehcent «ity Derby. Tllelng. the 3-yenr-obl son of Hastings, w hich Trainer J. H. McCormick has re cently made Into a veritable racing ma chine. though he paid but $1,200 for him last spring, ran a very creditable iac« when he won the Hi \ Handicap on February 12. Itentlng su* n good horses ;.s Alma l>ufour and Peter Sterling. Bob" Mnyne. the well-known conti nental •*porting man nnd wine agent, was ltoasting of the prowess or tile get of Hastings that night in the "pad- dock” at the St. Charles Hotel. Book maker "Doi" Cline was also then*. I tenlng to Mayne'a ld<a of Just h"« **•* the Crescent City Derby would l the son of Hastings. "He’ll win one both of the derbies." exclaimed Mat In concluding'hts eloquent estimate the eolt’s chances. "Well. If you think so well of lum at that, you may get on a small 1st "itn me at about lo to 1 that h* doe* win either of those derby races, the bookmaker. f In u moment a small crowd . r followers bad gathered about tl"' fijj* The upshot of the thing "a* Mayne got on $10» at 30 to i " chances of Tllelng winning .» * n > here next month. , Smart price-makers Ilk. ”• , Celia and "Bob" Lloyd deel.it‘“l away out of line. "Well. > * * 1 Tllelng A 50 to I shot Im*» .. whenever he met t’onvlle. Moiug'O or that eort," retorted Chm. "hun fact the "dope" will show. WORKING AT MEMPHIS Both Montgomery nn<l < to «ny anything of Marathon- ,lr Ing "preparfd" at Montgjtnwt' I" 1 Memphla. Tenn., for thr ' Derby. It look* u» If tl"' , ‘" 1 " will go to the pout. In "J’"' t'tlnc'n liberal quotation 1 New York colt may not b< - line" os auppoiietl nt flret glut"; NAT KAI8ER * CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. IS Decatur BL Kimball ««•» Barealna in Unradwmad D | « w ° GET YOUR LUMBER And < >!t E. G. FROM ' ^ WILLINGHAM & SONS Iluruwuod flooring a apaetalty. We dallver promptly and :S *>ntisfiMiion. A full sto«k of Lumber. Bulk Duort, etc., on hand, i I right. _ 042 WHITEHALL STREET-