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ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1907. EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING Montgomery ha* frequently been re ferred of kite am the weakest teum In the Southern League. With all the strengthening which ha* I hi* Hally t wirier win traded for Dom inick Mu Haney, and the trade stood. flam Weems uugiit to make Mont gomery a valuable man. HI* pitching with file Auburn team baa been phe- ben done this year, a team may he all jnomrnnl and ha ul eollejce fan* are qntte that and still be reasonably strong; but here gpes for an attempt at diagnosing Montgomery's case, Montgomery mill bring back nine of last year's men. They are. S. Perry, third base; John Mallarkey, pitcher and manager; F. B/Burnum. pitcher; H. t\ Hausen, catcher; Ed. Iloutz. outfielder, K. H. Apperlou*. outfielder; .\L J• Mc Cann, outfielder; I<*o Walsh, pitcher, and Maxwell, pitcher. Thl* given Mallarkey one of hi* old catcher*, four of the old pitcher*, last year’* third baseman and the entire outfield Intact. For a second catcher Montgomery h§* signed Andy Anderson, the Little 1 Junk player of last year, who was sus pended for an attack on t’lnplre Huek- ley.‘ Anderson wan released by Little Hock and should make Mallarkey a good man. ~ Soma Good Pitcher*. For pitchers, the Alabama club has ftvp gorfsl men from last year's team — Maxwell and Mallarkey. Maxwell look ed good enough laat year mo that Pon tile Mack gave him u trial. He was In n«* condition when he went North, and had no chance. In another year, if he continues to Improve steadily, he Is big league material sure. Mallarkey him self Is a first-class pitcher, a* steady as a hearse-horse and able to win let ter than a majority of Ills games with imv kind of ■t«o»orf Walsh Is a fair pitcher, but Hurnuin will nardiy «i Atlanta gave him a fair trial laat year and he threw the Crackers down at every turn. Walker and Ham Weems are the new men and both are good. Hilly Hmlth sprained a brain frying to scheme out some method of getting Walker away from the Montgomery aggregation, but familiar with hi* work. He will do all right and should rank well with any of the new pitchers who break Into the league this year. He Is a man of.good physique, ban speed, curves and nerve, lie has already signed his Montgomery contract, but will not report Until the Auburn baseball season Is over. Infield Changed Some. The Montgomery Infield has been all shot to pieces. No second baseman was reserved last year, Hhortatop Busch has been sold to Charleston and First Baseman Militancy has gone to Jack sonville. To take "Big Mull'*" place a first baseman named J. c. Blgaer has been signed He js said to live up to name In size and to he a good man on the Job. At second BUI Ev cured from Shreveport by way of Springfield, Ohio. will undoubtedly hold down the Job. Hill Is a reliable second baseman, whose incessant noise and wrangling has been about all which has kept him front going higher. For the other two Infield positions •try. last year's third Imseman mnors, late of the Hudson River League, uml Ed Sweeney, of the same league, will be the candidates. Noth ing much Is known of the new men. Berry, of course. Is a reliable Intlelder, hut he batted only .-07 last year. How. ever. In fielding he was second In the league. Outfield Unchanged. niUntil in 1«m? will he the same as In 1906—Hout*. Apperlou* and Mc Cann. The batting averages of -these three men last year were: McCann. .272; Apperlou*. .250. and Bouts, .243. This looks rut her weak for outfielders —yet only nine in the league who play ed more than 50 games did any better. So there you are. BILL EVANS MONTGOMERY WILL BEGIN SEASON WITH A PRETTY FAIR BASEBALL ORGANIZATION PitchingStaff Improved, Ouifield Unchanged, But Infield Will Have To Be Made Over. OUTFIELDER M'CANN. Mike Is one c.f the league veter ans und Is a reliable fielder and a good batter. Ho led the Alont- fimary out holders both at the bat amrin fielding lost year. He begun last season on the Lit tle Rook team, but later transfer- ltd his allegiance to Dominick Mulianey'i strenuous aggregation. THIRD BASEMAN PERRY. Tills chunky Inflolder Is about is reliable a player as the league boasted last year. He did not class with Babb, Brouthers or Hid Hmlth In Taliban: fielding, but was all there when It came to gathering in the grounders which came hi* way. OUTFIELDER APPERIOU8. Tills young player seems to be promising material. He did net hit the ball especially hard last year, but was steady In every de partment of thegnme. teams tried to land him. but Mont gomery hooted at ihe ldeu of let ting him go. PITCHER WEEMS. Hum Weems is one of the college pitchers developed in t|,#» South In recent yenis. uni lust season ranked along with L.iFitL. Hulllvan and the genuine stats. _tli» util doubtless do well m pi,,. ' fesslonal circles, for he semi*, t. have everything In the playing line that any other catcher ha*. NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS By PERCY H. WHITING. If the weather man will kindly work off nil or I he fspeeinl brand of weather which he ban been inflicting on Atlanta since laat Saturday, and do it right away, he will win the regard of all the baseball fans of the city and a whole lot of those in u lit tle old burg labelled New York. For in a very short time the New Turk learn will be here fnr practice and within a week after their arrivul the Atlanta clan trHl begin to gather. And when they come we hope the weather man will he on his "good behavior. — _ He did not treat the baseball people any too well Inst spring and he has a reform coming to him. The news thnt Atlanta is to have a track meet-or two this spring is welcome to the enthusiasts in thnt particular branch of nporta. These enthusiasts are not especially numerous, but they are steadily growing more so. Track athletics is a branch of sport which is worthy of every encouragement. It is one of the few branehea which in almost every college is free from any taint of professionalism. And moreover it is one which brings a lot of young man out into the fresh air for healthful exercise. Practically every college man has a chance to do something at track work. The most hopeless of weaklings have often de veloped into first class track men. TECH TRACK TEAM PLANNING TO TAKE PART IN SEVERAL MEETS Date Already Arranged With. Clemson For Meet Here. there will he some records broken In the Houth this year All contestants for track honors at the Tech this year were called to meet with Manager Hmerson and (’aptutn <;o4m1Ut Tuesday afternoon, and so many candidates had never before been known In the history' of the Institution. Already Manager Emerson has ar- S. 1. A. A. Division Meet May Also be Pulled Off. Probably the general public Is not aware of the fact, but within the past two or three years there has been more Interest taken In track athletics than ever before In the South. Last year there were two hotly contested meets right in this section, anil this year bids fair to see more. The managers of Ike various track teams are hard at work getting up schedules for meets, and If the Interest that 1* being shown out at Tech is any indication of how matter* at e at the other Pout hern colleges, then ranged a meet with t’lemson to be tydd in Atlanta, and Is trying to arrange to meet Rewanee ♦m-Gm mountain. In addition. It Is probable that there will be held a district meet of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Asso. elation, either In Atlanta or Macon, and If such Is the case Tech will enter a team In that also. The other col leges likely to be represented are Mer cer, Georgia, Auburn. Clemson mid Emory. This ought to bring together some of the very beat track athletes in the Mouth, and a nice line of sport would be in store for the audience. When one considers under what dis advantages track athletics are carried on It Is really wonderful what has been done by the Southern colleges. In the flrit place, tlie~*[iAn lacks thr zrst of a game, and while In foalball und baae- ball the practice Is almost as pleasure- able as the actual contest. In track work the practice is little more than a monotonous grind; and even In the heat of endeavor the time of the actual contest Is often very considerably less than a single minute. All this means that the track men are out for the pure love of the sport, and since It Is one of the moat beneficial forms of ex ercise these truck meets are encour aged at all times by the faculties and authorities of the Southern Intercol legiate Athletic Association. Orinnel .Tones, of Vanderbilt, is a fair example of what a track man can heroine if he has determination, .lones was no weakling, hut he was the most awkward runner hit the cinders and far from a stout man physically. Like all the hopeless propositions lie went in for the mile race Ins freshman year and did well, lie just hung on and hv sheer determination he put it all over every man in college. The next year he ran in hetter form and did stunts in the half mile event as well. The fol lowing year he went in for the <|tinrtcr and on the lumpy old Vanderbilt track, with four nnbauked turns, he ran the distance in 50 seconds tint, the fastest quarter ever made in the South up to thnt time. Just Baseball News and Dope No hanged wen- made ifi the play-1 lilbltlon of manitgei lul ability at Mobile lug rules of the b.iM'bull by the Joint which landed the pennant, gives him rules committee of Hip two leagues. \W . very right to re-enter championship would have act opted some 'reform In tussles. But Dusty wants to take the the settling rules w Hh the■ best of grace. ! |' ; ‘"«’ball veil, as It Here, anti lend the but let It go. It doesn't matter much i '» f «« umpire. He has received a '•aUHfnrior> contract from Nashville. MATTHEWS HAS SOME WONDERS Jack riiesbio has written dark (irtiltiti tlmt In is through with base ball, ami that no consideration would bring him back In the game this year. He says he wants to quit u winner. Dakin Mill phis to Little It. has bet Examples like this one could he multiplied till the cows come home. And all of them go to prove that track athletics develop men and make them stronger and healthier. For this reason the sport deserves a lot more cm rngemeut thnn it gets. i John Doubt i t. it pitc I Nashville pla>« i wln> h ultlent Knvnnnugh. of Southern League. Inis him tabbed for -ervlci* mm a diamond dictator to till the first vacancy. When not dispensing hi* stock In trade at his local place of business the chances ate that he will warbling to the masses. Miller has been seen In the role of a Judge of pl.i> here anti although Ills career wn* brief he showed symptoms of a natural at Inter with quick decisions, Impartial- l> distributed" The only man whose health is damaged by truck athletics is the manager. The writer knows to his sorrow, for he managed a track tenm once. And when he figured up the damage to the Vanderbilt Ath letic Association after the season ended it gave his nerves u jar from which they have not yet entirely recovered. Jack Fly. University spring. Billy Hmlth lias Mill out ticket* to tin* following players. Fox. Ball. Hoff man. t'astro and Dyer. Inflelder*: Pas- Kel t. Bee* ker. Winters and Wallace, outfielder*. Sweeney. n'Leary and Hid It will prohithlv In* many years before track athletics will pay in the South. In the meantime any cneouriigement which can be given will be duly appreciated. BOZE BULGER IN THE CITY NEW YORK WORLD'S BASEBALL WRITER HERE TO JOIN HIGHLANDERS. ► Boieman Bulger, once sporting edi tor of The Birmingham Age-lltraJd and now baseball writer for The New York evening World arrived In Atlanta on Tuesday. In the capacity of scout for the advance guard of flark Griffith's invading army. Mr Bulger has been In the South on • visit and Is her* -oln the team. si,.i ••I h. imi- ii.uio- Hay* The Commercial Appeal. »• Memphi • ,, < , h«rle* Brndle> Miller, bet ter known to fanoerm y as 'Dusty,* to whom many give credit for having played tlw leading role of the ’hidden hand' In that memorable n«»*e victory of lsi»4. when the Memphll won the l>entiant on the road, beating New Or leans li\ the proverbial eyelash In a stirring stretch duel, may not don nc- tlv»* harness this year Ills errorless season In Nashxille In the Southern hist \ear. preceded by a stmining ex- scheduled b» engage In n |til\,d suit* Wlv.1 ling I suit In New Yoik tomorrow night. Sharkey lit- done little wrestling In |ntl»llc ill the I'tou two xoaiv lint lie lm« kept him *»df in good condition L\ Tt.iTl\ crainnstum work lie weighs 2M pound-, which gi\cs him a weight nil*milage of .iltouf .in |touiid« oxer Gallagher. OTTO ANNOUNCES TEAM. MUENCH & BEIERSDORFER THE PEACHTREE JEWELERS Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry. Fine Watch, Clock ;nd Jewelry Repair ing. W Peachtree Street Atlanta. Ca. •tl. Phone 1311. Hperlal to The Geoi-clau Milledgevllle, Go., Feb. 27.- The line, up «»f the (leorgld Military College baseball team, as given «»ut by the roach, 'Mto Jordan. Is as follows: t'lttehci Hammond Reynold*. • Ditchers Htembrldge, McLane. Gor ham, Smith. First Base—For be* Second Base -Jordan. Shortstop Barron. Third Ikise Klker. I*efl Field Hutchinson. tVntei Field Whlldei. Right Field—Allen. First liitseman Forbe* has been elect ed field captain of the team foi the f 1907. A cadet manager will I Backtothefum! That's where you get good coffee. None of that "fresh roasted loose by the pound ** store stuff from nobody knows where, full of dust, atmosphere and toiled hands, but the real old, genuine egg and sugar coated Arbuckles* AR10SA Coffee, which the folks keep in the original package and grind in the kitchen. That’s Coffee 1 NOTHING EXCITING DONE BY MAJOR LEAGUE MOGULS New York. Feb. 27.—The baseball fieaaun In.on. The spring meetings of the American and National league* have come to an end. and now the ath letes will take the place of the mag nates in the spot light. The session of the American League at the Fifth Avenue Hotel was short and sweet. The league ratified"'n~ few unimportant changes in the rule* and then adjourned, to meet at the call of the president. The National League magnates stuck together somewhat longer, having n consider various propositions for uni form tickets and turnstiles, hcsldet adopting the schedule, w hich was sub- milled by President Pulliam. "Stahl will play In Washington or g < back to the typewriting busines.-, mhi Joe rantlllon, the new leader **f Ua Nationals. Beck and Gregg Ball Club Wants a Commercial League The Heck A Gregg baseball team Is In Hue or n commercial league or u city league. The following letter needs no explutu To the Sporting Editor. A Hum a Georgian: I noticed your article In lanl evening's pa per In regard to n city baseball league. We expect to hnvo ii teum on tin* grounds this season and apply for admittance to till* league. We were members of your t’oiuiiirr-lid League last year, and would much prefer to hnvc another t'oinmerclnl League this season, si* that each team will hare equal advantages, but If you can not form n Pom inert ial League we will In* glad to eater n city league. Vouis truly. J. N. ItKI.L. Manager Iteek A Gregg Basel,all Team. The chance* for a rommerei.il League h , Atlnuin liHik bright and ilieie I* no r-. why another one should not he organlxM | along the Hues of th * I’omiuer. Lit which played through sin h a mu n-«ful season last year If suother such league l*» org.-mlted Tti* Georgian will see thnt It Is not ultln nt a suitable trophy to play for. and dill do everything In Its (siwer to make It a na il it i Beck A Gregg will undoabvdlv j, good team III the field fills season, t will certainly be a credit to any bMjii' which It Joins. The Georgian will he glad !•> publish tli< views of other managers ..h to bagiie* au to assist In the organization of «s ni.-iny » can Is- successfully run. New Southern League Players Have Jaw-Breaking Cognomens (s •d the going lo Is- . HIM' w s'.l lu the boiiilieru League this year. There are always i, bit of Tartar baseball league. Imt 1!m7 has prop limit*. l-nst year had Its Tribble. Its M.iumdi. It* Appcrtotis, Its Gy lor. Its Kulilkoff. Its lrv. its Kemuierllng. Its lleidi and Us Alb um ng. but them* names wore "Rodili*" and ••.lones" Ctmipgrod with the 1^»7 allolnieiit. (Ui'uilngtuim makes only otic bid for fame lu this line with It net linger. That’s some- thing of a name, but Hint’s oidv one unu. Look how l.ittlo Itts-k shines-wllli I’m tell, tellers. Aildlugtou and Lyle, on Iho Im-| Meniph's and New ■ujiposo he had to handle s ’’k-ibrle bunted t*» I tea mil <1 at second I .: and Argudlu w»t forced "it He l' 1 ’ Rf going to Itrotje. ai d put •"«»* b an assist . Tnafe amt Jelil." Of eotirse. It Is I f- ly SO. for Shell an nttempt w.etld I result III a dlsloeathoi of the l.lllle i:..-k a Is I KID YOUNG TO MEET j j KID KELLY AGAIN?; which I friend Zeller, only il Zeller*. Hlirexcport hi‘s a Prli lo Imxe old "King Hall the royal laiulln. Mnssli It luis .lelfrle*—hill with •'ig » any el lints oil faille, bm Ns*li\illel« liter •*i-uberi whleh Is souedh'u*; of a ’’••og." Nifshvllle has gone lu strong for "lies." with Mci’.Uoen. MeGttUtme'. a ad Md’ormlek the list ‘"KID" BUSCH. Little Heine hii* long been ore of the fielding star* ot tile South ern ljcngue. but »il* batting has been bad of late mid Montgomery has let him go to the Hally League. Special to The UeorgiAn. When It roues to nelnl efforts I line of nomem inline, you hate to slip it lo Memphis, though. "Joey" Pills, lieu miller. Salul* llioije. Tan If* ami Jehl. That's ii lovely ouiDi Bill the elnliu* of New- Orleans for hon • as lu the ' weird name eonlest" can Hot In- overbsiked—even If we don’t esiNslallv Itke I he town. The "I'll, has Nude,HI. G»»e*e. Vtlfiml hv etcctiJ this week. Csacfn a MOMDMti «f 4* N«b«I Feod Uw. No 2041.W«4s*r- 4’hnrleston. S. f'.. Feb. 27.— Monager Matthew* has signed for the t’hmles ion baseball team Intlelder Ota John-, son. last year with Little Rock. \ He hn* also exchanged Pitcher Ralph nrlando Savldge for Pitcher Willis, of* Jacksonville, and Outfielder Busch, of ; Montgomery, has been bought. 1 Tlk\ hist baseball game of the season will be placed here next Stiturd^G be- tw-otn South Carolina Military Acade- I my and the Medical College of South Carolina. Grlstol. Gal I its. Hshih-. >• Im.-ITer Gullterez and Knierllo Aigmlln. Now. we ask you. run yon ln-nt It? Imagine the miller In n detail of a game K hi Young, a local ui list, has ifceiill.v won a m from a local "unknown" .»i (.uallllul for another tty : The last fVinr Voting ar the former \> us put to sh»*i» - ids barkers thougnt tea-" ISny want .l*» see him q« t an d K Dm- vlth the tdg st> tis slgn-tl wllli NAT KAI8ER A C0. •CONFIDENTIAL LOANS 0N VALUABLES. 15 OMalur EL j W-lSIUSSTl Bargain* in Unrailaainad 0nm«M GET YOUR LUMBER FROM E. G. WILLINGHAM & SONS Hardwood flooring a iprclalty. We deliver promptly and rail,faction. A full atock of Lumbar. Saah. Door*, etc., on rlshu 542 WHITEHALL STREETT ini'i 'l u '‘' hanJ. ITW* "* ■U-