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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1907;
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FOOTBALL WARRIORS GET INTO THE BATTLE LINE TODAY I P.T WHITING
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PEBCY H. WHITING.
The football teams are off in a bunch today.
Any way you look at it this season ought to be a hummer.
Here’s hoping that the membership of every team will be
confined to bona fide amateurs, that they will all play clean foot
ball and that the best team will win.
A Chattanooga rumor, probably groundless, has it that
“Skinny” Shipp ia getting $600 for playing with Sewanee this
year.
If so, isn’t it to be feared that the Tigers are "exceeding the
salary limit.”
Very little has been heard of late about that scheme to or
ganize a big outlaw league to include l’ittsburg, Cleveland, Cin
cinnati, Buffalo, Toledo, L/onisvllle and a few such.
This rumor was all bosh, anyway, and the man who credited
its start to Howard Griffiths, Ned Hanlon and George Tebcau
probably did not miss the mark much.
The suggestion that this fake league was to be used to scare
the National Association into granting the American Associa
tion and the Eastern League a place in a class above the South
ern League was probably hitting close to the mark also.
But the National Association does not scare much. It is a
big, powerful organization and not likely to be either bluffed or
tricked.
Also we seem to have heard the last of the “outlaw” South
ern League.
Outlaw ball is doomed just so long as the major leagues nnd
the National Association are in the hands of decent men and
just so long as they are run fnirl.v.
When they are not “outlaw” ball will flourish like a Billy
goat and put the organization to the wall.
Fortunately there is no danger to the big baseball associa
tions in the hands of the men who arc leading now and all tnlk of
outlaw league8 may be passed over as mere off-season hot air.
It was to have been hoped that a sense of humor would H|vo
spared Atlanta citizens from making themselves ridiculous. By
coming forward with nn offer for some of the world’s champion
ship games between Detroit nnd the Cubs somebody seems to be
seeking a little very chertp and very silly notoriety.
Atlanta has about as much chance for those games ns Dah-
lonega or Griffin. But up to yet the two towns last named have
it on Atlanta because they have had' the senso not to make any
offers for the championship.
DETROIT TIGERS PENNANT WINNERS IN AMERICAN LEAGUE
NARY A GLOOM AT TENNESSEE;
NEW MEN SHOWING UP WELL
Tennessee
is stacking up better each day the sea-
I son progresses, and the youngsters are
; fast getting together. McCollum is
. developing Into a wonder and Is smash-
Jing lines like a flend. Coach Levcne
Ik counting heavily on him for line
i gnlnes, and his work Indicates that ho
1 will come up to expectations.
' The Volunteer team as a whole hae
>-not been picked, because competition
for several positions Is so strong that
more time la necessary for a good se-
lectlon. Several of last season's inen
have not mud* good and are In the
second team line-up every day. trying
to regain their lost laurels now.
Three touchdowns In live minutes
were mads Wednesday on the strong
Baker-HImel prep school team. The
younger boys could do nothing against
the Volunteers' line, and only once
made the required 10 yards for a first
down.
(From copyright photograph, 1907, by I. Van Oven, Cleveland. Ohio.)
Reading from right to left, top row—Rostman, 1b; Downs, 2b; Willetts, p; Donovan, p; McIntyre, If; Killian, p; Lowe, sub; McMahon,
er.
Middle Row—O’Lssry, as; Schaefer, 2b; Ccbb, rf; Jennings, manager; Siever, pi Crawford, cf; Jonee, If.
Bottom Row—Mullin, p; Archer, ot Payne, e; Coughlin, 3b (captain) | Schmidt, c; Erwin, e.
GORDON HERE FOR
GAME WITH TECH
ALABAMA PLAYS MARYVILLE
IN OPENING GAME OF SEASON
I Special to The Ofortten.
University, Ala., Oct. 6.—The Uni
verslty of Alabama will open Its 1907
football season Saturday with Mary
ville College on the campus.
The Information that comes from
Maryville Indicates that Coach Dickson
haa rounded together another promis
ing bunch of pigskin chasers, and a
. hard fought game la expected.
While only three of last year's 'var
sity are back at the university this fall,
1 Coach Pollard has a good supply of
new material, which he should bo able
to develop Into a creditable team be
fore Thanksgiving.
The old men back are Burkes, at
tackle; Hannon, at quarter, and Ed-
(wards, at end. Sturdivant, a member
.of the 1909 team. Is playing right half,
while Hobbs, an ex-Vanderbilt star, Is
doing duty at left guard. Greene and
Poster, subs of last year, are playing
right tackle and fullback, respectively.
The remainder of the team Is composed
of new men, most of whom havs
learned the rudiments of tho game at
the various high schools of the state.
The following Is the Alabama eched-
Blake’s Team in Good Shape
and Ready For
Fray.
DAHLONEGA AND
GEORGIA CLASH
B. KIRK’S
COLUMN]
—————— * ■TUI,,,
(From liearst Service.)
AFFINITIES I HAVE MET.
October 6—Maryville, on campns.
October 11—University of Mississip
pi. at Columbus, Miss.
October 21—Sewanee, on campus.
October 28—University of Georgia,
at Montgomery.
November.!—Central of Kentucky, at
Birmingham.
November 1«—Auburn, at Birming
ham.
November 21—Louisiana State, at
Mobile.
November IS—University of Tennes.
see, at Birmingham.
L. M. Latimer Now
Football Manager
Macon, Go, Oct. S.—On account of
the death of the father of Manager 3.
A. Blalock, of the '07 football squad at
Mercer, Mr. Blalock will not return to
college. L. M. Latimer, of the senior
class, haa been elected to succeed Mr.
Blalock In this capacity
PROUT.
Here Is the man who Is leading
the Oordon team this year through
Its most strenuous of schedules.
Prout Is a first-class player and Is
doing well as a captain.
Standing of the Clubs.
• ••ssseesssssssssssessees set•••••••••••••••••••#•<
CASEY’S SAD FINISH
By GRANTLAND RICE.
(Note—Several Inquiries have reached this office as to whether or not
mighty Casey of Mudvllle fame ever tackled football. We launch the an
swer below.)
The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Tarvard bunch that day.
The score stood four to nothing, with four minutes left to play;
And when Hale's mighty halfback kip—
A sickly silence fell upon all Tarvard
Most of them cursed and walled aloud In deep despair, the rest
Clung to that hope which llveth on within each football breast;
They thought that if the captain would but let big Casey shine—
Well—the odds were good they’d cash In still, If Casey hit the line.
But now the ball was eighty yards or more from Tarvard's goal—
That eighty yards looked farther than the distance to the pole—
Not even mighty Casey, In all his strength nnd pride,
Could buck a rival line that hard; no matter how he tried.
But quicker than a lightning flash, their hopes began to mend.
When Smith, a sub., ran forty yards around Hale’s strongest end;
And fond hopes bubbled forth anew when Jones, a freshman, "shines.'* ■
By brilliant work daahed down the Add across the ten-yard line!
Then from that bunch of Tarvard men. there rose a mighty shout.
It echoed o'er the campus and re-echoed round about;
For, when the duet was lifted, there was no chance then to pine;
Two minutes left—and Casey poised to batter through the line.
The silence of eternity for one brief moment reigned.
And every eye was bulging out and every neck waa craned;
The quarter's signal rang out clear, ami Casey made his dash;
AND THEN—Hale’s forwards sifted through—AND THEN—there came
a tmaah.
They nailed big Casey by the feet a.id stood him on hie neck.
They hurled hint back ten yards or more, and left him there, a wreck;
And someone grabbed the fumbled ball and dashed the other way;
While, bleeding from a dozen wounds, the mighty Casey lay.
Oh. somewhere In some college town, the student still may cheer.
And somewhere shouts of victory mey ring out loud and clear;
But over Tarvard's campus now, there hangs a mighty pall—
They buried Casey where he fell the day he dropped the ball.
-Nashville Tennessean.
CLTJBS-
Detrntt. ,‘
I'hllailclpbla 143
Chicago . .
Cleveland . .
New York. .
Ml. hauls . .
llostoa. . . .
Washington .
American.
I’Jsrrd. Woo. Lost. P. C.
. m
IS
National.
l’layrd. Won. Lost. P. C.
. . . Its loe 43 .718
Cincinnati
Boston . .
Ht. lands .
M 91
60 100
The Gordon Institute team, of
Barnesvllle, la In Atlanta and ready
for a strenuous engagement this after
noon against the Tech team.
It Is a pretty stiff proposition for a
baseball team to play Clemaon one
Saturday and Tech the next—especial
ly when the team that does It Is a
prep school aggregation.
But Coach Blake's team Is fit.
Says he; "Gordon put her full
strength In tile field today. Smith and
Captain Prout are In shape. None of
the men Is troubled by any physical
Injuries. Nor are they under the
mental strain of examinations. Their
minds are fixed on this game, and it
they are defeated they will have no ex.
cusea to offer.''
The Tech team will presumably not
put Its very strongest team In the field.
However. It will be a pretty shifty
aggregation which goes against the
Barnesvllle bunch.
Snyder, the old reliable, will be at
center. The guards will be Smith and
Johnson. "Barnesvllle" Brown and
Luck will hold down the tackle jobs.
Hill and Bobert will play the ends.
Hightower will play one halfback po
sition.
It Is unlikely that Captain Sweet
will play at all, owing to his weak
knee. Emerson wit play right half.
Adamson will be the fullback and
Burhanan plays quarter. \V. B. Tlche-
nor will referee, Tom Slmmona will be
head linesman and Joe Ralne will occu-
J iy the newly created position of field
udge.
The game la due to start at 3:30
o’clock.
Athens Team is Looking For
Very Strenuous En
gagement.
Special to The Georgian.
Athens, Go., Oct. 5.—Comparatively
light practice was uncorked here Fri
day afternoon In preparation for the
Dahlonega game which cornea this aft
ernoon. Coach Whitney only gave his:
men enough work to take the kinks!
out of their muscles In preparation for
the excitement that Is likely to be on
tap this afternoon.
Considerable uneasiness Is felt over
the prospects for the game.
Dahlonega, which comes down from
Its mountain fastnesses for the Aral
time this year. Is a large and lumpy
question mark In the football book.
Beyond the fact that the team haa a
Wisconsin coach, and that thla coach
declares for "straight football,” noth
ing Is known.
However. It Is strongly suspected that
Professor Johnson, who Is handling the
team. Is another of these men who talk
about "straight football" and unrork
tricks by the score. Anyway, the team
will be ready to burst up unythlng
that looks like a forward pass.
Just how many tricks arid forward
passes will be used by Georgia will de
pend on circumstances, but probably
some of the simpler forward passes will
be given a try-out.
The work of fixing up the Held for
the game has been completed. The
seats have been moved from their
spring location to their fall resting
place, and It la expected that a goodly
crowd will turn out to see the team In
action.
SCRIMMAGES AND KICKS
PET PASTIMES AT MERCER
Affinities are handy things to hava
about the place;
They shield you from domestic squalls
and absolute disgrace.
In case you aren't posted or lest you
might forget.
Below are some affinities that I have
often met:
"Why did the Tigers beat you?"
Asked a Philadelphia fan.
Athletics, Me.
put ’em on the pan.”
"Why did thee not confound Detroit;"
Another Quaker sighed;
'Jennings Is my affinity!"
Brave Connie Mack replied.
'Hello, Bill Squires! Why back so
soon 7”
A bold Australian queried.
"Why are your tea lures out of tune?
Why do you look bo wearied?
When Burns nnd Sullivan you met,
You should have struck to kill."
"No, no! They were affinities!"
Said poor old Boshter Bill.
The Southern Jungle swarmed with
game.
Especially with bears;
The scouts ahead of gallant Ted
Drove twenty from their lain.
"Why don't you hit one now and then?"
A guide was heard to roar.
"Sir, bears are my affinities!"
Responded Theodore.
The Cur of all the Standard Oil
Waa paying off his help;
Each envelope that left his hands
He followed with a yelp.
"Why," asked a comrade, "do you
dread <
To watch the dollars flee?"
'Dollars are my affinities!"
Retorted old John D.
Affinities are handy things to have
around the plnce;
They shield you from domestic squalls
and absolute disgrace.
And so I must reiterate. In case you
might forget,
Above are some affinities that I have
often met.
PROFESSOR JOHNSON.
This ex-Wisconsin football play
er Is coaching the Dahlonega foot
ball team. In addition to being a
star coach he I» ot the head of the
Dahlonega department o( agricul
ture.
Special to The Ocorglsn.
Macon, Ga., Oct. C.—This week's
work at Mercer has been characterised
by scrimmaging and kicking,
Jameson, Bhaw and Landrum are
looked upon aa the best punters.
The work yesterday between the
scrubs and the 'varsity squad was ex
ceptionally good.
The score was 5 to 2 In favor of the
'varsity.
The coach put the scrubs through
hard work because of the fact that
they are to meet the Gresham High
School team today.
The first
Is with the
Florida Is an unknown member this
tall, yet Mercer has high hopes of win
ning. The .game last year between
these two teams resulted In a score of
12 to 0 In favor of Mercer.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
American.
Cleveland nt Chlcngo.
Boston nt New York.
I'blliidelphlii nt Washington.
Detroit at St. Louts.
National.
Chicago nt Ht. lands.
New York nt Philadelphia.
- ' atr.
FRIDAY’S RE8ULT3.
American.
Washington 2. Philadelphia I itlrat gnrne;
twelve innhiBS).
Philadelphia 8. Washington 0 (sec.mil
genie).
New York 3, Boston 1.
National.
Chios go It. Ht. Louis 1.
I'lttahnrg 2. Ctnelnnetl l tflrst game).
Clnelnnail 8. Pittsburg 1 isoeonri gKtne).
Philadelphia 2. New York 1.
Boston f, Brooklyn 3.
gOtaOODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOOg
° HUGHES WINS AGAIN,
o
Old Tommy Hughes, the South- O
ern League's best pitcher, won an- O
other game In New York Friday, O
O defeating Boston 3 to 1. The O
O beanery bunch was let down with O
O three' hits nnd Hughes hnd things O
O Ills own way despite the fact that O
O the team uncorked five errors be- O
O hind him. O
O Q
OOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOP
Chattanooga Boys Do Well
In Athletic Way at the Tech
The Avoidance of Tuberculosis’
WESLEY E. TAYLOR, Jtt.De
SUNDAY, 3:30 P. M.
Y. M. C. A.
Bays Joe Curtis In The Chattanooga
Times;
Chattanooga boys have always been
In favor at Oeorgla Tech. Two years
ago Lee Wert played on Helsnian's
team, and. had he stayed there another
season, would have strengthened the
Georgians a great deal.' Last year It
uas Frank Davies and "Lob” Brown.
This season Corliss Buchanan Is left
to uphold the reputation of Chuttanoo-
ga. although Hightower la a north
Georgia boy and can almost be claimed
by this city.
Cortlss Buchanan will have a hard
job to All if he Alls the shoes of Davies
and Brown. There were few more
popular football players In the South
last year than these two boys, Buch
anan. however, can come ns nenr Ailing
the Job as the next ope. for he Is a
flne all around athlete. He was third
baseman on the baseball team Inst
spring, and bids fair to make a regular
position on the football eleven this
session.
Another season has Just been started
at Tech, and Chattanooga will at least
have one representative on the team.
Jack Egan, who pitched for Little
Rock a few years ago, Is now an Amer
ican League umpire. •
G. M. A. Will Play
Boys 9 High School
The Georgia Military College football
team plays the Boys' High School Mon
day afternoon on the G. M. A. grounds,
at College Park, at 3:20 o’clock. The
following line-up will be used by the
G. M. A. team;
Hhlngler. center; Sparkman, right
guard; Tarver or French, loft guard;
Colley, right tackle: Clark, left tackle;
Taylor, right end: May. left end; Bar-
tleson. right half; Alford, left half;
Beard, full; Whlteley (captain), quar
ter.
Ryan Will Play
With Montgomery
Hp^rlal to Tb* Urorglnr..
Montgomery. Ala., Oct. S.—Jimmy
Ryan. Montgomery's new manager, will
be. a playing manager, notwithstanding
the statements published to the contra
ry. In a letter to a dtrectoi of the
baseball club he writes that he expects
to play In the outfleld. probably cen
ter. He Is dose to President Murphy,
of the Cubs, who recommended him,
and he wll! be able to land some gisxt
■•era. He used to be a heavy hitter
a good all round baseball man
(With apologies to Ernest L. Thayer,
author of "Casey at the Bat.”)
It looked extremely rocky for the Tiger
nine that day;
The score stood eight to six, with an
Inning left to play.
But Sam Crawford lined a single and
brought suspense once more,
For Cobb, the mighty Tyrus, was dop
ing out the score.
There waa ease In Ty Cobb’s manner
as he stepped Into his place.
There wus pride In Ty Cobb's bearing
and a smile on Ty Cobb's face;
And, when responding to the silence, he
lightly pulled his hat.
No stranger In the crowd could doubt
'twas Ty Cobb at the bat.
Eighty thousand eyes were on him as
he rubbed his hands with dirt;
Forty thousand bit their lips when ho
wl;s>d them on his shirt;
Then, when the writhing Waddell
ground the ball Into his hip.
DeAancc glanced In Ty Cobb's eye. a
sneer curled Ty Cobb's lip.
But fame Is fleeting as the wind and
glory fades away;
There were no wild and woolly cheers,
no glad acclaim this day.
They hissed and groaned and hooted as
they clamored, "Strike him out!"
But Ty Cobh gave no outward sign that
he had heard their shout.
The Reuben smiled and cut on loose;
across the plats It sped;
Another hiss, another groan—"Strike
one!” the umpire said.
No roasting for the umpire now—his
was an easy lot.
But when the Rube whirled 'round
again—was that n rifle shot?
A whack! a crack! Through space the
leather pellet flew.
A blot against the distant sky, a speck
against the blue.
Above the fence Ir. far right Held, In
rapid whirling flight
Tto sphere railed on; the blot grew
dim and then was Inst to sight.
Then forty thousand hearts were crush
ed, forty thousand threw a fit;
none wilt ever And the ball that
mighty Ty Cobb hit.
Ok, somewhere In this favored land the
sun Is shining bright.
The banc Is playing somewhere and
THE QUESTION OF THE HOUR.
Beneath a spreading cherry tree,
A cocktail glass on either knee,
A tall and frigid statesman sits.
His reputation on the frltx.
"Hereafter, Theodore,” he sighs,
"Drink to me only with thine eyes!"
But graver things his mind engage,
And, glancing o’er the sporting page.
"Which gent," he mutteis, “shall I
back:
Hughey Jergilngs or Connie Mack?"
From California’s golden ehore
(Has't ever heard the phrase before?)
To where the wolf-llke breakers strain
Their leashes off the coast of Maine,
All other things of Import cower
Before the Question ot the Hour.
Sayers of sooth and prophets keen.
Was ever such a struggle seen?
A million fans are growing Silly—
Jennings or Mack? Detroit or Phtllie?
At midnight. In his guarded tent,
Our happy hunting president
Lay dreaming of a big bear’s trail
And how he clung to Bruin's toil
Until the monster ceased to roar
And quit (like Britt) to Theodore.
Awhile he dreamed—and then he woke,
But 'twas not of the hunt he spoke.
Tell me." he shouted from his bed.
'Are Jennings' Tigers still ahead?"
In some strange harbor far away,
Or making for some foreign bay,
The great Bill Taft, his waistcoat shed,
Paces the deck with thunderous tread.
The dolphins hug the vessel's side.
Taft does not note their graceful glide;
The flying Ashes fly a lot—
The heavy statesman heeds them not.
“I wonder," Is his constant fret,
"If Mack has won the pennant yet!"
PUT KIBOSH
ON GAMBLING
Chicago, Oct. 8.—For the first time
In years every pool room, every hand
book and every other form of gambling
was absolutely "out of business" In
Chicago today.
It was Impossible to place a bet any
where within the city.
This followed the unexpected result
of the contempt case against Horace
Argo, known aa "The Bralna of the
Ring,” In Judge Chestlatn's court.
Argo, before the grand Jury, refused
absolutely to answer any question*.
Summoned before Judge Chetlatn. he
persisted In silence. Arguments of his
attorneys were of no avail and Judge
Chetlatn sentenced Argo to serve not
less than six months In the county Jail
and to pay a flne ’of 2500. There Is also
to be a general shakeup In the police
department.
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There are many readers of The Geor
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welfare of the working man to aee that
his Interest is subserved at all times.
This Is forcefully recognized In the
numerous demands made upon The
Globe Clothing Company at 89 White
hall street for clothing that bears the
union label. The Globe sella only union
made products and handles nothing In
clothing that does not bear the union
label.
somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing
where there never hangs a pall.
But there le no Joy ‘ In Phtllie slncr
mighty Tyrus hit that ball.
—Detroit News.
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day’s “want ad" columns. Bend then;
and you may And yours.