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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1907.
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COBB, BASEBALL HERO, RETURNS TO HIS NATIVE STATE
i EDITED BY
IP. H. WHITING
TYRUS COBB IS ,
AT HOME AGAIN
Is One of the Big Features of the State Fair,
and Will Be in Town Until Saturday.
Then Goes to Royston.
Tyrui Cobb, of Royston, Os., lend
tag batter and best outfielder of the
American League, arrived In Atlanta
Thursday on his way from Detroit to
his home.
Ty and that diamond medal he was
given the day of the first world's
championship series at Chicago was
one of the star features of the stats
fair Thursday afternoon, and divided
Interest with Jim Simpson, winner of
the Georgia Derby; the cowboys of
"Ranch 101" and the other features of
Georgia's "Big Show."
Ty Is looking bale and hearty, and
In no way pulled down by the gruelling
and nerve-wearing battle which won
for Detroit the American League
championship.
It was hard for those who saw Cobb
for the first time to believe that this
was the man who had fought his way
through the American League and
licked more men than any single base
ball player In the business today.
Mayor Joyner, the First Baseball
Fan of Georgia, was among the first
to greet Cobb after his arrival In At
lanta.
”1 can't get over It, though," said the
mayor, "trying to figure out how that
chap ts a great batter and a great
fighter. He Is a quiet, gentlemanly,
modest chap. To see him you would
never think for a minute that he was a
baseball wonder and the hero of the
season. He Is as modest and retiring
os a "girl, and Is a gentleman In every
Cobb, as Is usual, was not much In
favor of talking about himself and his
achievements. When asked, however,
for the reason why the American
League champs made such a poor
showing In the championship race, he
said;
"It was just a case of our having
been worn out by the race for the pen
nant in the American League. Every
best and was under a terrible mental
and physical strain. We lay awake
nights with the worry of It, and were
never at ense except in the games.
When we won the pennant we were
all In. And then the whole team just
collapsed. The Cubs had been taking It
easy and were in trim for the race, and,
rmtren thftV !lf>flt III afllllv"
of course, they beat us easily.'
Cobb will stay In Atlanta until Sat'
urday, when he plans to leave for
Royston, where he will spend the win
ter.
Ty brings a fine report of the work
of his kid brother, who was placed
with the Kalamaxoo team by Bill
Smith last spring. Young Cobb lost
out there, because of the family habit
of trying to lick every man on the
team. Later he was taken on by the
Wichita team and finished out the sea
son there, playing great ball. He bat
ted .ltd, which is also another family
characteristic, though not as highly
developed In the youngster as In “Big
Bud Ty."
It Is not Improbable that Bill Smith
will draft young Cobb, though ho has
not confessed to date.
Cobb has piped Bill Smith oft to
some first-class ball players he can
secure, and his knowledge of t
„ the play
ers In the North is going to be a big
help to Smith in getting together the
Atlanta team for 1801.
In speaking of the Atlanta team of
1808 Col
obb said: "You have a great
player/ln Collins. He will make good."
We didn't know we had a player
named Collins, but glad he's "the
works."
I8MIM8HHIHIII
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
IM8MHIIMM8MMHIMI
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Wanted—Somebody who will bring peace to our Georgia prep
school family.
Nobody but a good strong man need apply.
There is a great opening around in these diggings for some
body who wants the thi
anklcss job of getting the prep schools to
gether on a peaceful basis and making the teams play ball and
quit squabbling.
Gordon is over in one corner, sulking because nobody will
come over and play with her. And doubtless Gordon lias a sulk
coming.
In our own back yard Donald Fraser and Boys’ High School
arc getting pugilism, football and oratory sadly mixed.
And all over the state there is an unsettled feeling that some
of the schools are trying harder than tho law allows to get good
football and baseball players.
This beforementioned disagreement between tho two local
schools is of no earthly interest, except to the friends of tho two
schools.
But it brings up tho old principle that we have uncorked so
often and which wo propose to rehash every now and then as
long as we arc on the job.
And that is that all games should be placed to the finish and
played with as little squabbling as is convenient.
TECH LOOKS FOR TIGHT GAME
WITH MIGHTY AUBURN BUNCH
GEORGIA TEAM IN
RATHER BAD WAY
HUGHES.
Left end of the Auburn team.
Fitz Will Whip
O’Brien on Sight
Pittsburg, Oct. 5S.—Bob Fltxelmmona,
former heavyweight champion of the
world, last night declared that he
would thrash Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
on sight. The conqueror of Corbett
stated, moreover, that O’Brien had
sedulously kept out of his way since
he wrote an article stating that the
Fltsslmmons-Jnhnson go at Philadel
phia was crooked. The old gladiator
lighter announced that he was still the
undefeated middleweight champion and
that he had not retired from the ring.
He Is still open to challenges from any
pugilist of class In the heavy and mid
dleweight divisions.
BOWLING SPORTS.
Local Squad in Good Shape
and Ought to Play Fast
Game.
Tech is going against the Auburn
team Saturday with about the same
line-up which she used in tho opening
games of the season.
Snyder will be at center, as usual,
and Henderaon and Smith will be
guards. The tackle proposition is.a
cinch, now that Davis Is again in good
standing, and he and Brown will hold
down those positions.. Robert will play
one end and the other will be a scram
ble between Hill and Jones. Buchanan
will play quarter again. Fitzsimmons
will handle one halfback position and
Captain Sweet the other. At fullback
will be Luck.
Here Is the only new development.
The matter of getting a good .line
plunger has been worrying Coach
Helsman, and he decided to give Luck
a chance. This men has been a lines
man to date, but Is showing up well at
his new post.
That the Tech-Auburn game will bo
close Is the opinion of Tech author!
ties.
"It looks like a case of 'dog eat
dog.'" was Coach Helsman's comment.
"I don't see that we hove anything on
them, and I also don'* *»e th»t f'-v
have much on us. Before' the Se-
wanes game I, was .not inuen worried,
Now I am. I think it will he a peach
of a game."
Captain Sweet said: ' "I think that
Sewanee was over-confident when she
tackled Auburn. But still Auburn made
a good showing, there Is no discount
ing that. ' it ought to be a very e-’en
game. I don’t see that either side has
any advantage.”
The last knock-about practice scrim-
make before the Auburn game came off
Coach Helsman sent hie men up and
down the fields until It was black dark
and until locating the ball after a punt
was like chasing a rabbit with your
eyes shut.
CAN PASS SOME.
Get good officials in the first plnco. That is going to save n
lot of trouble. They may cost something at tho jump, but they
are cheap in the long run.
And then, when you get them, abide by their decisions; be
that abiding ever so painful.
Wo may seem to be stressing this thing unduly, hut every
team which charges admission to its games owes it to the publio
to play them to the finish and not to mar them by a lot of unnec
essary argument with the officials....
if every team that got a decision it did not like stopped to
argue about it there would not he much fun in going to see games
played.
The best way to take a had decision is to grit your teeth and
play just twice as hard in order to mako up for it. Then, the
next time, get another official.
The bowling festivities were con
tinued at the Atlanta Athletic Club
gymnasium Thursday night, and tha
teams captained by Patterson and
Sam William* were the nfinners.
B. Williams' team defeated T. T.
Williams' aggregation by a score of
2,061 to 1,798. Patterson’s team won i
over Doonan's by a score of 2,081 to
1,950. Charley Strong's 190 was the
belt Individual score.
The line-ups were:
Patterson, captain; Morgan, Hudson,
Berrien, T. Doonnn. A. A. Doonan,
captain; Fleming, Lyons, Borne. Winn.
Sam Williams, captain; Malden,
Strong. Knauff. T. T. Williams, cap
tain; Clark, Wilson, Gibson, Saunders.
BOB BLAKE.
Here Is a picture of Vanderbilt’s
captain passing the ball. It ts one
of his long posies to his brother,
Vaughn, that enabled Vanderbilt
to score against the navy.
Illness, Injuries and Parental Objections
. Playing Havoc With Whitney’s
Bunch of Men.
Special to The Georgian.
Athens, Ga., Oct. 25.—Since the Ten
nessee game the Georgia team has gone
through a thorough process of reorgan
isation. Conch Whitney realises the
task that he must face In building up
the weight of the team, for that was
the cauee of defeat at the hands of
Tennessee. An earnest canvass of the
student body Is being made In order to
get the most weight consistent with
good playing.
Several large men have recently been
persuaded to come out, and If they
make good will Increase the weight of
the team considerably. Other men of
experience In the college are being pre
vailed upon to report. Parental objec
tion and studies are the main obstacles.
In answer to tho call 5Iartln. who has
been out of the game so far. Is prac
ticing now and Is showing up well.
Others who are similarly situated will
doubtlees go out for practice soon. Mc
Donald, Whatley and Roemer will also
probabiy respond.
Wray, the 225-pound center. Is out
of the game, owing to Illness In his
family. Lucas, a good man, but much
lighter than Wray, has been playing
center, Harman Is laid up with In
juries sustained In the Mercer contest
and may bo out for a week yet. Cleve
land, a 200-pounder, Is playing Har
man's guard. Graves, whose ability Is
well known, has quit the game for
good and Is drilling regularly In the
afternoon with the cadets.
In preparation for several big games
of tile.near future Coach Whitney has
hid the team In secret practice recently.
Everything Is quiet on Herty Held every
aftemopn; no songs or yells—every
thing work, work. work. Only those
directly connected with the team are
permitted within the arena and the
student body Is kept In suspense.
Georgia plays Alabama down In
Montgomery Saturday, and should take
the game, provided the line can be
strengthened so as to prevent on
slaughts through the center. Other
wise, In swiftness, there will be no fear.
While Georgia plays Alabama, the
scrubs meet Stone Mountain here on
Herty held.
Coach McGugin Organizes
Vanderbilt Second Team
HARRI8.
Right halfback of the Auburn
team.
JIM SIMPSON
WINS DERBY
The first Georgia Derby for 3-year-
olds at a mile and a. quarter, and pre
sumably for 3-year-olds, waa run at
Piedmont park Thursday afternoon and
on by Jim Simpson. Dew Star was
second and Fenian third.
After the start It was all over but
the shouting, of which there was some
considerable.
The results;
First Race—Four and a half furlongs;
Teeta H won; Lady Franktort, second;
Capuclne third. Time, 671-5.
Second Race—Six furlongs; Randolph
Jr., won; Wooltessa. second: Brother
Breese, third. Time, HIT,
Third Race—Six and a half furlongs;
Leo Bright, won; Thunderbolt, second;
Cocoon, third. Time, 1:28 3-5.
Fourth Race—The Georgia Derby,
mile and a quarter: Jim Simpson,
won; Dew Star, second; Fenian, third.
Time, 2:121-4.
By JOHN CRAIG.
Special to The Georgian.
Nashville. Tenn., Oct. 25.—The fierce
rain storm which lasted but a few min.
utes yesterday afternoon Interfered
with, but did not prevent, practice. For
thirty minutes the scrubs and first
eleven scrimmaged vigorously. The
scrubs were glvon Michigan's forma
tions, and the Commodores were coach
ed to try to break them up.
Vanderbilt students learned with
pleasure that Mr. Davis, of Tech, has
Men declared eligible. While the Com
modores will expect a mighty hard
struggle with Tech and arc not partic
ularly delighted to see the Atlanta
school greatly strengthened, yet the
sense of fair play here led everyone to
hope that Davis would be allowed to
day this year. A good many students
tere are familiar with the so-called
American University, and feel that any
ruling which would give It standing as
an S. 1. A. A. was either due to a vast
misconception of tho Harrlman Institu
tion or was a huge, joke.
Vandy Has 8tcond Team,
A new plan with reference to the sec.
ond team will be tried out at Vanderbilt
shortly. Heretofore substitutes on the
first team have received little or no
actual experience In games during the
season. Men of excellent ability like
Spick” Hall, Jimmy Haygond and
others during the past years at Van
derbilt have had little actual experience
In games. They were not quite good
enough to be on tho 'varsity team, be
ing held as substitutes, enabling them
to get Into games only during the' last
few minutes, or when a regular was
Injured, and as injuries had been so In
frequent at Vanderbilt they received
very little chance.
There are several substitutes on the
'varsity squad, among whom Williams
is one, who are almost 'varsity caliber.
■■ win-, wiiu otu milium >uiaiiy t-unour.
In order to give these men experience
that will make them stronger and bet
ter football players next year. Coach
McGugin has taken the ‘varsity substi
tutes, together with the most promising
of the scrubs, and has selected what Is
known os a second eleven and has
drilled them In 'varsity formations.
Will Play on Mondays.
An effort will be made to have games
with some of the loading preparatory
schools and this second eleven on each
Monday afternoon during the remainder
of the season. McGugin will then be
able to see the substitutes in action and
will be able to coach them more Intelli
gently, &a the strength and weakness of
football players show up never so well
as during a gnme. Manager Palmer
expects to have a gamo Monday with
cither Mooney or Castle Heights eleven.
Monday afternoon Is the best day, Inas
much as the ‘varsity seldom scrlmmn**
Upon the Monday following a game.
No secret practice has be kg'
een held on
Dudley field this year, and It Is doubt
ful whether nny will be had. This Is a
deviation from the usual conduct of
practice work. However, It Is likely
that the Commodores have talked it
over.
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Coming back to our little spiel about Captain Willems’
charges against the Georgia colleges and our comments on the
same, we might mention that possibly n slight clarification of
one of our sentences in yesterday’s “NotNcwsButViews”would
be in order, thought it was reasonably clear—for us—at the
•tart. ,
It was in regard to the charge of a University of Georgia
man that Lafitte and Brown had received money for playing
in the same game. Our remark was that IF TRUK the deal
reflected just as much discredit on Georgia as it did on Tech.
But we did not have the capital letters in the first article on
the subject.
Now come the Tech authorities who state positively that
the charge, as far as Lafitte is concerned, is not true.
They state that the only time that Brown and Lafitte work
ed in the game was at Winder, and produce the following af
fidavit to show that Lafitte escaped with his amateur standing
untarnished.
Before me appeared L. W. Nowell, who being duly sworn,
deposes and says that he was the manager of the Winder, Ga.,
baseball team during the summer of 1906 and that one Ed La-
fltta played ball with the Winder ball team during said sum
mer and for said playing Ed Lafitte received no emoluments
and derived no profit, financial or otherwise.
L. W. NOWELL.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me Jan. St, 1907.
L. A. HOUSE. N. P.
In anticipation of another kick against Lafitte the Tech
athletic authorities state that they have submitted to Dr. Win.
L. Dudley, president of the S. 1. A. A., the question of Ed
Lafitte’s right to sign with Jersey City and still retain hi* ama
teur standing. Dr. Dudley’s ruling in this case is that Lafiete
does not become a professional until he has played with the
Jersey City team and received money for so doing. This de
cision wss anticipated last year when Sam Weems was allowed
so sign with Montgomery and then finish out the season with
Auburn.
The University School trim of Stone
Mountain It beglnnlug to round Into mid-
season form.
Monday found tho mountain boys return-
lint from a victorious trip to Mllledrcrllle,
where they defeated the Georgia Military
Academy eleven by a score of (9 to 0. This
score shows the strength of the mountain
team.
At this wss the first game of the season,
the studenta received newt of the victory
with groat joy, and celebrated with a bon
fire that materially redneed the supply of
combustibles ou the mountain.
Next Saturday will find the mountain
boys In Athens, bnttllnr against foemen
worthy of their steel. The Georgia scrubs
contest every Inch of groune. . ,
however, to hold them to s reasonable
score. Unless there Is some accident, the
the seme, sod tho Georgia scrubs wll
Local Sportsmen Continually
Violate State Game Laws
Sporting Editor or The Georgian:
Dear Sir—The writer has never be-
fore "ruahed Into print,” but tho temp,
tatlon offered by your article of yester
day with reference to the shooting of
quail out of season Is one which I find
It Impossible to withstand. I am one of
the many Atlanta sportsmen who are
devoted to shooting, and am the owner
of some of the best-bred bird dogs In
this section.
For at least three weeks past there
has hardly been a day that 1 have not
heard of quail being shot by acquain
tances of mine, although os you know
the open season does not begin until
November 1. For Instance, I have one
acquaintance, who, to my personal
knowledge, has taken two trips already,
staying one day the first and two days
the second time. On the first trip he
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succeeded In bagging fifteen birds: the
result of the second trip 1 have not yet
learned. Another friend of mine was
out one morning this week for an early
morning jaunt, killing three. I heard
a few day* ago from a friend of mine
in the northern part of the state, that
he was out one afternoon and killed
fifteen. Another man who was In my
office some days ago Informed me that
he had been to his old home In North
Georgia for a stay of three weeks, dur.
Ihg which time he had hunted birds al
most every day, finding them unusually
plentiful.
I have no suggestion to offer as a
remedy to this condition. I simply sub
mit these facts for the attention of
those who are Interested, If Indeed there
are any such. In each of the cases
named the parties are too well known
to me for ine to even think of taking
any action which would In any way
embarrass them, not even If every game
bird In the state of Georgia was at
stake Furthermore. I beg to say that
I have never known of a case in the j
state where a person was prosecuted
for an infringement of this knu! and 1
can hardly see how a private cltlxen
who happens to know of such infringe
ments should be expected to take action
since such parties are usual!
friends or acquaintances and the In
formation usually reaches him In
spirit of confidence.
Very truly yours.
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