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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22,1007. SPORTING AGE CLIMAX NEAR IN THOSE COLLEGE SUSPENSION CASES I EDITED BY I P.H. WHITING I NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS i By PERCY H . WHITING. , TVell, by the time the evidence is all in against the,Tech and Georgia football teams and the verdict rendered by the execu tive committee of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Associa tion we shall know “where we are at,” athletically speaking. College athletics in Georgia have not received any too savory advertising as a result of this present deplorable state of affairs and all well-wishers of honest sport will welcome the calm which must follow the storm. , With the present squabble settled the people who vor of athletic reform will have to get together and see be done. Georgia is in for an athletic house-cleaning, from the prep schools right up to the best colleges. And the job ought to be a thorough one. The prep school row has been lost in the shuffle lately, but the trouble has never been eliminated and is likely to break out at any time. - . Until the prep schools of Georgia get together, purify ath letics, arrange reasonable schedules and stop their everlasting squabbling there is no hope of turning Into the colleges young men who have the right ideas of amateur sport. The need of reforms among the colleges is so obvious that any further comment would be worse than wearisome. But pooplo who want to see intercollegiate football continued in Georgia had better get together and DO SOMETHING! It is getting past the time when talk counts. Those who are interested in decent athletics would do well to get together and put intercollegiate football and baseball on tho right plane. Tho time has passed when colleges can either brenk the laws with impunity or try to see how near they can come to breaking them without getting caught. It is time for the people of Georgia to recognize the differ, ence between enterprise and corruption in the securing of foot ball players. In fact it is time to GET BUSY. And it is up to the football and baseball fans of the state. t — ■■ —. Right now the interest centers in the executive committee of the S. I. A. A. Everybody concerned in athletics can safely have all confi dence that the rulings of this body will be fair and impartial. The chairman of the committee, Dr. W. L. Dudley of Vander bilt. is tho man who has made the 8. I. A. A. a vita] force in tho purification of college athletics and tho man who has done more than any other to stamp out professionalism among Southern college teams. The other members likewiso are men of the very highest caliber and whatever action the committee takes will be accepted as final by all those interested in the caso. With all this row kicked up among S. I. A. A. colleges it is with a desire for companionship inmisery that we' turn to poor old . Tulane. Tho New Orleans college could not stand for any pro tracted spell of decent athletics and last year kicked over the 8. I. A. A. traces and went it alone. After a half-season of near-activity with a team recruited any old way—which team won three games and lost two—the Tulane football organization has disbanded. The comment of The Daily States of New Orleans on tho reasons for their disbanding follows: It Is admitted, oven by the elevens who defeated Tulane, that tho local university put a squad on the gridiron this year as formidable as any Southern college put Into football togs for i years, with the exception of Vanderbilt. Hut there are more rea sons than one why Tulane did not win every game' this year, * which she should have done. In the first place the dally practice games lasted no longer than one hour. Then many of the regular men would remain away from these practice games for days. Green, ono of tho most reliable of tho Tulane players, seldom appeared for prac tice, and the result was that ho waa wonting In tho knowledge of signals. While the Tulane squad wns having Its stingy one-hour prac tice dally, the hardy Texans and Arkansans were bolng put through hours and hours of the hardest practice overy day, rough ing It in all the essentials of the game. Arkansas, which eleven beat L. 8. U„ won from Tulane by a mero fluke, and had the game ' listed a little longer the tale would have been a very different one. Texas, with only one minute to play, also scored on a fluke, the ball at tho time being closer to their goal when tho sixty or more yard run was mado for a touchdown. And there yon are. According to The States tho squad was as formidable as any, except Vanderbilt’s, but someway the team oonld not do much business. Probably they never will learn down in New OrleanB that de cency and amateurism pay in college athlot'cs. But what can you expect from a town thnt encourages wrestling and tolerates a Sunday whirligig race track! •’ WHERE DEMPSEY SLEEPS. Recently the sporting paces havt reeked with verse, most of It bearing •n baseball. From one of these fane who object to the sport of the diamond monopolising attenUon, tbs following lines have been received. The verse waa written by a Portland (Ore.) writer several years ago. at which time Jack Dempsey's grave, subject of the Ilnee. was neglected and unmarked. Since that time a fund has been raised by subscription, enough of the money to pay for a headstone and care of the grave being set aside for that purpose, and the balance going to the family of the dead pugilist. The verse follows: Far. out In the wilds of Oregon On a lonely mountain aide. Where Columbia's mighty waters Roll down to the ocean tide; Where the giant flr and cedar Are Imaged In the wave, O'ergrtjwn with firs and lichens. I found poor Dempsey's grave. I found no marble monolith. No broken shaft nor stone. Recording sixty victories ‘ This vanquished victor won; No rose, no shamrock could I find. No mortal here to tell Where sleeps In this forsaken spot The immortal Nonpareil. A winding wooded canyon road That mortals seldom tread, Deads up this lonely mountain To thl* desert of the dead. And the western sun was sinking In Pacific’s golden wave; And these solemn pines kept watching Over poor Jack Dempsey's grave. Forgotten by ten thousand throats. That thundered hla acclaim— Forgotten by his friends and foes. Who cheered his very name. Oblivion wraps his faded form. But ages bene* shall save The memory of that Irish lad That fills poor Dempsey's grave. FAMOU8 ATHLETE. “SKINNY” SHIPP. Here Is the great broken-field runner of the Sewanee football team. In the picture he Is shown just after kicking a drop-kick. S. I. A. A. IS CONSIDERING SUSPENSIONS Executive Committee Gets Down to Busi ness and Will Hear Charges of Athletic Impurity Against Tech and Georgia. Here la Martin Sheridan, the greatest all-round athlete the world has ever known. Recently he injured himself in some athletio games and will be out of the running for awhile. In wilds, In woods. In weeds; Ami shall he ever thus sleep on Interred his valiant deeds? . TIs strange New York should thus for get Its “bravest of the brave." And In the wilds of Oregon Unmarked, leave Dempsey's grave. The Coehocton team In the Ohio State League, has signed Williams, rusher on the Akron tram In the In terstate League. It la thought that Coy, Yale’s full, will be elected captain of next year’s eleven, because of hla good game Oh. lame, why sleeps thy favorad son against Princeton. Donald Fraser to Play the G. M. A. The game to be played Saturday be tween Donald Fraser and O. M. A. will be the only one that Atlanta football fans will have tho opportunity of see ing, as It seems that the S. I. A. A. has eut out the gamo between Tech and Merctr. The game will be played at Pied mont park nnd will begin promptly at 3 p, m. Much local Interest is felt In this game, ns there has always been a strong rivalry between the two schools and both have fast teams. A good crowd Is expected, as both teams have mhny supporters In and around Atlanta. The Donald Frnser squad will likely line up os follows: McCaekell, center; Watson, left guard; Brime, right guard; Helfner, left tackle; Wyly, right tackle; My- stak, left end; Hackney, right end; Tolleraon, quarter; McDonald, left halt; Powell, right half; Jenkins (cap tain). full. • Fight in Iowa Despite Governor Davenport, la., Nov. 22.—Packy Mc Farland last night defeated Kid Her man, his Chicago townsman, Ir lifteen-rnund battle before the biggest crowds that ever saw a ring battle In Iowa, In the Coliseum. This, too, de spite the order of Govern Cummins that no exhibit of any sort be allowed to take place. But there was no de cision given by Referee Hogg, the wishes of the chief executive of the Corn State being observed to this ex tent. Only gameness of a marked degree and good condition saved Herman from a complete knock-out. Travelers May Keep Franchise Spools! to The Georgina. Chattanooga, Tonn., Nov. 2Z.—Chat tanooga baseball fans evidently do not care enough about Southern League baseball to pay 313,000 for the Little Rock franchise. All talk of buying the franchise Is over, and It Is now practically certain thnt the Little Rofk people will get no offers from this city. The men who backed former profes sional teams here say they had a Southern League franchise taken away from them without a cent of remu neration, and thoy are not going to pay 313,000 or any other amount for an other one now. 00000000000000000000000000 a g 0 777 MILES IN AUTO 0 0 IN JUST 24 HOURS. 0 a 0 0 Melbourne, Ausf alla, Nov. 22.— 0 0 A 40-horsepower motor ear here 0 0 has broken the world’s record 0 0 24-hour non-stop run. The ma- 0 O chine, although handicapped by 0 0 fog, ran 777 miles over the roads 0 O of Victoria In this time. 0 0 0 00000000000000000000000000 Here's a joke on Harry Bay from a St. Louis paper: “And have you heard Harry bay on the comet? You ought to hear Harry’s dog bay on the Bay's fiddle.” Friday morning at 10 o'clock there legan In the assembly room of the 'ledmont Hotel quite the most remark- ible session of the.'executive commlt- ee of the Southern Intercollegiate Ithletlc Association that was ever held. The meeting was called at the re- luest' of Professor Holmes, urged on by the athletic authorities of the Geor gia School of Technology. Its purpose Is to consider the suspen sion of the Georgia School of Technol ogy nnd the University of Georgia foot ball teams. Four of the five members of the com mittee are on hand for the session. They ore Dr. W. L. Dudley, Vander bilt University; Vice Chancellor B. L. Wiggins, of Sewanee; Professor E. T. Holmes, of Mercer, and Professor W. M. Riggs, of Clemsqn. Colonel Thomas B. Boyd, ot Louisiana State University, Is the only absentee. The University of Georgia Is repre sented by Chancellor D. C. Barrow, Professor Sanford and J. S. Melt, of Athens, who will be the legal adylser. Tech had a large number ot delegates at the Piedmont Friday morning, but their official representatives will be Ath letic Director Randle, Coach Heisman and Charles T. Hopkins, legal repre sentative. It Is the Intention to run oft the meeting promptly and with the use of the usual legal forms. Tech declares that she Is ready for the healing and will answer all the charges which she knows of. Professor Sanford, of Georgia, says: "Our condition Is a peculiar one. We do not know whether we are charged with murder or arson. I have failed In my best efforts to find out the charges against us. In consequence we are In a peculiar position." Both of these football organizations were recently suspended by Professor Edward T. Holmes, vice president of the second district of the S. I. A. A. on tl> > charge that both had played "ring ers” (or paid players) on their football teams. These suspensions came about after a painful period, filled to the brim with unexampled charges and counter charges and at a time when the ath letic stench In Georgia became unbear ably strong. The rivalry between Tech and Geor- 'Emmons for Quality ” Coat for or Shine Notes Just Rube Vickers Is to get one more chance by the Phillies. A Mlehlgan-Penn game for next year Is extremely doubtful. According to the dope Chicago should scalp the Indians next Saturday. President Murphy will take his Cubs t» West Baden on March 4 to etart training. Critics say there is more holding In the opening game than In the old close formation. Jimmy Caaey of the Brooklyn Na tionals has been signed to manage To ronto next year. • Captain Pryor, of Brown, predicts 22 to 0 as the Yale-Harvard score. Let's hope It’s that close. Bill Edwards and “Pa" Corbin have been selected as the officials for the Army-Navy game. It now seems llketv that Gotch and Hackenscmldt will meet In Chicago during March or Afiril. The Boston Nationals are going to give Joy, the Sandwich Islander, a thorough try-but In- the spring. Burch and Logan will be given chance to play against Harvard, ao that they may earn their "Ys.” Yale's backfleld la the her history. Tad Jones Brides 187, 'Bomar 186 nnt To keep the practice absolutely se cret, not even the second Harvard team was allowed In the stadium Monday. Zbysca, the Galician wrestler, has the largest blcepa In the world. His chest measures 54 Inches and his neck 22 1-2. McAleer has sent a bid to the PH grims for Bob Unglaub. The number ot shekels Involved is not made pub- In the three games the Indiana played agulnst "Big Five" teams, they scored 4.) points to 37 for Its adversaries. Coach Warner, who failed to moke good at Ithaca, regreta that his Car lisle team does not play Cornell this year. Because of their rough tactics In the game Saturday, Swarthmore Is likely tc be dropped from the Cornell sched ule. 00060000000000000000000000 o o 0 GIANT8 BARRED 0 * FROM SOUTHERN O 0 LEAGUE GROUNDS. 0 O O O Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 22.— O O Southern League magnates have 0 0 refused to stand for the tactics 0 0 pursued oy Manager McGrow and 0 O hlf band of scrappers during their O 0 spring training, and have sent 0 O word, to the New York club that O 0 they will not be allowed to train O 0 In Southern League territory until 0 0 the services of the scrappy mana- O 0 ger have been dispensed with. O O The reason assigned for bar- O 0 ring the Giants from Southern 0 C League grounds'Is that they-are 0 C- trouble breeders end that several O 0 shooting scrapes have been di- 0 D rectly due to scraps stirred up by O 0 the Giants. _ 0 a o 00000000000000000000000000 It’s really a pity to apply the term “raincoat” to the garment th^it Emmons sells for rainy day wear, because bright weather by no means calls for a discontinuance of its use. Hand-tailored alike, they fit and look every inch as well as our finest overcoats. Though light in weight, they’re warm and comfort able. Made of . the genuine Priestley “Cravenettc” water-proof materials in patterns of gray mixtures, stripes and solid grays, tans and blacks. No matter your size, large or small, we can fit you. Prices range from $12.50 to $30.00 Mens Fall and Winter Suits • $12.00 to $40.00 Youths 3 Fall and Winter Suits $10.00 to $25.00 Men's and Youths' Overcoats $10.00 to $40.00 39 and 41 Whitehall St. gin In football has long been keen The University was the first on the spot and Its students and friends have long looked upon Tech as something of an athletic upstart. , With the advent of Coach Heisman Tech began to turn out some winning football teams. And this hurt Geor gia's feelings. Last fall Tech defeated Georgia though the Athens team had an aggre gation that appeared to be of almost equal strength, and which did play a* well as Tech except in one thing, the Important matter of handling punts 'Weakness of the men who were sent back for the 'long files" cost Georgia the game. Rumor has It that the “frame-up" to beat Tech In 1907 waa made as long ago os the day last year when Van derbilt beat the Indians. It Is said that Coach Whitney and some Georgia men cooked It up on that trip. But this Is mere rumor. The feeling between Tech and Geor gia became especially strong last spring during the series between Tech and Georgia for the baseball championship of the state. It will be remembered that Tech won the first of the deciding pair of games, a decision at first bass made by Umpire .Larry Hoffman having a considerable bearing on the outcome. Georgia men claimed that this decision showed strong evidence of a aupicloui unfairness on Hoffman's part and re fused to play the next day, except un der conditions that Tech could not agree to. The feeling at that time between the supporters of the two colleges was ab solutely torrid. When the football season rolled around and the opening games were played It looked as though- the annual game between Tech and Georgia were going to be a farce. Tech had a world of good material. Almost all the members of the team of 1906 had returned and In addition there was- Cofer, the army player; Sima, the ex-Dahlonega star; Johnson, tho "Big Swede,” who played with the University of Michigan scrubs; Foster Fitzsimmons, the Atlanta Athletic Club's star athlete; Davis, the ex- American University player, and a host of other big men. Down at Georgia there was plenty of good prep, material. Gordon sent n lot of men who had played star foot ball and so did Stone Mountain, two rattling good prep, teams. But all the material was light The team that appeared In the .opening games was lightning fast, hut not heavy enough to hold Its own, even under the new rules. Before the season was well under way rumors began to float around, which, If proven true, made It look bad for the amateur standing of Tech play er*. Cofcr's name was the first that got before the public and the charges that guaranteed hla retirement from S. I. A. A. activity were made by Georgia men. Ho waa turned down by the Tech* examiners and a couple of daya after turned up at Georgia. He was In uniform the day of tho Tech-Genrgla game, but Professor Sanford stated ufterwards that ho was not to be al lowed to play. We may be mixed on the chronologi cal order, but Johnson waa probably tha next man In the limelight. It was charged that Johnson had made slatementa when he gave up hla Job In Macon that he could make more money playing with Teth. On the strength of this he was not allowed to play In a game or two, but afterwards the chargee were disproved and he was declared eligible by Professor Holmes. Then Davis burst Into the center of the stage. It wns admitted that ho had played football last year with the American University team, and when the ranking committee called Ameri can University a college Davis was put on.the bench. Later the ranking com mittee changed Its decision, on evi dence furnished by the authorities at American University, and Davis was allowed to play. The above charges were the ones made before the Tech-Georgla game- Since then It has been charged thsi Slins was paid money to go to Tech, and that there was an arrangement <m regard to paying commissions) between Daniel Brothers and Tech athletic backers, which was not allowable un der S. I. A. A. rules. This charge hss since been disproved, except In too case of 81ms, who ,was student repre sentative of Daniel Brothers at Tech on a 10 per cent commission basis. Tech claims thnt such an arrangement Is no violation of the rules. It has also been charged that John son nnd Fitzsimmons were receiving pay to play for Tech, that Hfil was J ringer from Gloversvllle, N. Y„ and a few such. . To get back awayt, though. The Georgia students and the Georgia alumni undoubtedly believed that Teen had professional players on the team, and decided that the only way to ngm fire was with fire. . All the details of the frame-up W which an almost -all-ringer team pa used against Tech are not known. * la knoiyn, however, that somebody se cured for the Georgia team four play ers—McNamee, of Schenectady. >■ »» who played under the name of aic Ghee; Edmundson, who played uno the name of McDuffie; Martel, who ng ured os Martin, and Neal, who use" the alios Neese. The three last named were ex-Georgetown stars. These men reached Athens In t m to register on the last day allowed un der the S. I. A. A. rules, and were « once hurried Into the Ilne-np. [” r, dlllon to them, Georgia bad secureo Joe Rosslter, an ex-Georgia man, * ' had won fame through his connect with the Savannah semi-profession* football team. ... The most Intense secrecy w«» P” served about these men and aboutm. whole team. The team did not regu lar on Its arrival In Atlanta, and • coach refused to give out the names his players before the game.