Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, November 26, 1907, Image 14

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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1907. CLEMSON AND GEORGIA TEAMS ACTION On the left it shown tha semi-final result ef a mats play on the Georgia line. The other shows Clemson trying an end run. | NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS! M’GRAW WILL LET SIX OF GIANTS GO “Jawing Jawn” Slates Few of Old Guard For the Can. By SAM CRANE. New Tork, Nov. M.-Mannger McOraw’s positive announreiuent that the Olsnts' team Is to be thoroughly overhauled does not come as altogether a surprise. I or such a renovation was known to be an absolute neeesalty If the Giants were to retain their ' prestige and standing. MrGraw refuted to divulge the names of the players he Is going to let go by either release, trade or sale. That he folly experts to conclude several deals at the meeting of the National I.eagne. December 10. Is shown conclusive ly by hit decision to defer hit departure to Lot Angeles until after the session. It Is. of course, a matter of speculation as to what players will sever their con nection with the Olsnts, but from the opin ion I have formed by watching closely the playing of the team the past season, there I _i_ a. - ... .. ek. .t.... V. a I ll-» art tlx who art on the doubtful lint. They are Mctiann. Dnhlon, Strong, Browne. McGlnntty and Ferguson. Merklo Succeed# McGann. Dan McGann Is almost sore to. go, for Merkle, the new flrit baseman secured from Sptingfleld, Ilia., has made a decided hit with McGraw. McGann. while he led all the first base- men In the National League In hitting, hns shown symptoms during the past two years of slowing up. Now, there Is no player on the team who Is thought more of personally by McGraw than McGann. bnt ns the latter said In hla Interview with me recently, he has thrown sentiment to the winds and will hereafter use the ax on his dearest friends If the player can not come up to the fast Standard of work called for In thla speedy baseball age. ■ McGunn's sole fault Is alownesa. lie can not nt down to first with Ills old speed, and fast sprinting Is what McGraw demands hare now . There are many good years possibly In •tore for McGann, but for a team that has championship aspirations, the Giants' old captain has fallen liehlnd the class de manded by McGraw and the local public. There may be a trade made for Tenney for McGann. At any rate. Dan will figure In aorae deal, for he should be In demaud, as both Boston and Pittsburg are a bit shy on Initial bag guardians. Local fans will regret McGann's de parture. Now, as to Bill Dahlen. That eccentric young old follow has a disposition that acts as a disparagement to his work. Bill hns played now since 1881 In big league clubs, when he joined the Chicago club tinder Adrian C. Anson. McGraw secured Dahlen from Brooklyn In a trade and with 17.000 bonus. He filled a position that had l>een very weak since George Davis Jumped to the Chicago White Box. Dahlen Once a Hard Worker. Charley Babb tried to fill the position t*fore Dahlen, but was a failure. Dnhleu and Gilbert doubled up together from the start, and their double piny a became fit- moos for quickness ami accuracy, Tllll, when he first Joined the Giants, put his whole soul iuto bla work, and from a lag waa first In the field for spring practice ■ nil ffiA In kf nnn nff Tint Tliihlun lilt m Angelet. lost much of hla ambition for practlc • — U * became so Indifferent nt times that McGraw felt called upon to reprimand him often, nnd It was rumored at the time that Bill's Job was In peopardy. He promised to be good, howerer, and was held. But Bill's work during the sea son did not nppesl to McGraw nt nil. and •o "Bad Bill'' la on the doubtful list If Dahlen would only make up his inlnd to play his game, there sre not many short- stops that have anything on hlin except In the way of speed. If Unhlea Is disposed of there will be little trouble li> making a deal for him. Browne a Striker. It waa Browne's bad case of sulks dor- lymour and Iionlln. Quite n nifty non, trio. It was Bam Btrnng'* __ _ rent lack of Interest and Indifference during the Giants' Inst Western trip that got him on the onta with his manager. It Is said there were several wordy cinahcs between them. McGlnntty has signified bla willingness to be transferred to 8t. Louis and he may be accommodated. The “Iron Man" alloty ed himself to become too fat during the closing months of Inst season, nnd failed to spring 'pjtcher, Jew* esn not be excelled, but his nrtn showed signs of weakening last year toward the last. Ferguson has never been any too strong with McGraw from the fact that he re fused to Pitch according to hla manager's Ideas. lie Is a big. atrong youngs^— though, and wonld be snapped up to tiary were he placed on the market. fcGraw, of course, has players In view and be says, too, he will have a winning team. I think so myaelf. GOLFERS TO PLAY Plan Big Golf Handicap For Thanksgiving Day. A Thanksgiving Day golf tournament will be played Thureday over the rouree of the Atlanta Athletic Club at East Lake. It la open to all member! of the club and will be a handicap, medal play, eighteen holea. All of the handicap, nre unchanged except that of F. <3. Byrd, who la put five atrokea behind acratch. , . ,. The entrance fee la 11 and the total recelplH will go Into a cup for the man who makes the loweet net acore. There will be only one prlxe. EMORY CHAMPIONSHIP IS WON BY SENIOR TEAM Special to The Georgian. Oxford, Ga„ Nov. 26.—Yesterday aft. emoon Weber athletic Held was the scene of Interesting contests between the two under.claaa and the two up per-class teams. The first game waa between the sophomores and the freshmen and ended In the acore: Sophomores. 27; freshmen, 0. The odds were so great ly In favor of the sophomores that the game was almost entirely devoid of Interest: The line-up follows; 8ophomores. Freshman, Wood, c. .. .. Johnson, c. Stiles, Myrlek, rg. McWhorter, Ig. Daniels, Ig. Hammond, rt M. Walker, rt. Edmondson, It. K. Walker, It. Qallaher, re Shelton, re. Butler, le. Jones, le. Wight, q. Arrington, q. Clay, rh Elder, rh. Lewie, lh Harmon, Ih. Adams, f. Mlddlebrooks, f. Umpire, Dr. B. A. Wise; head lines man, Frank Hill. Halves, 25 and 1$ minutes. The senior-junior game was won by MOTORCYCLES IN R. I. If the total number of motorcycle* in the United State* can be eatlmated by the nhowin* In Rhode Inland, the aggregate le much larger than might be generally auppooed. A compilation from the motorcycle directory of that atate show* th^ there are In dally use in Little Rhody no leaa than 402 machines. the seniors, score • to 0. The battle was fiercely fought and the outcome waa watched with evident Interest by a large crowd. Charlie Hinton, of the junior team, played sensational hall, making In the second half a run of nearly 50 yards on a senior quarter back punt. The line-up follows: Seniors. c. D. < . Jones, rg. .. Haddock. Ig. \. .. Williams, rt Sullivan, It. Felker, re. .. .. .. Snow, le W. C. Smith, q... Robertson, rh... Jnniors. .. .. Heath, c. Townsend, rg. .. Wisdom, Ig. ..Copelong. rt. .. Lambert, It. . .. Hinton, re. . .. Kvann, le. .. ..Green, q. .Hill, rh. Orr.Sh Ward. lh. Dewar, t .. .. Reeves, f. Time of halves, 18 minutes. Touch down, by W. C. Smith: goal kicked by Smith. These games mark the close of per haps the best football season ever known at Emory. The games have been excellent In every respect and have resulted In a victory for the seniors. There Is some probability that the Juniors and sophomores, who tied for second places, will play off the tie at a later date. The following Is the percentage* of the respective aggregations: Played. Won. Lost. Tied. P. C. Senior. ..... 6 5 0 0 1.000 Junior . .... 6 2 2 2 .500 Sophomore. . . 6 2 2 2 .500 Freshman ... 5 5 5 0 .000 As early as practicable members of the 1807 “All-Emory" team will be selected. DEEP GREEN GLOOM Plastered Thick Over the Tech’s Football Pros pects. TEAM CRIPPLED IN BAD STYLE Three Regulars Out of the Game and Six Others Doubtful. 00000000000000000000000000 FOOTBALL FAREWELL. O “Courage, sweetheart, do not fal- O O ter. 0 o Though the future may look O O drear, O O I will lead you to the altar O O On my crutches, never fear." O a a O Low the maiden whlapered, cry- O O Ing, ' O 0 Softly on hla football bang, 0 O “Break your fool neck, deareat, 0 0 trying, 0 O Only beat the other gang." O 00000000000000000000000000 Three regular! out of the game. Six regular! badly crippled and not In condition to laat through the Clem- ■on conteat. Subatltute material not the beat ever. Huch la the alarming outlook at Tech. And on Thuraday the Yellow Jackete muet face their powerful enemlee, the Clemaon Tlgera. Oee, but It'a a gruesome proapect! Charley Sweet can’t get Into the game. “Kid” Hightower can’t get Into the game. ’’Sailor’’ Jonea can’t get Into the game. Thoee are the three charter members of the Down-and-Out Club. Maybe a few more will be Initiated before Tuesday'! scrimmage la a mat ter of history. On the wobbly Hat arc Robert, el bow never recovered from dislocation received In Georgia game; Davla, sprained ankle; Snyder, strained back; ikle; Buchanan, dls- Smllh, sprained an; located knee; Fitzsimmons, same tooth gone; Luck, sprained wrist. In consequence of these Injuries, Conch Helaman has had to make hla team all over again. Cherry Emerson will play Jones’ end, Davl. will be pulled back to fullback, Luck will take Davis’ place In the line and Robert will play Charley Sweet's LISTEN HARD AND HEAR TIGERS GROWL Clemson Camp Is Now a Scene of Strenuous Activity. Clemson College, S. C., Nov. 28.— There la renewed activity In the Tiger camp since the exoneration of the Geor gia Tech and the reinstatement of the University of Georgia. The troubles of these teams had cast a shadow over the athletic sky In these parts. Clemaon la a great believer In clean athletics end wants the guilty punished, but her sympathy goes out to any team that gets Into trouble. All faces are now turned toward the Turkey Day contest with Tech. There la no denying the fact that Clemaon regards this as her chief game, the one she Is most anxious to win, not only because It Is the final contest, but be cause she wants to win from the team now coached by Mr. Helaman, who for merly trained the Tigers. And, too. It Is generally known that the Tech bunen sets great store by her game with usually fixes the standing of the two teams for the season, but because Mr. Helaman particularly dlallkes to be beaten by one of hla old teams. Professor Riggs, who has Just re turned from Atlanta, where he attend ed a meeting of the executive commit tee of the 8. I. A. A., stated to the stu dent body this morning that he felt sure Tech had been holding back several stunts for especial use against Clem aon on Thanksgiving Day, and that Clemson would huve one of the hardest RIGGS IS SIGNED tattles of her life to win. Coach Shaugrhnessey feel* hopeful of winning: out from Tech, but he Is taking no chaqccs. He Is' giving his men .the very beat of attention, and is putting on the finishing torches of the season Captain McLaurin Is anxious that the Tigers under hla leadership shall administer the same kind of defeat to Tech that the Tigers handed out the Georgia bunch a year ago under Cap tain Furtlck. McLaurin believes he has Just as good a team, barring only Furtlck, whose place no man can com pletely fill. Manager R. A. Reid und A. T. Beaver are preparing to charter coaches to take down to Atlanta the big crowd of rooters that Is anxious to go for the battle. Most of the members of the team are lr*. good shape. Coles, who has been out of the game for* some time, is about ready to take his usual place at left end. By PERCY-H. WHITING. A good way to soften the hard feeling generated by this re- cent athletic rumpus will be for the people of the state to turn out in fine style and make the Tech-Clemson game in Atlanta and the Georgia-Auburn game in Macon Thursday big successes. Doubtless this will be ’done. With Tech’s complete vindication in the recent investigation her place in the hearts of Atlanta football fans is more firmly es tablished than ever Jiefore. Of course the love of Georgia men for Tech is not increasing at any very rapid rate, hut all of the Georgia men who do not go to Macon will be out with the sincere hope of seing Clemson “lick the socks” off their beloved enemy. Have no fear that it will not be a rip-snorting game. Clemson certainly has the (jdge on the Yellow Jackets this year. But that does not prove anything. The Tigers seemed to be about two touchdowns to the bnd last yenr on comparative scores, but the final score put them two (touchdowns to the good instead. Maybe dope will he upset again this year. Down in Macon the Auburn and Georgia teams will meet. In that contest, like the one in Atlanta, the team-from-over-there seems to have, all the best of it. But you can’t tell. If the ,Red and Black players will make as game a showing as they did against Sewance it will be far from a cinch for the Au- burnites. However, it turns out ft clean team will face a clean team, and it will‘be a battle for blood; among sportsmen and gentlemen. With the Thanksgiving Day games out of the way a return of interest in baseball may be expected. The next big event on our program will be the annuAl meet ing of the Southern League. All of the old officers will doubtless be elected, the surplus coin split up as usual, all the protests withdrawn, the pennant awarded to Atlanta and the usual formnlitics gone through with. The. only doings out of the regnlai* run will be the considera tion of the application of‘Mobile for admission to the league. Doubtless this will be acted upon favorably. There will presumably be the usual big banquet and a gen eral jollification among the baseball men. And that will end it until the spring meeting. Where that event will be pulled off will be a matter decided at the meeting here. TWO FEATHERWEIGHTS ACCEPT CHALLENGE Atlanta, Go., Nov. 26, 1907. Sporting Editor of The Georgian: I will accept challenge In your paper of November 20, Issued by Eddie Hayes, who claims featherweight championship of the South, though I think he has little claim on it. I will thank you In advance for the use of your page In my acceptance. Yours truly, JOE TRENT. Me, too. BILLY SLIM. Smith Cops Out Husky Syr acuse Outfielder For Team. half. This will be a weird backfield, but a strong one. Davis, Robert and Fltx- aimmnnn combine to form a new lay out, but It ought to do aa good work advancing the ball aa any that has been uaed thla year. Luck goes Into the line where hla weight will be of service and where the fact that his carry the ball Johnson will probably not start In the game, as It will be Coach Helsman’a policy to start the cripples and get what service he can nut of them. Then the fresh men will have to go In and stick It out to the finish. Tuesday afternoon will come the last hard practice, of the season. The scrubs and the 'varsity will engage In one of their genuine old eatch-ua-cateh-can exhibitions. And that ends fhe hard work for the scrubs for the aeaaon. Wednesday there will be only light signal work at Tech park and Thura day afternoon comes the big event. The Tech-Clemsan game will be played at Tonce DeLeon and will be called at 2:20. The officials will be A. A. Johnson (Wisconsin), now professor of agricul ture at Dahlonega; Harris Cope (Se- wanee), and probably Vemer Moore (Georgia)., One of the changes In the Boston Nn- tlonals Is a thorough renovating of the catching department. Needham and Brown are slated for release. Ball, the New England league receiver, looked so good this fall that he was tendered a contract and has .-dread ■ signed. ASSOCIATION LAW SCHOOL. OPEN8 NOVEMBER 2STH, 7i30 P. M. WRITE FOR.PARTICULARS Young Men’s,Christian Association. R. M. Riggs, outfielder, formerly of Syracuse, has been signed by Billy Smith for his team of S908. Rlgga will be remembered by all genuine fans as the stout young chap who worked out at Piedmont Park In the spring with the New York and Atlanta players. His fancy fielding, good throwing, lusty hitting and good disposition at tracted the attention if Clark Griffith nnd he got a lot of favorable notices from the sporting experts with the Highlanders. Riggs played at Syracuse under a nnn-reaerve contract last season and was free at the end of the season. He likes Atlanta and came back here as soon as the season ended and went to work. Tuesday he closed with Billy Smith for next season. Bill was not especially worried about his outfield, with Manning, Winter! and Becker already clamped down. But being a good general, he knows the vulue of a atrong reserve, and he has signed Riggs for a try-out. That means that the outfielders will have to hustle for their Jobs. REMEMBER QN TURKEY DAY BEFORE THE FOOT BALL GAME All Ranges Sold up to Noon Tomorrow Wilfl Be Set Up Ready for the Cook’s Use on Thursday 1st. To reserve your tickets and save time. 2d. To get your ribbons and colors in the correct shades. 3d. To buy your pennants and flags in the proper colors. 4tb. To buy your college flag, canes and decorations. The "CO-OP,” 97 Peachtree St., is the only and official headquar ters for all these necessaries. We’ll take your old stove, or range, or gas stove as part payment on one of our fine “New Ea gle” Steel Ranges, at a fair valuation, say §5 or $10, or even more, accord ing to worth. 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