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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 28,1907 SPORTING PAGE THANKSGIVING DAY BRINGS FINISH OF FOOTBALL i EDITED BY IP. H. WHITING NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS By PERCY H. WHITING, It is oustomnry to take a flay off on the last Thursday of Novem ber and count up what you have to be cheerful about. Some of the things that occur to us as reasons why Atlanta and Georgia sportsmen should give thanks are: That they are alive. That there is a football game. That the football muddle is straightened out. That Atlanta won the pennant. That with the same manager in the saddle there is a good chance of repeating. That Tech’s football season has not been any worse, considering the hard luck. That there hasn't been a wrest ling match here in months, fake or otherwise. That the racing season does not last long and that the betting is light. That pool rooms and hand books do not flourish. That the golf players of Atlanta have the best course in the South. That the tennis players have the best courts. That a handsome club house is being completed at East Lake. That our digestions are good, if they are. That’ll be about all for today. HOW CLEMSON AND GEORGIA LOOK IN ACTION ©0000O0000000000O00O0000PU © O © FOOTBALL FATALITIE8. O 0 O 0 Victim* of fatal accidents dur- O 0 ing the gridiron season were a* 0 0 follows: O 0 Albrecht, Walter C., 789 North O 0 Winchester avenue, Chicago, 19 O 0 year* old; concussion of the 0 0 brain; Injured In amateur game 0 0 at Racine and Belden avenue*; 0 0 died October 20. O 0 Boy land, John, Pittsburg, 15 year* 0 0 old; died November 17 of ap- 0 0 pendlcltis, following kick In 0 0 stomach In amateur game. 0 0 Bourne, Eugene, Balt Lake City, 0 0 13 years old; struck on head In 0 0 amateur game; concussion, In- 0 0 Hamm at Ion and hemorrhage as- O 0 signed as causes of death, on O O October 6. O 0 Bertram, Thomas, Altoona, Pa., 0 0 20 years old; kicked In head 0 0 in game between Altoona and 0 i0 Portage teams, October 6; died 0 0 Immediately after being taken 0 0 to hospital. 0 0 Cope, Arthur,! Ballda, Colo., high O 0 school team; paralysis, follow- 0 0 Ing spinal Injury In match 0 0 game;"died October 29. 0 0 Clarkson, Leonard J., manager 0 0 Norwich University team of 0 0 Hanover, N. H., died September 0 0 30, after operation resulting 0 0 from Injuries In game with O 0 Dartmouth. 0 0 Evans, Richard 8., halfback, O 0) Wooster University, Wooster, 0 0 Ohio; dislocation of spine in 0 0 game with Western Reserve O 0 team; died November 4. 0 0 Flowers, Albert, Cleveland, Ohio, 0 0 high school team, 19 years old; O 0 skull fractured In high school 0 0 game; died on field, October 9. 0 0 Hale, Walter E., Muskegon, O O Mich., 19 years old; partial pa- 0 O ralysl* and typhoid fever, fcl- O O lowing kick received In practice O 0 game. October 13. 0 0 Harrison, George H., 1099 Hoyne O 0 avenue, Chicago, 19 year* old: O 0 received Internal Injuries In O 0 scrub game at Ogden and O 0 Washtenaw avenues; died of 0 0 hemorrhage, November 10. O 0 Lit*, Robert A., Jersey City N. J., O O 16 year* old; kicked In body in O © game between Jersey City and O 0 Newdrop teams, on Staten I*- O D land; tinlHhed game, but died O O November li, two days later. O O Ruddell, Karl, Columbus, Ind.. 0 0 high school team, 18 years old; O O neck broken, died November O 0 1ft. O 0 Strahmeyer, Leo, Iowa City, la.; O 0 Aplnal Injuries received In col- O © Baton In amateur game resulted 0 0 in complete puraylslB and death, 0 0 October 20. O © O ©00OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0OOOOOOO CHANGE IN RELIABILITY RUN. The managers of the Chicago Motor cycle Club’s reliability run have decided to make a change, which will tend to obviate trouble. The run will take place on the same days as the Chicago Motor Club's automobile run, and over the same route, but the course will be taken In reverse order. It was feared that collisions might result In the dark between the automobile* and the mo torcycles, If both took the same direc tion. The motorcycle test will be u most Important one. as all detachable parts of the little fellow* will be scaled and Inspected morning and night dur ing the days of the contest—November 26, 27 and 29. THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT SHOWS A LIVELY SCRIMMAGE IN THE RECENT GE0RGIA-CLEM60N GAME AT AUGUSTA. ON THE RIGHT THE CLEMSON TEAM IS SHOWN LINED UP FOR OFFENSE. TEOTaND CLEMSON TEAMS MEET TODAY AT PONCE DE LEON IN THEIR BIG ANNUAL THANKSGIVING DAY FOOTBALL MELEE How Teams Line Up Streets Crowded With Football Enthusiasts and Big Crowds Will Be Out—Rain or Shine. turkey In tlio Mg Thanksgiving popularity sweepstakes which is on today. The Clemson and Tech teams meet at 2:30 at Ponce DeLeon and burring unex pectedly had weather there will be a stand* straining crowd out for the excitement. One thing can be counted on—the game irllt be played, no mntter what the weather conditions. A blinding rain or n blustering wind or n big snow or an Ice storm, or good fresh sunshine. They all look ullke to the foothull players. And no mutter what the weather the crowd ought to he good. Ponce DeLeon Is built to stand rain, and It Is possible to get there, see a game and get back without getting more than “medium moist.” Thursday morning found the town alive with football enthusiasts and football en thusiasm. " ill In Bf •fheT bTg"yellow chrysanthemums of the Tech rooters and the flowing colors of the Clemsonttes were much In evidence. Where all the Cletnson people come from arlug the orange and blue are Geor gia sympathizers In disguise, but even theae recruits to the Clemson forces hardly count for the large representation. The Booth Carolina burg must have turned out to the last man for the affair. Nor was there any lack of Tech enthusi asm or dlsplny of Tech colors Thursday. And at the gome of course the feeling will be tremenduously In favor of the local team. The general feeling Is that Clemson has all the best of It la the tight. With every man on both teams In good condition It ought to be n very even thing. A toss-up would el» as eMsy to dope out an the game. But with Tech pretty badly crippled the advantage seems nil with the visitors. If tne local players go Into the battle with tho same determination that they displayed against Georgia the Clemson bunch will have to ngltnte themselves some. If they don't, then It la Clenyion's game by a touch down or two. WALTH0UR IS BACK; READY FOR BIG RACE Robert Walthour, an American bicy cle rider, who received during a race at Hpnndau, near Berlin, in September, injuries which It was thought at first would prove fatal, arrived yesterday on the Kronprlnx Wilhelm, of the North German Lloyd line, says Wednesday's New York Herald, accompanied by his wife and two children. Walthour will rido at Madison Square Garden ngnjnst Louis Darragon, also a passenger on the Kronprlnx. and Kilo- gard, and will take i*art in the forth coming six days’ contest. "Everybody thought It was all uj with me," said Walthour. "I don’t re member a thing about the race a Spandau. They told mo afterward that a man who ran across the track to the assistance of a rider who had fallen was struck by the motorcycle at my pacemaker and killed, and that I ran Into his body. I was unconscious for five days in a hospital, and when I be gan to get better 1 found my mind was a blank from the night before the race.” CLEMSON. REGULARS— Name and Position. Age. J. C. Clark, c 2<F J. N. MeLuurfu, rt. ..23 R. T. Gaston, It 19 It. H. McFadden, re... 18 8. Coles, It* 19 C. M. Robbs, fb 19 A. C. Lee. qb 21 T. 8. Allen, rhb 19 E. E. Wyndhora, lhb.. 19 SUBSTITUTES— J. F. Crider, t 22 G. Warren, hb 20 W. F. Odom, g 20 u „ It. D. McFadden, hb.. 18 154 6 7 150 5 7 141 5 8 183 5 6 TECH. Name and position. Age. W. It. Snyder, c 20 G. B. Smith, rg 18 A. J. Henderson, Ig. .. 19 J. It. Davis, rt. ...... 24 J. C. Brown. It 23 D. Hill, re 19 L. W. Robert, le 20 F. Luck, fb 20 Emerson, qb ....19 C. Adntnson, Jr., rhb... 20 W. Fltsslminons, lhb.. 24 SUBSTITUTES— 8. T. Bell, g 20 L. R. Wilcox, c 21 J. A. John non, t 21 5 11 I 6 2**i s io: 5 io; 6 lltt- sin*: A! I GREEK MEETS GREEK TODAY IN BATTLE AT PHILADELPHIA Roosevelt and His Family Will See Army-Navy Game New York, Nov. 28.—With President Roosevelt, hi* family, members of the cabinet, navy officers, army officers and noted politicians from all sections of the country, watching their struggle for gridiron supremacy, the hunky war rior* of West Point and Annapolis, will clash on Franklin field at Philadel phia, next Saturday. And there Is another game coming off this week at Franklin Held which 1* sure to make the dust kick up a bit, for when Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania meet there Is always plenty of nourishment for the spec tators. Roth games are of national Impor tance and excepting tho Yale-Harvard and Yale-Princeton battles, are the biggest of the year. In fact there are no other two elevens In the country that appear to be more evenly matched than Pennsylvania and Cornell, while the Army, although she should win onslly on past performances and rules at present a 3 to 1 favorite, 1* sure to find tho going harder than even the wisest dare predict. Quitman, Ga., Committee Gets on G. Rice’s Trail Says the Nashville Tennessean; A message has come to us from the Red Clay Hills of Georgia, forwarded on from a committee especially ap pointed for the purpose at Quitman. It may be of Interest, or It may not. Any way, here it is: Quitman, Ga., Nov. 23. Grantham! Hire, Naahvllle, Tenn,: In behalf of the University of Geor gia and the state at large, we wish to Bay that Georgia la 50 per cent better In the way of clean ball playing than Tennessee. Tennessee le the worst WE ARE ADVERTISED BY OUR LOVING FRIENDS The Georgia “Reel and Black” ha* the following comment on the atti tude of certain people toward the recent athletic squabble: "Why does not Mr. Helsman, with his eternal habit of advertising and running Into print, come forth and air himself? 1* he afraid of retroac tion? And Grantfand Rice, whose chief distinction to greatness He* In his slang and bizarre expression, why Is he now grown silent? And Dr. Dudley, who ha* so undignlfiedly flayed our faculty from afar, why can not be be near-sighted a* well a* far-sighted? Does he not know that the system so successful at Tech has from point of service been dedicated a* the “Vanderbilt system?" And now come* Percy Whiting, a *ad case of Incompetence gone to seed. With the same pen that murder* th$ king’s English, he doe* violence to the lowest standard of consistency knit pro- fftjetlc license. No one save Tech escape* hi* righte >us denunciations. With an obvious play for applause, wining to be the cat’s paw, he ha* lost all sense of fairness. Once in a *ash mood, we became wroth with him. We found he didn’t deserve It. Henceforth our regard will be tempered with pity. state In the union for rotten sports. There are many professionals there and other* who are rotten In Tennessee, in cluding yourself. So brace up, you d— butter-in. We can look after our own athletics and beat the sox off any In Tennessee In baseball while Michi gan will tend to the football end for us. Go way back and eat chestnuts and don’t let u* *ee anything else in the patters about 'Georgia having rotten sports. Get your blamed old state to practice what you preach and then blow your old hot air. Your* truly. A Committee Who Admire* Georgia and Not You. (Signed.) 8. P. U. A. B. N. S. E. I*. P, S.—You are a vagabond. No mere words can express our con trition and deep regret at having thus •dfended the estimable committee of Quitman. The fact that the S. I. A. A. committee found athletic conditions at the State University “disgraceful and scandalous.” after a full investigation, has nothing to do with it, of course. Of course, too, Georgia can beat u* In baseball. Hasn’t she won one pen nant to Tennessee’s four? W4 can pa** lightly over the other charges, however, until we reach the Ktinging climax depicted In the P. 8.— -You are a vagabond." From that crushing rejoinder we have no re course. We take the count with visions of a stellar constellation dancing be fore our eye*. Alas, It Is too true. Some spy ha* been piping the Quitman com mittee to our mode of life and pre vious condition of servitude. We are sorry as we can be about It and If It will cheer up the esteemed committee any, we will try and re form. 0000000000i!k>00000000000000 0 o 0 Cornell. Poattlon. Penn. 0 0 Watson. . . ,LT. . . .Paurtls 0 S Lynch LT Draper 0 Thompson.. . ,LG. . ..Gallagher 0 0 May C Dwyer 0 0 Cosgrove RE Ziegler 0 0 O’Rourke RT Gaston 0 0 Van Ilfbmon. ,RG. .Van Dremer 0 O Earl LHB. . . .Folwell 0 O McAleer. . . .RHB Green 0 0 Wnlderds FB. . .Hollenback 0 0 0 O000O0000000000000000000OA Philadelphia, Nov. 28.—It will be a case of Greek meeting Greek, when Cornell clashes with Pennsylvania on Franklin Field, the home of the Quak ers, this afternoon. This gome will be the first one for some time, where one or the other of the contesting teams was not a top heavy favorite. It Is expected that the gamo will be attended by the largest crowd of the season. All the 28,000 seats on Frank lin Field will be occupied. The game Is made a holiday event In Philadelphia and the scenes Incident to the contest Will attract thousands that have little Interest In the outcome. Cornell Is sending a bigger delega' tlon to the game than ever before and the crowd of Ithacans are more confi dent than ever. Cornell rules a slight favorite In the betting. Tho ardent supporters of Pennsylva nia have convinced themselves that a victory over Cornell will give the Red and Blue a position berflde Yale and leave undecided the question of first place In the East. This Is a mistaken notion, but If It will help along the Quaker spirit any one can afford to let the undergraduates cherish the thought because Cornell too has mag nified the Importance of the contest as affecting the ultimate standing of her team. The Ithacans believe that If they vanquish Pennsylvania they have right to slip In next to Yale. Clemson Team Arrives in Good Trim and Men Are Ready For Bitterly Fought Battle. The Clemson team reached Atlanta from Clemiton, via Norcross, early Thursday morning. The players spent the night at Norcross, breakfasted there and enrae In on on early train. The Tigers* put up at the Aragon, and ns soon os arrangements were nisde, Coach Shnughnessy sent them to tbelr rooms. “Go there and stay there,” he said. And they went. They took lunch shortly after IK The aggregation will be carried to the field in cloned carriages, and will arrive at Ponce DeLeon not over fifteen minutes before the game begins. The Clemson team Is In tip-top trim. "We have no excuses,” said Coach me. nnu «« uave n coupic oi wuuk uuKies and a couple of ‘Charley hosses.’ Coles and Lee have been out of the scrimmage* for two weeks because I did not dare to risk them. But, on the whole, the team Is In, pretty fair trim, and If we get beaten It ti pretty likely to be because Coach Hels- man haa a better team. “Allen will do the punting for us. nml If any placement kicks are tried. McFadden will be the man behind the ball.” When asked If he had any nll-8outhern Intercollegiate Athletic Association men on his team. Sbaughnessy said: “I don’t see how they can keep Me* Laurln off ns a tackle or guard. That man Is a wonder. He must have advanced the ball a good ways over 100 yards In the North Carolina game. You watch and pom- pare his work with that of Davis. Then see what you think. Gaston Is n good man, too. Allen at half Is good, too. though he does not compare with Crtlg or Camp bell. of Vanderbilt.” "Our team Is queer looking. 'Our guards and tackles arc big men and our ends are pigmies. But you watch them. They are lightning fast.” In tbnt respect Tech and Clemson are alike. Both have lota of weight In the center of the line, and both teams have light men arenda and behind the line. LOCAL BOWLERS MEET MOBILE’S SPEEDY TEAM The Atlanta bowling team will finish Its scries of six games with the Mobile craekt Thursday night. Atlanta stands 37 pins ahead, but Mobile feels confident that her club will overcome thin. Atlanta bowlers will gobble ap a gobbler for dinner ut 5 o’clock and thea team. The game Thursday starts at 8 o’clock sharp, and Friday night at 8:15. The public Is Invited. Admission free. HUGE CROWD TURNS OUT TO SEE GAME IN MACON Macon, Ga., Nov. 28.—Although neither Coach Keinholz, of Auburn, nor Coach Bocock, of Georgia, has an nounced definitely the way their squad* will line up for the kick off In the great battle for this afternoon, the following Gainesville Will Play Boys* H, S, Special to The Georginn. * Gainesville, Ga., Nov. 28.—The local football team will meet the Boys' High School of Atlanta on the Chattahoochee Park gridiron Thursday afternoon, and a game of football the like of which I* not seen every day on amateur field* will bo witnessed by those who attend. In weight the local players are a little behind the Atlanta hoys, hut they are going through a lengthy prac tice every night .as well a* In the aft ernoons, and if they ulay like they prac tice, it will take a strong combination to hold them down. The local line up will probably read aji follow*: Sandy Evans, left end; Clarence Ellis, left tackle; Karl Smith, left guard; Robert Baker, center; John Harblson, quar ter; George Finger, left half back; Howell Smith, fullback; Will Bagwell, right halfback; Ernest Summers, right guard; Ed Nott, right tackle; John By er*. tight end. Fifty Golfers Play at Macon Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., Nov. 28.—One of the largest golf tournament* ever held in Macon will be played Thursday at the Log t'abln CJub. More than fifty golf er* of the club have entered the tour nament anil ten loving cups and other prizes are offered for the various scores made. The playing will commence early Thanksgiving morning and last all day. At night the Cabin will give a large fiance to the many visiting young la- glves a pretty good estimate: Georgia. Position*. Auburn. Lucas Center Batson Harmon Guard Everett Arrendale. . , .Guard. , .-..Esllnger McWhorter. . . Tackle Lock Delaplerre. j . .Tackle Davies Hatcher End . . . Wilkinson Colby End Hill Woodruff. . . .Quarter* . . ..McClure ®nfith Half. . . , Sparkman Fleming Half Ware Dost wick Full Hughes Hundreds of visitors are In Macon to witness the game to be played between Auburn and Georgia, and the Central City park will be packed with football funs. New Jockey Club To ke Organized Lexington, Ky.. Nov. a.—A paper I, Mn, rcuhited here to jockey dub tba$ »*J.. — |Ul|IIT UflUK circulated here to get signatures for a new * ‘ “ * shall have the power to allot dates, appoint every racing official and to manage racing generally la the West. Ho far many names have been secured. In cluding snch noted horsemen as Milton \ouug. Harney Hcbrelher. Chief Hill. O. II. Chenault,. F. A. Bangerfleld. James II. Clay and James II. Breckenrldge. The paper calls for n hundred names and those who have already signed will meet In this city next Monday and form a’ perma nent orgnu tuition. MIKE SULLIVAN WON. MURPHY AND KEYES FIGHT FIERCE DRAW New York. Nor. 28.—Hipping at one an other like two fight-mad bull dogs. Tommy Murnby and Hurt Keyes were pulled apart at the finish of their six-round fight Inst night with neither having the better of the bout. To say that either Tommy Murphy or Bert Keyes won the fight would be nothing short of highway robbery. Charity Carr t» now' mentioned as the next first baseman of the Boston •muvn »*» .mi.iMB j wuivb i»- . AmeiicEiiii. Bob Unglaub will lose tils dies who are spending Thanksgiving In*Job, and It Is no certainty that Grim- Macoo. shavr will irtfek. THANKSGIVING DAY BUSY ONE IN SPORTS If old Mr. Thanksgiving himself shonld cotue back to earth ho would have to band It to Atlanta for celebrating his day all right In a sporting way. The big feature, necessarily, is the foot* ball game. Plenty about that elsewhere. Close behind It comes hunting. Tlie fields are fairly nllvo with the festive quail-shooters and will be until black dark. It Is one of the two big hunting day* of the year, and sportsmen of Atlsnta and Georgia will avail themselves of the chance to get out Into the fields after the birds. The Atlanta Athletic Club celebrates with tho usual Thanksgiving Day golf tourna ment. The affair la on ull day su'that those who wish to can play In the moraing ami get through In good time to get dinner and take in the game ln'tbe afternoon. Roosevelt Sends Presents To His Louisiana Guides Greenville, Miss., Nov. 28.—Harvey and Ollie Metcalf, brothers, who were guides for President Rooserelt. on his recent bear hunt In Louisiana nml whose skill wag re sponsible for the president killing hts only bear, have received a handsome rifle eneta from the White Ilonse. The gune are of the tame pattern used by Mr. Roosevelt In killing the bear In the Louisiana ennehrnko* ana each has a sliver {date on the lock with the name of tbe re cipient engraved. Accompanying tho guns le a note Inviting the brothers with tnelr wives to go to Washington and put up at the White House for an Indefinite stay. "Barney” Barnard Maps Out Training Trip of the "Naps” Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 28.—Arrange ment* have been completed for the Southern training trip of the Cleve lands next spring by Secretary E. 8. Barnard. The team will leave here Saturday, March 7, for Macon, arri v ing In the training camp Sunday aft ernoon, March 8. The team will re main In the Georgia camp until March 27, when the Naps will start for a nine days’ stay In New Orleans. Ths schedule le as follows: March 28 to April 5. at New Orleans; April 6, at Birmingham; April 7, at Louisville; April 8, at Louisville; April D, at Indianapolis; April to, at Indian apolis; April 11, at Toledo; April 12, at Toledo. Beginning of En . For Merry■ By BERT E. CALLYER. New Orleann, Nov. 28.—The llret ef fectual blow toward the extermination of the half-mile merry-go-round op erated here In opposition to the big track* wa* (truck Sunday when racing at the Louisiana track was suspended for more than an hour, owing to the lack of "booklee.” After *n excruciating delay, In which id in Sight Go-Round Track the few hardened regulars huddled to gether tn a vain attempt to keep warm, the management decided to go aheaa and run the program off. Inasmuch oa there Is much dissatisfaction among the managers, it Is thought that tms marks the beginning of the end of "hat has proven a blot upon the ’’sport or kings” hereabouts. Plunger John J. Ryan Is the ,ate *r arrival. Ryan, who has a well deserved get-rlch-qulck reputation, asserts that GOOD FIGHT THIS. San Francisco, Nor. 28.—Jack (Twin) Sul livan am! A1 Kaufman meet this afternoon at Coffrotb’s Mission Htreet arena iu a 20- round go. The men are scheduled to enter the ring at 2:3ft o’clock and they will light nt catch weights. Al Wicks will meet a local negro In a preliminary. he came here for ’’rest.’’ However, thoae close to the Cincin natian assert that elnce the plunge en gineered by him on claln,,ana which Is eald cost him and those la■< J It” upward of 260,00#. that be has been '’slipping” badly and that It Is with a view of recouping recent losses that brings him here. HOW DID BAN JOHNSON GET A MARK OF .352 FOR "TY" COBB? Monday President Johnson made public the American League batting averages, Ty" Cobb. (he leader, waa Mated with a mark of .252. it Incorrect, providing John(on did not make a mistake in counting up ’ T> - » times at bat and base hits. Cohb’a average, figured from Johnson's total*, is .260. So Is •’Hans” Wagner’s. At that. Cobb hit Just a we# hit better than Wagner, but not two full polnta, as Johnson has It. Here’s the wil low work of the two sluggers: , _ Player. O. A.B. n. B.H. B.H. • S.B. ***• Cobb 150 808 >7 212 12 « •*'?: Wagner 142 S15 II 180 14 «1 * 455