Newspaper Page Text
v
During balance of this
great Range Sale we
are going to give abso
lutely free of charge
this beautiful 10-piece
gold decorated chamber
set—the handsomest in
Atlanta—
OUT^8?ECIAr TpiLrr
t/iS 4 nr tK
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY; DECEMBER 3,1007.
SPORTING
PAGE
BIG FIGHT PROVES CINCH FOR T. BURNS, OF CANADA
: EDITED BY
jP. H. WHITING
OH THREE TWIRLERS WHO HAVE PERFORMED WITH ATLANTA
WILL CLARK GRIFFITH DEPEND TO STRENGTHEN HIS STAFF
Hughes, Castleton and Zel
ler Look Best of the
New Ones.
tTnltw >11 signs fall. Clark OrlfUth will
have a rellnhle art of pttehers to aid him In
hla atxtb attempt to bring tile American
League pennant to the Hilltop.
Orlflth la not altogether relying on all
hla tire reterana haring good years, and haa
placet on hit Half for nt leatt three of the
wonderful Juveniles who were purchaaed
from minor league teama thla fall. "Rube"
Zeller, of the Atlanta, and Joe Ijike, of the
Jersey City team,- were uectmnted reapec-
tlrely the heat pltrhert In the Houtberu and
Eastern league, In 1W7, and nt they are
hlgh-prlml Investment, probably will re-
calve every rhnnee for thorough try-outt.
Zeller wnt In the Southern League two
yaara. attention being illreeted to him mat
spring by the way he twirled ngnluat the
big teama In the exhibition guinea. Illlly
Keeler Ihlnka the Hoiltheru (lube I* wine
pitcher, for the Highlanders - right fielder
struck out It one of the gnmea Zeller
pitched ngalntt New York. Idle Atlnntulia
won the Bonthera League ting In HOT, and
Zeller reeelved much credit for hla ahare
Br nril iNHinrr in memj tiiit' ..
For Atlantn Seller won J7 games, lost 14
soil officiated In n draw. Early In the
campaign be out together n run of seren
straight rlctorlea. while* bo never loat more
than three gnmea In snccssalon. Two of
Ksller'a triumph* were of the whitewash
variety, and he fought a 12- _
_ little lurk lie would have had
higher percentage of vletorlea.
Dame Fortune did not nlwnya bestow her
atnllra on the curver, for lie loat a l-to-0
game. In which he held lile opjament* to
one bachelor awat, a wild throw by iuil
Caatro. the former Mnnlmttnii College In
who played for the Athletlca nud Itn
tnorea In the American League five yeara
ago, letting In the run.
Run Without a Hit.
Zeller alao pitched a no hit game (luring
the aeaaon, tint Ills adveraartea were able to
score a run on him, Ida «
BU. t
The Little Itocka, who are known on the
Dixie circuit na the Arkunan* Trnvelera,
were hla vlctlina. the date lielng June 4.
Zeller hit the flrat man who faced lilm-
Rockenfleld, the midget nerond aaeker whom
McAleer hnd fqr two Seasons—and then
walked the next two Imttera. Itockenfleld
scoring on n fly to the outfleld. Among
ZelleMi pitching feata, bealdea .the gnmea
of no-blta and one rap. were a two-hit com
bat. one of three wallopa, three of four
M l seven of live. Zeller wnt successful In
overtime events, working In four, of
which he won three and tied one. He whs
koocked out only once during the year.
Griffith alao will have another curver on
SHIPP
LANDS
Will Play Ball With Denver
When School Year
Ends.
TOM HUGHE8.
hla staff who helped win the flag for At-
litntn—Itoy Cast let on. who wna farmed to
the Houtherner*. having been recalled. The
Mormon soutbpnw hnd even n better sciimmi .
tlmn Zeller, for he earned bracket a In IS
out of 27 events and figured lu three drawn.
The man from Utah did not put together
any reinnrkable chain of vletorlea. four Im»-
rcTtn 4tLLtn.
at blanking hla opponent*, denlltig out
seven times. In (.nstleton'a last four
his adversaries were not able to score on
hint and in the Inst 11 set-los of the cam
paign. Just 10 tallies‘were made by the op
position.
Can Qo ths Routs.
Like Zeller, Castleton had good slaying
powers, for no team took hla measure In n
gnme.thnt got heynuil.the regulation length.
Early In the season 1 he worked lu a 13
stnnaa battle that resulted In a tie, 10 of
hla opponentN being act down on atrlkea.
He got a 12-lnnlng deelnlou In mld-stiininer.
and later held n strong team safe for the
same duration of piny, yielding only oue
ROY CASTLETON.
run. Twice Castleton struck out nine men
In nlne-Innlng events, and the more work
that was heaped on Ills shoulders apparently
the better was Ills showing. Tile Salt Lake
l*oy did not officiate In any hitless games
while lie wns In the South, but three tlmea
he limited the enemy to a trio of swats,
seven times twirled four-jab eonteata and
once confined the op|Kisltloii to five smashes.
Cfistleton was knocked off the rubber three
times, twice early In the running, when be
hnd not become acclimated. l|or probably
will be known ns the “Mormon Marvel" ou
vices In consideration of allowing the
spring training In 1905.
Another pitcher from the Lantern League
on whom Griff Is banking Is Tom Hughes
II. who>was with Montreal. Hughes caught
Griffith's eye two years ago, and now the
Old Fox having fnr/ned the tall Westerner
for two seasons In Class A leagues, thinks
he Is ripe for a berth with the Highlanders.
Necessarily on a tail-end team like Montreal
a lock of hitting and a sufficiency of errors
behind n pitcher are not calculated to pro-
game for the Highlanders* farm hands.
Five 8hut-Out Victories.
Hughes' best pitched game In 1907 wns on
June 12, when he shut out Providence for
twelvo Innings. He pitched In fir* "Chi
cago" victories for the Royals, and in a
game ngnlnst the Toronto flag winners, on
August 31, made nine of them hit the air.
In the same contest Ids elm wee so bad
that the Kelleyltes drew eleven gifts.
Hughes showed better form against the
lenders than against the tall-enders and
was a thorn In the aids of the Toronto* al
most all the campaign. I(e signs Used hla
firm appearance In a Montreal uniform br
holding Buffalo to two hits, but Juft a week
later the liisons Jumped ou him fqr all six
teen aunts. He wns knocked off the rubber
four tlmea. and In his brushes with his
present team rival. Joe Lake, haired things,
winning the first tussle and losing the sec
ond.
three, seven In which they made four and
in* In which they nequlred five.
Other Twirling Timber.
Zeller, Lake, Castleton and Hughes arc
GUNNER MOIR PROVED EASY
FOR SHIFTY TOMMY BURNS
Chattanooga. Tenn., Dec. 8.—Frank
Shipp, more familiarly known to foot
ball fane In the South as “Skinny, ,r
will 'Turn professional" next spring
According to a statement of Shipp's
fcrothar-ln-law, Johnny Dobbs, *mann
ger of the Nashville Southern League
team. "Skinny" haa signed with the
Denver team of the Western League,
and will leave for the Rocky Mountain
City as soon as the baseball season Is
over at Sewanee.
Shipp la being depended upon to play
an Infield, position at Sewanee next
spring, and he will not leave the moun
tain until ubout June 1.
Shipp haa been regarded aa ono of
the fostcHt college baseball players In
the South for several years, but wheth
er he can make good In profesalonal
company Is entirely anothei question
He Is a fast and nure fielder, being es
pecially good on ground balls. Shipp
played In the City League here last
season, an amateur organlxatlon, and
according to the official averages batted
at almost a .500 clip. In fifteen games
he had two home runs and six three-
base hits to his credit. He got both
four-sack drives In one game. He
played In a number of other amateur
games last summer and batted like a
fiend In every contest. In his hitting
the star Sewanee football player has
one advantage which every ball player
dees not possess. If a pitcher Is going
too fast for him, or has too many
curves, Shipp can dump the ball and
then beat the fastest throws to first
base.
Jimmy Johnson, another local boy,
will make his ptofesslonal debut next
season. Collie Spencer, the former
Cumberland star football and baseball
player who coachtd teams at that
school after he entered professional
t e.ll, will take Johnson to Cedar Rapids,
Three I League, for his maiden expe
rience. Johnson has every requisite
for a great ball player, and his friends
here believe that he will go higher
soon.
Dave Gaston, who Is slated for the
captaincy of the New Orleans team
next year. Is spending the winter v/?ry
quietly here. Johnny Dobbs Is running
his dairy farm In tip-top shape. Strang
Nicklln, the New York Giant, Is off on
a hunting trip in Mississippi. He will
return before Christmas. Hugh Hill,
the old Nashville Southern leaguer, is
In town and gathers around with the
boys at a local hotel for a fanning bee
every few days.
POLICYHOLDERS
ARE DEFEATED
Washington, flee. 3.—The supreme
court ywterjlay decided against the
policyholder, in their suit against the
Mutual Rceenre Fund Life Association
of New York. The policyholders al
leged a fraud was perpetrated when
the name wag changed, and claims
scaled down and complainants unlaw
fully deprived of property.
Hot Battle For Six Rounds,
After That a Merciless
Slaughter.
London, Dec. 8.—Outfought, outgen-
craided and outclassed from the first
sound of the gong, Gunner Molr, the
pugilistic Ideal of Great Britain, went
down to defeat In ths tenth round of
the terrible battle with Tommy Bums
at the National Sporting Club last
night, and the latter won the title of
the world’s champion.
The bulky and heretofore undefeated
English champion was like an amateur
In the hands of the American fighter,
who toyed with him from round to
round ah a mischievous cat plays with
a helpless mouse.
After that the Britisher began to tire
and the Canadian scrapper started to
wear his man down.
Jab after Jab found a resting place
on the mouth and Jaw of the gunner,
otioaooooooCKJoooaooooootKfoo
o o
O By TOMMY BURNS. O
0 — O
O That man Molr can hit like a O
O mule’s kick. I discovered this ear- O
O ly In our light and on that account O
O took no chances. Just waited for O
O the opportunity and then slammed O
O home the winning punches. I O
O thought 1 would win earlier than O
O I did. but ten rounds was not so O
O bad. O
O o
ooooaooooooooooooooooooooo
O By GUNNER MOIR.
0 O
O Burns Is a great fighter; a much O
O better man than 1 thought. He O
O bent me fairly and squarely, and O
O 1 have no excuses. I wns In fine O
O condition, put up my best fight O
O and wns licked. Burns’ cleverness O
O kept him out of danger, though 1,0
O do think 1 shook him up a lot once. O
0 or twice with my right to the face. O
O O
UOO00OOO0O000OO0000000O00U
and in return he was unable even to
hit his shifty opponent.
COSTEN ELECTED CAPTAIN
OF VANDERBILT TEAM
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 3.—Sam Cos- |
ten, quarterback of the Vanderbilt
team, was last night elected captain of
the Commodore team for the coming!
year.
At the banquet It was announced;
that McGugin would be with the Van- •
derbllt team as coach for the next five (
terms. This announcement was greet
ed with the wildest enthusiasm.
It was also announced at the banquet J
that no more haxlng would go at Van
derbilt
“Moir Absolutely Painful,”
Says The Sportsman
of London.
London, Dec. 3.—To many the Burns-
Molr fight last night was u disappoint,
ment and many expressions of dissat-
takes this view of it:
"It was the case of an eclipse In
the persons of Burns and the Scotsman
now here. Burns gave the spectators
little for their money. Had he let
himself go onlookers would have got
isfaction arc heard. The Sportsman
less. He took u feeler for a few rounds
and then, satisfied that he could end
the business whenever he felt so In
clined, toyed with his opponent until
after the affair had gone half way
through the tenth round.
“It was not the fault of Burns that
the splendid crowd that packed the
National Club In every part had to sit
out such a dlsappolnment. Molr is the
mun to blame. It is not our policy to
go back on the loser, but Mqlr was
absolutely painful.
“l*nder the most favorable condi
tions. however. Molr could never hope
to make any show with Burns, who
will, despite the disappointing display
given by his opponent last night, ex
perience very little or any trouble In
bt
Hannon has been re-elected to lead ;
the University of Alabama team again, i
He is a 130-pounder and plays quar- j
ter.
CAPTAIN COSTEN.
Parlor Baseball Arrives;
And It’s a Genuine Hit
Parlor baseball has arrived.
We have had the real 18-karat arti
cle for these many years and indoor
baseball for quite a spell.
But the parlor game of baseball that
was worth a hang was not Invented un
til a short time ago. t
When the game hit Atlanta the first
man that tried It went batty on the
subject.
He took the only board In Georgia
down to the Atlanta Athletic dub. The
usual crowd wns there and they scoffed.
•Take It over t.» the kindergarten,’*
they told the discoverer.
lie didn't say anything, but sat down
and began to play by himself. In ten
mfnutes they were fighting for places
around the table, and the game was a
hit.
A retail supply did not reach town
until the other day, and they say that
there were a couple of men sitting on
tii*! front steps when the boards ar
rived, waiting to get the first one un
packed.
OOOO0OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
O AN ALL-AMERICAN TEAM. O
O Ends—Wlster (PrlncedJni and O
n Alcott (Yale). O
0 Tackles—Draper (Pennsylvania) O
O and Horr (Syracuse), O
O Guards — Thompson (Cornell) O
o and Ziegler (Pennsylvania). O
O center—Phillips (Princeton). O
O Quarterback—Jones (Yale). O
O Halfbacks — Unuser (Carlisle) O
O and Wendell (Harvard). 0
O Fullback—Coy (Yale). O
O Second Eleven. O
O Ends—MacDmald (Harvard) and O
0 Dague (Navy). 0
O Tackles—O'Rourke (Cornell) and O
O Bankhnrt (Dartmouth). O
O Guards—Erwin (Army) and Gal- O
0 higher (Pennsylvania). O
O Center—Grant (Harvard). O
O Quarterback—Dillon (Princeton) O
Q Halfbacks—Douglass (Navy) 0
O and Folwell (Pennsylvania). O
O FullbacH—McCormick (Prince- O
O ton).—New* York Herald. 0
QQO0O00000O000000000O000OO
not the only men from the minor league*
who are expected to odd strength to the
Ifllltoppers* pitching staff, for Neuer, from
the South Atlantic; Manning, from the Trl-
State, and Arrelnnea, from the Pacific
Coast, are all counted on us good Uniter.
So, too. Is Eddy Plunk's youthful brother,
Ira, wh<» paatlnied In the Connecticut Longue
lust aenson. Zeller. Lake, Castleton and
Hughe*, however, are more highly consid
ered In minor league circles than tlie others
and on the strength of th**lr 1997 perform
ances seem destined to be successful In
(’nofriclal Information ns to their,-Per
formances In the ml
pended:
minors during 1907 Is op-
victories
Defeat a
Drawn games
Pitcher's percentage.
Club's percentage—
Ko-hit games
One-bit games.;.,....
Two-hit games
Three-hit games
Four-hit gnincs
Five-hit gnmea
Shut-outs
Strlke-onts
liases oil balls
Hit batsmen
Wild pitches
Balks
—E. J. Lanlgan In New York Press.
j NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWSI
By PERCY H. WHITING.
The South id fc.ad that Dan McGugin is going to stay with
the Vanderbilt football team for five years more.
When Dan landed in Xaidiville no team of the middle South
had ever won national fame at football. During his second year
in Nashvi.lle the Vanderbilt team made a creditable showing
against Michigan. In 1906 the Commodores made another good
showing against the Wolverines and later/startled. the football
world by defeating the Carlisle Indians in fhe most sensational
game ever played on Dudley field.'
This year’s record of Dan’s team hardly needs to be dwelt
ou at length. Only phony, decisions by the . officials saved the
Navy from a drubbing at the hands of the Nashville team and only
a brace of field goals staved off a tic game for Michigan.
You can say what you like about McGugin’s material and
other advniUages, but most of Vanderbilt’s success on the grid
iron is due to Dan.
Before he came—back in the days of Crane, Watkins and the
earlier coaches—Vanderbilt had practically as good material as
she is getting today. But the results were so very different.
McGugin knows football as few men have known it. But to
our mind the biggest factor of his success is his personality, which
enables him to instill a knowledge of football, an enthusiasm and
a desire to win into his men that makdh them all but invincible.
The regard that McGugin’a players feel toward him is little
short of worship and when he calls on them to win Jhey go into the
game and play their heads off if mxr.v»n..
F————
Given
The xams Is too complicated, aa is
baseball, to give a Rood description In a
few words. Sufficient to say that it's
a Kamo with sense.
It 1.** played on a metal table. One
man takes the field, the other takes the
but. The ball Is pitched, batted, the
base runner circles the bases, is put
out or gets home as It happens—all on
a metal field no bigger than an over
grown platter. It Is a game of quick
thinking and quicker acting, and It
presents practically the same problems
and requires the same mental agility as
baseball.
We prescribe it for all fans. After
they try It a bit they will be a lot
more willing to forgive the occasional I
bone-headed plays of the professional
players.
For they will see Just where some of
the complications edme In. aa they
would never see It In a thousand years
of fanning. I
WITH
of the value of §39.50 or
more.
UNEQUALED RANGE OFFER
How to
We’ll lane your oia
stove, or range, or gas
stove as part pay
ment on one of our
fine “New Eagle”
Steel Ranges, at a fair
valuation, say $5 or
$10, or even more, ac
cording to worth.
This saves throwing
away, or giving away
your old stove, and
enables you to save $5
or $10, and get an
“Eagle” without in
vesting a cent at time
of purchase. Phone
744 and we will send
a man out to see your
stove.
Down
and
a Week
Buys the
“Eagle”
The New “Eagle” Steel Range.
*39.50
This ,te,l plat. French R.nge I. our l»tr«t Improvement and Is made of '
cold drawn blued eteel sheets, put together In the most skillful and
scientific manner by flrtt-claaa mechanics. The "EAOLE" is 60 Inches
high. 37 Inches deep and 43 Inches long; the oven is 13x16 inches, the top
has six large holes and is surmounted by a capacious hot closet, made of
blued eteel.
The “EAGLE” Is 'handsomely nickeled, all doors, support*, .handles,
flanges and edges being eoltd nickeled. The "EAGLE” Is fully asbestos
lined, and fitted with a duplex grate which burns wood or coal, end
pouch feed, so that you can feed the fire without opennlg the tops,
A long draft plate extends horlxontally across the front end, giving fresh
air to entire length of fire. This feature saves you money. We guarantee
the "EAGLE" to be absolutely perfect In operation. And the price only
Walter J. Wood Co
103-5-7-9-11 WHITEHALL STREET.