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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 3907.
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PUGILISTS, AUTOISTS, BIKERS AND GOLFERS STILL BUSY
EDITED BY
P. H. WHITING
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS |
L..... limit,
By PERCY H. WHITING.
When Tommy Burns concluded the festive formality of eras
ing Gunner Moir from the pugilistic blackboard a howl went up
from England. They hissed poor Tommy Burns when he tried to
hand them a few words from the ring and they roasted him and
the fight in their papers the next day.
We will all join in admitting that Bums is the apotheosis of
all that is implied by the title of “lemon.” He is the very
“quince,” the pugilistic “egg-plant.”
And yet he beat Moir, in a fair fight, that he prolonged
awhile to give the picture machines and the patient public a run
for their admission fee. And then he finished him off. There was
no sign of a fake.
And yet the English kick.
As a nation the English are the hardest losers on the ath
letic map.
But isn’t Tommy Bums (whose last name was Brusso when
he was bom and who acquired tho frivolous title of Noah when
he was christened) an awful example for a champion of the
world.
If anybody went up behind Bums and yelled “Jeffries”
right quick, Tommy would cast a spasm on tho spot.
And yet Tommy seems to have a pretty good claim on the in
ternational title. Bill Squires, best in Australia, but grape fruit
here, was whipped by him. Moir, England’s best, met the same
fate. In the United States Burns has polished off Marvin Ilart, a
heavy weight champion in weight only, and the prince of fakers,
Jack O’Brien. And Jack had beaten Fitzsimmons, and Fitz had
polished off Maher, champion of Ireland.
If Jeff will only say the word. But what’s the use. Burns
at his best would not even entertain Jeffries at his worst. We’ll
call Buidb “champion”'for awhile and hope for the coming of
somebody worthy of defending the title.
We take this from The St. Louis Times:
“Vanderbilt could only beat Sewanee, 17-12. Without knock
ing, or bragging, St. Louis U. could probably flay a picked eleven
from the two universities.”
Honest, Lannigan, if that’s a kid, you ought to have la
belled it.
Vanderbilt beat Sewanee three touchdowns to two. A com
bined team ought therefore to bo two-flfths stronger than the
Vanderbilt team. We refuse to guarantee that arithmetic, but
anyhow, the argument is all right.
To flay a team like that you would have to beat them say,
two touchdowns.
Well, Vanderbilt tied Navy, Navy boat Array, Army tied
Yale.
So that figures tho St Louis team out fully four touchdowns
better than Yale. And yet wo would not mind risking our sal
ary for a week or two, even if times aro hard, that not one foot
ball fan out of fifty, located outside of the state of Missouri, ever
heard that St LouiB had a University and that half of those who
did, probably do not know that the University has a team.
The writer has had several communications asking if the
Georgia case was closed ns far as the S. I. A. A. was concerned.
Not being certain, he wrote to headquarters for information.
Hero it is:
"My Dear Percy: The Georgia case will be looked Into by
the executive committee when we meet In Clemson, I. o„ we
will expect a report from tho faculty to give ua an Iden of what
they have done with the matters referred to them by tho exec
utive committee. It the committee feels that the faculty haa
not dono enough, we may go furthor. Of course the Tech case
la cloied. Yours truly,
"Dec. 4, 1907. WM. DUDLEY."
DELAPERRIERE IS
aECTED CAPTAIN
ALMOST ENTIRE TEAM
BACK AT TENNESSEE
C. FRANK LANDS
WILLIAM BARTLEV
Jackson County Boy Chos
en to Lead Georgia
Team of 1908.
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0 ROCHESTER, N. Y.,
0 THE "UMPIRE CITY."
O' Rochester, N. Y„ claims the dls- O
O tlnctlon of having been the birth- O
O place of more umpires than any 0
O other city. Here I* the list: 0
O Francis J. O'Loughlln, American., O
0 William Klem, National. O
O William Carpenter, National. O
O William Buckley, Tri-State. O
O William Sullivan, American Aaao. O
0 William Shelber, South Atlantic. O
0 William David, Empire State. 0
O William Culllgan, Empire State. 0
O Dan Pfennlnger, Southern. O
O Dan Fitzelmmoni. Cotton State. O
O Maurice F. Danlhy, Three-I. 0
O James Flynn. International. O
O Ted O'Hanlon International. 0
O Frank Newhouae, Wlaconsin. 0
O Felix Lynch, Canadian. O
O Tom Robson, Canadian. 0
O Joseph Courneen, Northern Cop. O
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K. M’COY
CUTS IN
Wants Sharkey’s Game if
Sailor Will Fight
Him.
One Regular of 1907 Foot
ball Team Missing
in 1908.
HERMAN DELAPERRIERE.
Herman Delaperrlere was on Thurs
day-elected captain of the University of
Georgia football team.
Delaperrlere will be a senior next
yeAr, and has for three seasons done
brilliant work with the football team.
His choice Is sure to be a popular one,
Blngay, of the Detroit News, sings
the praises of Lajoie as a ball player.
"King of them all is Larry as a player,
but he Is a bum manager," 1s Blngay’s
opinion.
athletic* without the Wolverine
so satisfactory, after nil. The iniiimcvrJnl
duel of years’ standing between A. A. Sin \
of Chicago nnd Cliarle* Baird of Michli
_ JchlKiui
la surely going to close In favor of the Mh-h-
* 1er. Stngg him expressed the optnlou
Chicago nml Michigan would meet on
the grldlrou next season; ulso that the con
ference representatives will rescind the
five-fame rule and allow seven gntues In
190*. Kvery one at Aun Arbor favors re
sumption of the athletic relation* with the
Maroons: but the sentiment Is that such an
eventuality Is wholly tip to the conference.
It must take the steps suggested by Htugg,
and, In addition, must allow Michigan to
* A “ lively
uan it'lihi, x iib HUM iumvc ui iur um n iniui
sad Wendell and Taft of the batchell team,
A host of Enetern ftiiMcrs are anxloue to
meet l'ackw, MeKnrland.
By TAD.
New York, Dec. 6.—books as though all
the old-timers lost their goats orer that
Hum,-Moir fight.
Yesterday Sharkey announced that If he
were given four months' training he would
light Hums for a $10,000 side bet and show
the Canadian up ns a fourth-rater.
Kid McCoy anw the story nnd Inst night
offered to ctll the Sharkey bet any time the
marine aaw At to put up the money and
promises to give "Tuwm" the ewelleet fight
he orer saw*
"I Ilka the gnll of Sharkey talking nhoat
re-entering tho ring.” aald the defective-
nutolit-puglllat. "I can Itok him. and will
bent him, ami will get <10,000 backing Just
ns soon as I see the color of the stuff he
bss home In the old cashmere sock. I'm
not betting that I can beat Burna, remem
ber. hut If Sbnrkey In coming back to light,
plcoae nave It for me.
"I'd like nnolher chance at that fellow
and only hope he geta mod enough to put
on the old atreatrr again nnd heat up the
roads,
"There's the best ehnnee In the world for
tho old-timers now nnd I'd like to see them
klek In once more. There nre two big good
men In the ring—Burn* nnd Johnson—bat
outside of them they nre nil marks. Think
of what mi,, or us retired wallopers might
do If we sb,M»k the glad scenery and atarted
uftcr them."
_ l»et Is that Bradley la Cleveland's
third haoemun next season. "New York
no other club hns n chance to land him,"
Special to The Georgian.
Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. The Uni
versity of Tennessee football team next
year wilt bfc, with a few exceptions,
the same as the machine that battled
for the orange and white during the
season Just closed. The team Is now
practically a two-year-old, and with
only three men absent the squad should
develop Into a hummer. ,
Leach, White and Johnson will all re
turn for a try at the end positions.
I.each and White did regular work at
those berths, and Johnson came'In as
utility man, and he waa used enough
to warrant the’ awarding of his letter
at the close of the season.
Walters, at right tackle, will be seen
again In football togs, but his running
mate. Captain Word,* has retired. For
five seasons, during three of which he
captained the Volunteers, Word has
been the football mainstay of the team,
and hts loss will be well-nigh Irrepara
ble. He was undoubtedly the ablest
player on the eleven, and starred In
I every game. Who will fill the left
' tackle position Is a question. Coach
Levine will have to answer next fall.
At guards, Dougherty and Dlnges ex
pect to hang out again, while Burdeft,
who relieved them when occasion arose,
will also return. Cody and Cottrell,
who raced neck and neck for center,
are both undergraduates, and have two
or three more years coming to them. It
Is likely that Cottrell will be shifted
to Word's tackle for a try-out.
While It Is by no means certain that
Loucks will return to take his place at
the helm, yet the chances are that
when the season opens he will be call
ing signals again. And If "Fluxy" does
not show up, little Sexton will be on
hand as field general.
Both halves and the full back have
signified their Intention of serving
Tennessee once again. Pecvy, McCol
lum and Wert made a back Held that
was aggressive and also hard to pass.
One more season's drill should develop
their team work to near perfection.
And W. Baker, the crack baseball
player, who held down left half for the
latter part of the period, saye another
year looks good to him.
Morelock,_ who substituted at back,
and Cochran, who wae used at times
for end, both graduate this year and
wilt not take advanced work In their
respective lines.
Tennessee's outlook Is particularly
bright, for there te a chance that Word
will be the only man lost. Should alt
who are doubtful remain away, still
there would be ten 'varsity men left,
who made their letters during the past
season.
There seems to be a world of new
material In sight from preparatory and
high schools, attracted by the brilliant
showing made by the Volunteers this
year.on the gridiron.
The management le already In corre
spondence with several prep stare, who
have signified their Intention of coming
to the state university.
Umplrs Bill Edwards, former Prince
ton player, thinks football le about per
fect. He says the forward pass has
opened up the game so the public can
enjoy It more.
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0 SKINNY SHIPP 8CORED 0
0 TWENTY-8IX TOUCHDOWNS. O
0 Special to The Georgian. 0
0 Chattanooga, Tenn.. Dec. 6. 0
0 Frank (“Skinny") Shipp arrived 0
O In town from Sewanee yesterday. 0
O The Tiger halfback Is looking fine, 0
0 and said he has never had a better 0
0 season. During the last two 0
0 months, Shipp made twenty-six 0
0 touchdowns for his team. About 0
0 thirty-five or forty were scored O
0 during the season by his team. 0
0 Although this record was not 0
0 touched by any other Southern O
0 man, many of the sport writers 0
0 did not give him a position on the 0
0 All-Southern team. 0
0 Shtpp has received contracts 0
0 from Denver, In the * Western 0
0 League, and Seattle, In the North- 0
0 western League, baseball teams. 0
0 He will probably go to Seattle, as O
0 the salary offered by that club is 0
0 considerably In excess of the one 0
0 offered by the Denver manage- 0
0 ment. Both stipends were large. 0
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MAY COP
THE JOB
Strang Uncertain Whether
or Not to Coach
Georgia.
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 6.—Sammy
Strang Nlcklln Is back from a hunting
trip to Mississippi and states that he
has been offered the position as base
ball coach at the University of Geor
gia. This position he has not accept
ed as yet, but may do so.
Nlcklln and George Belters allege
that they had a great hunting trip In
the Mississippi wilds. Although they
did not exhibit any evidences of their
luck at the session, both said that all
kinds of small wild gome were plenti
ful In the cane brakes.
Johnny, Dobbs, manager of the Nash
ville Southern League team, dropped
In to shake hands with the boys be
fore going to Nashville, where he will
take up some Important matters with
the Nashville directors.
Johnny Is especially pleased over his
outlook because he received the signed
contract of Pitcher Briggs, formerly
with Indianapolis.
Dutchman Is Buying Right
and Left From Major
Leaguers.
"Handsome" Bartley, the twtrler wh 0
used to give up from one to fifty hits
per game for the Shreveport team |„
days past, has been bought from Phil,
adolphla by Charley Frank, and will b,
with the Pelicans next year.
Bartley will be remembered as tin
man off whose delivery the Atlanta club
made a world’s record for hits and
runs a few years ago.
Dr. H, T. Inge, the chief owner of
the Mobile franchise, will not be pres,
ent at the coming meeting of tht
Southern League as reported.
Dr. Inge recently underwent a very
severe operation, from which he Is now
slowly recovering. It will be two weeks
or more before he will be allowed to
go out of doors even.
Just who will represent Mobile at the I
meeting Is uncertain.
Charley Shaffer, who was with Rich,
mond a while last year, and who play,
ed first base for Savannah, will man
age the Roanoke club next year.
The Cleveland - Delehanty has been
sold to Charley Frank, but refuses to
be transferred. That makes good read.
Ing matter about this time of the year,
but you' can put It down that "Del''
will report all light In the spring.
The way Charley Frank Is spending
his money for big league players rather
Inclines us to believe that he Is going
after a cracking good ball club for next
year, something he has not had sine
1905.
LEACH NAMED
TEAM LEADER
Hugh Hill, the Kansas City player;
Dave Gaston, the Ridgedale boy, who
plays center field for New Orleans; W.
B. Schwarts, the city league mogul, and
one or two -athered with the crowd,
and the dope wan handed out promis
cuously.
SprrlHl to The Georgian.
Knoxville, Tcun.. Dec. 6.—The Volunteers
Imre selected their football lender for 190$
and James Walker Leach Is the moleskin
warrior who gets the distinction. Leach
began his football career In Knoxville, hli
home town, by playing on ltiikcr-Uenlel
preparatory school team./ lie -played end.
On entering the university he was given n
berth at quarterback, and later at half,
where he surprised nil with bln ability t<j
dodge nud sidestep bis tncklers.
During the season of 1907 he played right
end uuit la so creditable a manner thnt he
was mentioned for the all-Southern by sev
eral pickers, niulswns chosen by sotue for
an end position. Weighing 168 stripped
nud lielug able to do the hundred-yard dash
In ten and two-flfths, he make* an end that
can smash or get down under punts. lie Is
the best toe Tennessee hns seen In many
days, and outbooted his opponent lu ever/
$15,000 For Pinkota.
City Park Race Track, Dec. 6.—Fred
Burlew, senior partner of the racing
Arm of Burlew & O’Neil, made the pad-
dockltes sit up and take notice
when he offered W. H. Fixer $16,000 for
his good colt Plnkola, providing the
spanking son pf Pink Coat successfully
passed the veterlnarles’ examination.
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