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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AM) NEWS* TUESDAV. DECEMBER 10. 1007.
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WALTHOUR IS OUT BUT SIX-DAY GRIND GOES ON
: EDITED BY
IP. H. WHITING
WO MORE HURT
IN BIKE RACE
New York, Dec. 10.—In a succession
of dare-devil eprlnte to (natch the lead
In the six-day race at Madlaon Square
Garden today rldera plunged Into one
another and lay In brulaed heapa on
the track. Eight men were ao badly
hurt that they had to be carried to
their Quartern.
The: worst craih of wheels put two
rider*. Darragon, of the French team,
and Jacquelln. of the French-Itallan
team, out of the race altogether. Their
partner*. Breton and Vanonyl, formed
a new team and continued the race.
Breton, Galvin and McDonald came
together with a smashing rattle of
steel that could be heard all over the
garden, Just beyond "dead man'* curve”
shortly after the thlrty-flrst hour of
the race. All three men had to be car.
ned from the track, but their partners
went on with the contest
Vanonyl, of the newly constructed
French-Itallan team, was the cause of
the latest spill. He was pedalling hard
to get a good position at the turn and
edged too close to McDonald. Front
and rear wheels crazed, and In a twlnk.
ling McDonald was thrown tp the
track. Breton and Galvin were close
behind and struck McDonald, pitch
ing over on top of him.
Score at 10 o'clock:
Miles. Laps.
Fogler and Moran.. 021 8
Butt and Stol .021 3
Lawson and McDonald 021 2
Georgett and Dupre.. ..621 3
I.ogan and Bardgett 621 I,
Samuelson and Mitten.. ..621 2
Wilcox and Williams 621 2
Galvin and Wiley.. 621 2
Krebs and Vanderstuyft.. ..621 I
Downey and Downing.. .. ..621 2
Breton and Vanonyl 621 2
The record for the thirty-third hour
Is 673 miles and one lap, made by Elkes
and McFarland In 1300.
NATIONAL LEAGUERS
IN SESSION TUESDAY
New York. Dec. 10.—The National
League magnates had the bell hops at
the Waldorf-Astoria hopping blight
and early this morning.
There Is business to be attended to
this afternoon, and there will be a lit
tle time to admire each other’s white
vests and speculate upon the correct
time to don the open-faced clothe*, ac.
cording to Waldorf-Astoria ethics.
Those on hand this morning are Gar
ry Hermann and John Gallagher, Cin
cinnati; George Dovey, Boston; Bar
ney Dreyfus and Willie Locke, Pitts
burg; John T. Brush and F. M.
Knowles, New York: Charles H. Eb-
bets and Henry Medlous, Brooklyn, and
Stanley Robison. St. Louis; Charley
Murphy and Billy Shetsltne.
The meeting of the board of dlreotors
will be held at 12 o'clock today and the
league will go Into session at 2 o'clock.
Among the magnates It Is the very
general Impression that there will be
few deals for players made. Most of
the deals have already been made, or
will be latef, away from the glare and
publicity of the annual love talk.
The New York National baseball club
(Metropolitan Exhibition Company)
held Ita annual meeting In Jersey City
yesterday. It was a moat harmonious
session.
The old officers of the club were re
elected unanimously.
"BANNER” BLISTERS
NEW ONE-YEAR RULE
The NoshvUIo Banner, under much
48-polnt type scattered over some four
columns, takes a hot shot at the pro-
r sed now one-year rule, which the 8.
A. A. threatens to pass at Ita Clem-
son meeting.
Leaving out the parts In which the
University of Georgia Is scarified and
Tech Is referred to aa a "rural In
stitution” (because this would only tend
to muddy the waters), and leaving out
considerably mors (for lock of space),
we have this left:
“The very life and existence of foot
ball Is being threatened In the Bouth.
Every obligation to the public that sup.
ports the great game of football In this
section la about to be forgot and cast
aside. The Bouth Is about to take a
backward step In her athletics that will
put her where she was twenty years
ago—almost unheard of. The South Is
about to commit 'hari-kari'—a plain
case of suicide. And It Is all being
agitated In the name of reform by a
bunch of overxealoua and misguided
MMAuls who are most certainty do
ing their very best to swing the pen
dulum ao far the other way It will
never get back. And It Is all because
one college In the Bouth failed to ex-
erclsa that careful supervision of Ita
own Internal affairs during the recent
football eeason that should have been
exercised.
Rule May Pass.
“Unless measures are taken to defeat
It, there will be passed at the approach.
Ing annual meeting of the S. 1. A. A.
in December a rule which will elimi
nate Southern college teams from com
peting, with any hope of success,
.against teams outside the association.
"It la proposed to pass a rule to pro
hibit all men who are In their first year
In college from playing on teams of the
association.
"The association has now rules which
forbid professionalism In any form;
which forbid a man from one college
going to another college and playing
hla first year, and which limit n play
er's participation In athletics to four
years. These rules—all good—would
seem sufficient for all purposes of In
suring clean athletics.
“Now It Is proposed to debar all ‘first
•year men,' or 'freshmen.' This rule
will debar from participation In ath
letics from two-fifths to one-half of
tho already small number of students
In Southern colleges.
“The question then arises as to
whether conditions In the Bouth call or
demand the passage of such a rule,
and what effect; If passed, It will have.
Hundreds vs. Thousands.
“This rule, within the last few yeare,
has been put In force among the ‘Big
Five’ of the East and the 'Big Nine' of
the West. Fourteen colleges only In
the whole country. All of these col
leges have student bodies of from
2,000 to 6,000 men. It was adopted by
them to prevent the possibility of ‘prep
school' professional recrulta. These
colleges, rich In money, social clubs
a\d traditions, had reached a point
where 'scouts' were using all kinds of
'persuatlons,' bordering on the ques
tionable. to Induce star prep men to
enter their classic walls. The preven
tion of this widespread evil waa the
reaaon for the rule.
“Theae conditions have never oxlated
among the smaller and poorer colleges
of the country, and certainly have no
existence In the South. Why, then,
should this artificial rule be swallowed
unanimously by the 8. I. A. A. 7
“Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell
and Pennsylvania enforce this rule.
Hut Dartmouth. Amherst, Williams,
Trinity, Wesleyan and hundreds of
other smalt colleges,, aeetng no reaaon
for Its enactment ao far as their con
ditions are concerned, have wisely de
clined to put their ‘freahmen’ out of
athletics.
Not But One Answer,
“Theae fourteen big colleges can
eliminate thel> 'freshmen' and still with
their great numbers find plenty of ath.
letlc material among their upper classes
to turn out strong teams. A college
with 8,000 men ran eliminate 1,000 and
hardly be appreciably affected there
by, because eleven good men can easi
ly be picked from the remaining 2,000.
Can Southern colleges, with an average
student body of from 260 to 600 men,
stand a proportionate purging? Ex
perience and common knowledge make
but one nnawsr.”
Thst the Jan* are becoming proficient In
baseball Is evidenced by the fact that tha
Lowe)) high school baseball team In
Francisco has n Jap battery.
Kid Brock has gone to New York, where
he hopee to get e match with Tommy Mur
phy. He htt visions of s match with
I’sckey McFarland If ha wine from Mur
phy.
MOBILE TEAM BEAT ATLANTA
IN SECOND BOWLING MATCH
The second series of games with Mo
bile for the Southern bowling cham
pionship resulted tn a defeat for the
Atlanta team by the score of 167 pins.
Elliott, of the Atlanta team, made the
highest score for a single game, 233,
and also the highest average for the
three game* bowled, 312 2-3.
A large number of local bowling
fans turned out to s*e the match and
were treated to some good bowling.
The third series of three games will be
bowled later and the Atlanta team ex
pacts to overcome the lead Mobile
gained Monday night. It will be re-
membered that tn the first series the
Atlanta team defeated Mobile by the
small score of 37 pins, so Mobile now
has a lead of 120 pins.
Bernle McCay, of the Mobile team,
made the highest score of hie team, 214.
The line-up and score of Monday
night's contest are aa follows:
Atlanta— 12 3
Eagan 160 166 173
Jones 126 137 163
Wellborn 176 161 172
Llvsey 167 166 177
Elliott 133 213 233
SOUTHERN
TEAMS MAY
PLAYINEAST
Sewanee May Play Yale and
Tennessee Tackle
“Pennsy.”
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 10.—The
Sewanee football team will play either
Princeton or Yale next season, and the
University of Tennessee will meet the
University of Pennsylvania squad.
Such Is the rumor here. Thegames.lt
la sold, will be played In the East. In
addition. It Is said, Vanderbilt Univer
sity will meet the naval vicademy team
again and Michigan as well.
The management of,the Sewaneo
team has been quietly working. It Is
said, to secure a 1 game either with
Princeton or Yale. The Tigers have
been quiet about the matter, for they
do not care about letting either of the
big teams know they are dickering
with others. They are said to be. In
correspondence with both team» l and
have an excellent chance to land one of
the big games. If they succeed the
game will be played early In the sea
son and It will take the place of one of
the preliminary practice games played
each season by the big teams.
If Coach Arthur Erwin returns to
the Mountain next year it In probable
that, the Tigers will go to New Haven
early In the fall. Sewaneo had been
In charge of Yale coaches for. several
seasons and the Tigers are well known
by reputation at the Eastern university.
The University of Tennessee-Unlver-
slty of Pennsylvania game Is another
proposition. Coach LCvene, the old
Pennsylvania star, will be bock to train
the Volunteers next season and Is anx
ious to take Ills team to Franklin field
early In the season. The Volunteers
will have practically their entire team
back next season, and It Is believed
that they would make a good Impres
sion In the East. At least Coach Le
vant Is trylfig mighty hard to get the
game and from all reports It appears
that he will be successful.
AN EMORY TEAM
m
CONSENSUS TEAM
A SHIFTY SQUAD
JUNIOR FOOTBALL TEAM.
Here Is the bunch of Emory players which tied for second place in the
class series. Their names: Top row, left to right, J. N. Townsend,
Haygood Evans, Coach; J. P. Hanner, Captain A. F. Hill, W. B. Wisdom.
8econd row, G. B. Copeland, J. F. Lambert, S. Green, Charles Ward.
Bottom row, Linton K. Starr, Jack Covington, Mascot Sidney C. Morgan.
Shipp Signs to
Play Baseball
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 10.—Frank
"Skinny” Shipp, who has created con
siderable Interest In football at Se
wanee, has signed with the baseball
team at Seattle, Wash, and will play
with the Northwestern league next sea
son.
Otto Crump, the pitcher who played
with the city league, will pitch for tho
Seattle team next season also.
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NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS |
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Atlanta bike race cranks are sorry that Bobby AValthonr has
retired from the six-day race. He-had a good partner and if he
had been in good condition might well have proved a winner.
Hla friends in Atlanta will not hesitate to believe him, how-
, ever, when he says that he is in no condition to go on. ‘
Naturally the promoters of the race did everything possible
to keep him going, for there is no drawing card like Bobby, but
their howl that he was “quitting” seems entirely unjustified.
In a six-day grind a man has to he in perfect condition If he is
to hope to get through alive. A slight indisposition at the start is
magnified to something very serious before the finish comes to that
awful test'of physical endurance.
We are sorry that Bobby withdrew, but we are entirely ready
to believe that he had good and sufficient reasons.
They are coming out strong against the new one-year-rule in
many places. The Vanderbilt students do not want it because they
fear it will injure the Commodores’ chances in the games against
teams like Michigan, the Indians and Navy. Sewanee is “agin it,”
presumably in order not to be weakened when playing non-S.T. A.
A. teams like Virginia.
Mercer docs not seem to know what to think of it, but in a
general way does not favor the rule.
Georgia and Clemson are the strongest backers of the pro
posed legislation and it seems more than likely that they will win.
It is a radical rule and it is a hard blow to colleges which have
to go out of the S. I. A. A. for games.
. But that rule has got to come.
The “summer baseball” rule was radical when the S. I. A. A.
adopted it. So were n lot of others. This body has led in many
things and should go on leading.
The South must have clean athletics, no matter what the cost
is. And we see no better way to secure the desired result than the
passage of a one-year rule.
There may be a few more All-South
erns yet to be uncorked, but It is
doubtful. Thus far nine men have ven
tured an opinion on this momentous
subject.
Below will be found the consensus
of opinion—that Is, the men who re
ceived the/mqst votes In the Southern
football contest:
Left End—Lewis, Sewanee, seven
votes.
Left Tackle—Lex Stone. Sewanee,
eight votes.
Left Guard—Sherrill, Vanderbilt, sev
en votes.
Center—Stone. Vanderbilt, eight
votes.
Right Guard—Faulklinberry, Sewa
nee. five votes.
Right Tackle—Davis, Tech, five
votes.
Right End—B. Blake, Vanderbilt,
nine votes.
Quarterback — Costcn, Vanderbilt,
four votes. ■>
Left Half—Lanier, Sewanee. five
votes.
Right Half—Craig, Vanderbilt, nine
votes.
Fullback—Markley, Sewanee, six
votes. ,
The defeated candidates for the va
rious positions were:
Left End—Leach, Tennessee, two
votes.
Left Tackle—Word, Tennessee, one
vote: McLain, Vanderbilt, one vote.
Left Guard—McLaurln, one vote.
Center—Batson. Auburn, one vote.
Right Guard—Gaston. Clemson, one
vote: “Stein" Stone, Vanderbilt, one
vote; Dougherty, Tennessee, one vote.
Right, Tackle—McLaurln, Clemson,
one vote; \V. Evans, Sewanee. one
vote; Faulklinberry, Sewanee. one
vote; McLain. Vanderbilt, one vote.
Quarterback—Honaker, Virginia, one
vote; Barrett, Sewanee, one vote; Han.
non. Alabama, one vote; Markley, g e -
wanee, one vote; Lanier, Sewanee, one.
vote.
Left Half—Shipp, Sewanee, two
votes; Campbell, Vanderbilt, two votes.
Fullback—Lanier, Sewanee, throe
votes.
The only men who were unanimously
elected to their Jobs were Bob Blake
and Craig, of Vanderbilt. "Stein”
Stone, of Vanderbilt, received nine
votes, but one man wanted to play him
as guard.
Lanier, of Sewanee, drew an equal
number, but five pickers were In favor
of giving him a halfback Job, three
wanted to play him at fullback and one
at quarterback.
Only one man of the nine pickers
called the turn on all eleven men. This
one was Grnntland Rice, who selected
the eleven men who were given the
most votes by the other "experts.”
PLAN MANY MEETS FOR
GEORGIA TRACK TEAM
COPS STOP FIGHT.
New York. Dec. 10.—Tho police had
their Inning on the fight clubs last
night.
Disguised as longshoremen, five po
licemen Jumped Into the ring at the
Dry Dock Athletic Club, where Jo*
Purlman apd "Babo” Cullen were box
ing.
Nearly 1,000 members were packed In
the club house, many wearing full dress
and top hats. When the sleuths, with
whiskers and cowhide boots, com
menced to show their badges, there waa
a roar of laughter. When It came to
arresting the fighters, they could not
pick ’em out, so they had to be satisfied
with Manager Elmer and the referee.
Special to The Georgian.
Athens, Ga., Dec. 10.—The outlook
for a good track team at the Universi
ty of Georgia Is brilliant at present.
Only three men—McCaffrey. Raoul
and Lewis—have been lost through
graduation. In their* stead then) are
such new men. as Hood, who does a
hundred In ten seconds regularly; Bla.
lock and C. Hatcher, for the hurdles;
Branch and Hobbs, for the long dis
tance, and McNeely and Mllllghan, for
the middle distances.
Georgia will participate In at least
five meets after the Christmas holi
days. Vanderbilt will be met in Nnsh-
vllle early In May. Contests with Tu-
lane, In New Orleans; North Carolina
and Clemson are being considered. The
S: I. A. ’A: .meet Is a sure thing, and it
is tlmughc that the university will be
among the colleges to take part In the
big relay meet to be held In Philadel
phia on the last Saturday In April,
1608, under the auspices of Pennsylva
nia. The distances will be one, two and
four miles, to be run by teams of four.
Captain Llpsbutx Is anxious to ar
range some Indoor winter meets, to
occur after January 1IL All challenges
should be addressed as soon as possi
ble to Manager H. F. Nelsler.
Champs Will Play
In Chattanooga
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 10.—Man
ager Armor, of the Toledo Mud Hens,
has secured a game with the Chicago
National League team (world’s cham
pions) here on March 31. Manager Ar.
mor Is also booking other big league
team* for exhibition games.
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0 Florida, known as the Hotel 0
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0 Nig Clarke, as well as Terry Tur- 0
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Greer Manages
Sewanee*s Team
Sewanee, Tenn., Dec. 10,—John B.
Greer has been elected manager of the
1903 football team of the University of
the South, the choice being practically
unanimous.
Walter S. Barrett, captain of the 1907
team, will bo S&wanee's delegate to
the S. I. A. A. convention, which meets
at Clemson on December 13, Vic*
Chancellor Wiggins also going os an
official of the association.
Scwanee's delegate goes Instructed
to vote against the proposed one-year
rule.
Richard Croker, It Is reported, may hack
Tom Itocbe. the Irish heavyweight Cham-
E ton, against Tommy Burns. Dick better
nug on to bis spare change. .
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GOOD BASKET BALL TEAM
FOR AUBURN THIS SEASON;
Special to The Georgian.
Auburn. Ala., Dec. 16.—Auburn will
again have « fast basket ball team.
Four of the 'varsity men have re
turned, Bob Ware. Woodruff, Dryer and
Gibson. Also several who or* very
promising.
Games have been arranged with Co
lumbus, Montgomery, Birmingham and
Tulane. Games are expected with 1
Mercer, University of Georgia. Ala- j
bama and Atlanta. Bob Ware has been
elected captain of the team 'for this
season.
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