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SOUTHERN MOGULS WHO GATHER FOR MEETING
MANAGER FRANK, NEW ORLEANS.
"That Dutchman" is likely to be the storm center of the coming
meeting. He claims that the Memphis crowd fixed a batter's box in Mcm-
phis to keep his players from batting. In consequence of this allegec
plot he took his team from the field and was fined $300 by the leagu<
for so doing.
TTIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1907.
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SOUTHERN MOGULS COME FOR ANNUAL POW-WOW
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS]
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Gee, but they’re worried over that one-year rule.
The Nashville Banner was the first paper which came out
strong against it. From a recent issue we cop this:
Way down In Georgia our esteemed friend, Percy Whiting,
sporting scribe for The Georgian of Atlanta. Is still hammering
away In advocacy of the passage of the rule that will eliminate
the freshmen from athletics In the Bouth. In a recent Issue of
his paper It was stated that The Georgian was the firat paper to
advocate the step. Percy Is still advocating It
In all hls writings on the subject Percy has failed to point
out wherein the South can afford to pass such a rule. In our
humble Judgment our friend Whiting has missed the point a
mile. The rule exists In the East and West to stop the practice
of "scouting” after prep material. It waa not Introduced by the
big colloges to stop the playing pi ringers. No one-year or fresh
men rule that ever existed could stop the Importation of ringers
if a team wanted to play ringers.
Below is ft fair sample of the letters the writer has been re
ceiving since he first advocated the rule. This one is from Nor
man Farrell, Jr., well known in Atlanta as a tennis player, who
is among the most prominent of Vanderbilt alumni. Mr. Farrell
writes :
Dear Percy: I Inclose clipping from this nfternoon's Ban
ner. Percy, Join hands with us to kill this freshman rule. Every
Vanderbilt man, whether student or graduate, hero Is dead
against It You know wo are for clean athletics, and If wo
thought conditions here called for this rule we should unhesi
tatingly say pass It. But we can't see It. The small Eastern and
Western colleges have never adopted It because the proselyting
of crack prep men was done only among the big five. The S. I.
A. A. has, goodness knows, "laws” enough now to, keep things
clean as a pin. This "law" won’t help. A college that will run
In ringers will not hesitate to call them sophomores also. Vig
orous enforcement of their present laws and condign punish
ment to offenders will check what Irregularities now exist
Furthermore the colleges In the S. I. A. A. may drive Se-
wnneo and Vanderbilt out of the association If they force this
rule down their throats. Nearly all their Interesta now are to
tho North and East. This lost Is purely, however, ray personal
opinion, although I hear many Vanderbilt men so express them
selves. Think U over, Percy, and throw the weight of your In
fluence with us. Yours,
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 11, 1907. NORMAN FAnRELL, JR.
From another quarter, to-wit, from Hugh Roberta of Tho
Birmingham Age-IIcrald comes this:
The S. I. A. A., which has shown a greator propensity to
leave undone things which It should do than to do those things
which It should do than to do those things which It shouldn't,
which caught tho University of Georgia playing’four "ringers"
on Its football team, and cried,“Naughty, naughty!"and stopped
at that, Is preparing to tackle football In the South from bohtnd
—Is .preparing to deal the great game a fatal blow.
The S. I. A. A. Is endeavoring to make It a law that no man
can play football or baseball In Southern colleges until ho has
served a period of one year: In other words. Is ‘ preparing to
frame a law whereby no freshman can participate lb Inter
collegiate games..
Tho harm that such a law can and will do Is apparent. It
so happens that tho attendance on Southern colleges, In a com
parative aonso, Is small. It will so happen that tho athlotlo
teams will not ho able to make up the defldt, duo to graduation,
from the new crop. It will result In the Southern game deteri
orating. It will undo tho efforts of some ton years."
EDITED BY
P.H. WHITING
ANNUAL
SESSION
S. I. A. A. Moguls Gathering
For Big Meeting in
Clemson.
MANAGER VAUGHN.
vas fined $300 by the league
He has appealed from the decision and at least two meetings of the
board of directors were called to look Into the matter. But both of them
fizzled.
The final decision will be made by the executive committee on Friday.
MANAGER FISHER,
Of Shreveport.
Tom will probably manage the
Mobile club next year.
No deal has been closed, but he
will doubtless be on hand to pro
tect hls interects.
Special to The Georgian.
Clemson College, 8. C., Dec. 13.-Th**rt l|
much Interest here In the comlug ineetlc*
of the 8. I. A. A. Friday night, l’repara-
tlons are being made to Insure the comfort
nnd pleasure of the delegates during their
stay. Indications point to a very larr#
attendance. The delegates will he met at
i Calhoun by a committee, whose members
■ will conduct them to assigned homes.
! A dinner will he served In the big rollers
dining hall Saturday. Saturday evening &t
the home of Dr. I*. II. Mell, the president
of the college, the delegates will he. enter
tained at n smoker.
The Impression prevails that thp meeting
of the association will he n lively one. Ter.
trtinly there will he.some vltnl questions up
for dlscusslou, and, it Is hoped, for Anil
settlement.
New Haven promises to he one of the
boxing centers In the east. Five permit*
for I touts have been issued from now until
January 15.
Indianapolis howlers ore opposed to Garry '
Jock Blackburn knocked out George Gun-
ther, the Australian, in Philadelphia In th«
fifth round of tvhnt was to have been a
six-round bout Friday ulght.
DIRECTORS MEET
FRIDAY AT 4 P. M.
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Large Number of Delegates
Reach Atlanta About
Noon.
The director, of the Southern League
wilt go Into aee.lon Friday afternoon at
4 o'clock. At the meeting all prote.ta
will be heard and other business trans
acted.
A large number of delegates to the
Southern League meeting arrived' In
Atlanta about noon. Those who reached
the city were W. M. Kavanaugh, presi
dent of the league; Clark Miller, hls
secretary: H. C. Rather, president of
the Little Rock club: M. J. Finn, man-
S rer of the Little Rock team; F. P.
oleman. president of the Memphis
club; Charles Babb,. manager of tiio
Memphis club: T. F. McCullough, sec
retary of the Memphis club; Robert
Baugh, president of the Birmingham
club; Charles Frank, manager of tho
New Orleans club, and two delegates
from Mobile, Harry T. Hartman and C.
Z. Colsson.
Numerous protests, none of them of
any great Importance, will come up at
the meeting of the directors. It Is un
derstood that the "batters' box’” protest
of Memphis and New Orleans has been
settled out of court and will not come
up.
.There seeme to be some uncertainty
about the elate for vice president. Cap
tain Crawford, of Shreveport, and F.
P. Coleman, of Memphis, ure the prom
inent candidates.
Mobile will put her case up to the
meeting Suturday. To get nut of the
Cotton Statee League, she or the
Southern League must pay 12,600. As
the Mobile delegates decline to say
positively that they have bought the
Shreveport franchise, there Is a chance
that the deal Is contingent on the abil
ity of Mobile to get Into the league.
It Is not thought that Tom Fisher
will manage Mobile If the Alabama
town gets In. Bemle McCay may be
the choice.
President Rather, of Little Rock, an
nounces that there le not a chance that
Chattanooga can buy the Travelers'
franchise.
The league meeting will be called to
gether Saturday morning at 10 o’clock.
In the assembly room at the Piedmont.
If the coming meeting of tho exec
utlve committee takes up no more time
than tho usual one, It will be soon out
of the way. But that le not certain.
It all hinges on Chariey Frank. If
he brings along hls affidavits and wit
nesses to prove hls charge that the
Memphis people doctored a batters’ box,
then the directors will have thetr hands
full. What Charley will do about tills
le uncertain. Ho Is not much given
to talking In advance.
There are other proteets still unset
tled which may possible come up 7 be
fore the directors. However. It le un
likely that they will. There le a cer
tain dry humor at this stage of the
season In taking a game away from
Nashville and giving It to Montgomery,
or doing some act of that character.
The season Is settled, and unless the
protested games Involve a fine that
some club wants remitted, they are
likely to be passed over.
Beyond annual repbrts, election of
officers, and the matter of admitting
Mobile to the league, there seems to
be nothing stirring on the carpet. The
session, for a change, promises to bo
peaceful. The season of 1907 ended
with very little hard feeling. Tho
Memphis association was slightly miff
ed at Charley Frank for calling It
names, but the hard feeling which
arose nt that time Is considerably
softened right now.
! ONE-YEAR RULE AS
MERCER SEES IT
Sporting Editor Atlanta Georgian:
A few morning* ago, after the chapel
exercises, a free discussion of the one-
year rule In athletics *was. Indulged
In. Professor Holmes stated briefly
the proposed amendment to the S. I. A.
A. constitution and reviewed the ex
isting conditions before the discussion
was thrown open. Almost all the mem
bers of the faculty and a good many of
the students expressed themselves free
ly on the matter, and material for
plenty of thinking was set forth. All
were of the opinion that something
was to be done, but none was willing
to take harsh measures.
In the mind of the writer the best
plan set forth was to Invest absolute
authority in the hands of the executive
committee without repeal and to force
every college In the 8. I. A. A. to
abide by the decision of that body.
It seems to us that an honor system
with this one plain and simple rule
would fix things. As long, however, os
a college Is allowed, when brought be
fore the committee, to fling the retort.
M’DONALD CRACKS
SKULL IN BIG SPILL
New York, Dec.'13.-Urlmn McDonald, tho
popular New York l>oy who wa* paired
with Lawson, of Chicago, In the six-day
bicycle race nt Madison Square Garden, Is
seriously Injured nnd I* In the New York
Ho received hls Injuries by riding off the
oval nnd was taken to the hospital with a
fractured skull. L A
McDonald had been on the track for some
time. Ills riding had been erratic since
leaving bis dressing room—In fact, he acted
like a man In a trnnee.
For no nppnrent reason McDonnld snot up
the embankment nt the southwest side or
the garden Into and over the barrier sur-
‘I’ll sue you for damages In the
courts/’ nothing for clean athletics can
be accomplished. Has .honesty ceased
to be a virtue in this Southland of
ours? Why set over against our most
sacred trust stringent rules that sug-
rounding it. Ills wheel wns also throwa
over by tho tremendous force of the con
tact.
Just nt the time two men were imunin*.
The failing rider landed on them. sending
them sprnwllnir. He himself struck thi
floor with terrific force, his wheel falling
on top of him. He was picked up uncon
scious and carried to hls. dressing room.
For more than mi hour hls physician
worked over the unconscious man, but was
tumble to restore hint to consciousness.
Then he was sent to the hospital.
Lawson. McDonald’s partner, was hustled
up to take hta partner’s place ami nnlc un
til told thnj the Injured man’s condition was
hopeless, when the team was withdrawn.
gest dishonesty and intimate that col
leges are composed of voluntary and
deliberate law-breakers. Let the fac*
ultles see. to It that the men are above
question.
A MERCER STUDENT.
DELEGATIONS OFF TO
S. I. A. A. MEETING
Thomas Bragg and B, B. Ross, members rather not.”
of tho Auburn faculty; Professor Edward
T. Holmes, of Mercer, and ex-Csptaln Bar
rett, of Rewanee, stopped Friday In Atlanta
on their way to Clemson for the annual
meeting of the Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Association.
The Tech representatives will bo Profes
sor K. G.'Mntheson nnd Professor W. N.
Bundle.
Just whnt the nttltude of the local repre
sentatives will be on the one-year rule has
not been definitely settled.
aiv In favor of anything that will
sahl Dr. Mutheson
’But w* are not abso
lutely certain of the effectiveness of the
proposed rule. We shall vote for what
seems best nt the meeting.”
The Auburn delegates arc strong for the
one-yenr rule. Wo want It passed In Its
strictest form,” said Professor Bragg. ”We
think It will elesn up athletics, and that Is
whnt we waut. Of course If we have to
compromise we can do It, but we should
Some sixteen changes are
proposed In the
nlch shows the
ig
To reduce the number of district vice-
presidents to three.
To require every college to have one re
sponsible representatlvi
district vice-president.
To gusrd against the payment of athletes
by the card or agency systems.
To put the one«yenr rule in force.
. - ... committee Is re
quired to suspeud any student from athlet
ics "against whom they have a strong sus
picion.”
To provide that any college playing bus
pended or debarred player shall be suspend
ed until the uext annual convention.
To provide for the suspension of auy
captain who is a party to any violation of
the Inws of the constitution.
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GEORGIA MAY POSSIBLY
WITHDRAW FROM S LA.A.
Special to The Georgian.
Athuts, Oa., Dec. 13.—A large *tn-
dent moil meeting nr held In the
chapel Wednesday afternoon. ’ The
athletic attuatlon wa> thoroughly dls-
rusaed and the occaelon waa marked
by sanity of thought ahd‘conservatism
of statement. The card system wax
opposed and the one-year rule declared
to be a moat desirable neceaalty.
Rut the moat Intereating subject ar
gued before the meeting waa Georgta'a
attitude toward the 8. L A. A. The
queatlon which abaorbed the attention
of alt waa should Georgia withdraw
from the aaeoclathm? There were
argumenta pro and con, and the ad-
vantagea and dtoadvantagea of such a
course were carefully weighed. Great
dlaaatlafacljon seemed to be felt by all
who spoke with certain condition* In
the 8. I.' A. A., and with the treat
ment which has been accorded Georgia.
A aet of reeoluttona waa Anally adopt.
ed, stating Georgia’s grievances, and
asking that, unlqps certain things are
done, the Georgia representatives at
the Clemson meeting request a dis
charge of the university as a member
of the 8. I. A. A. These resolutions
were addressed to the board of direc
tors of the Georgia Athletic Associa
tion. which has the Anal Jurisdiction
In the matter.
It Is not known whether Georgia wilt
withdraw. The university deletion,
which consists of Chancellor Barrow,
Dean C. M. Snelllng, Professor San
ford and H. H. Gordon, has been em
powered, It Is believed, to ask for a
discharge If. In Its opinion, circum
stances so demand. A great deal ap
pears to have been left to Us discretion.
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