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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1907. ? EDITED BY jP. H. WHITING SP ?K NG I MEETING OF LEAGUE MOGULS IN SESSION SATURDAY LEAGUE DIRECTORS TAKE UP PROTESTED GAMES; | NOT NEWS, BUT VIE WS \ By PERCY H. WHITING. The peacefulness of the present Southern League meeting is something marvellous. Usually the moguls have a ruction or two in progress, just to keep things properly enlivened. But this year peace and good fellowship are supreme. If ft were not for the fact that Mobile is on hand and talking business it would be a dull session. The prospect of a change in the league circuit is the only novelty. There is something pitiful about the recent shako-op in the New York Giants and in McGraw’s convulsive efforts to get a ball club. ' ..... Such a few years back these Rame Giants were invincible. And at that time they were the most offensive set of arrogant, blustering, bumptious roisters that ever went unhung. Their methods were not relished in the South and one club after an other and one city after another was closed to them for spring training. They are a trifle meekor now, these once-swaggering Giants, and they are getting a little more sympathy ,from' the general public. But the South does not want them and never will. The efforts of some representatives of the Sheltered Life School of journalism to hammer football out of existence is dis gusting to all fair-minded people. Recently the sainted Associated Press carried a tcn-line story to the effect that Roy VanOrman, the Cornell player who was Hurt in the Pennsylvania game, has suffered n relapse. The Rtory said that the relapse was not serious and that VanOrman would recover. Now If this man had been hurt at baseball or playing polo or in the hunting field .would ho have got his namo on the wire of a big press service, because of an indisposition that did not even threaten to be serious 1 Nay, nay, several times nay. The anti-strenuosity gang will do anything to hurt football and lets the public know every time a football player stubs his toe or scratches his chin. Washington University of St. Louis is trying to get a game with Vanderbilt the Saturday before Thanksgiving. We can tell ’em tho answer right now. It’s "NO.” Vanderbilt is not going to play a hard game just ahead of the Sewanee game next fall. It is going to take nbout all the Commodores have to offer to win as it is. And maybe they can’t turn tho triok. Quito probably Washington University will get a game if she wants it But that bunch ought to stay at home and tackle somebody its own sire. S. I. A A IN SESSION; EXCITING MEETINGSURE Clem,on, S. C„ D«c. 14.— 1 The annual meeting of tho Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association went Into session litre this morning. The meeting was opened with an ad dress of welcome by Dr. Melt Dr. Dudley responded with one of bis usually well-turned speeches. The North Georgia Agricultural Col lege (Dahlnnega), waa elected to mem bership In tho oeioclatton. This ends a long fight on Dahlonegn's part for recognition. The finding! of the executive com mittee In the cases of Georgia Tech and tho University of Georgia were adopt ed by the aseoclatlon. Coach George Whitney, who was blacklisted Uy t|ie S. I. A. A. for his connection wjth tho ringing cases at Georgia, )m» asked the executive com mittee tor reinstatement. Ills request wns referred to Chancellor Barrow, of the University of Georgia: The report of the Investigation of the cnao of Frank Shipp, made by Chan cellor n. L. Wlggin, of Sewanee, was accepted by thfe aaaoclatton and Shipp waa exonerated. Bill Heveron, of England, No Match For Faker O'Brien By TAD. Philadelphia. Dec. 14.—BUI Heveron. of England, proved nn easy mark for Philadelphia Jack O’Brien at the In dustrial Boxing Club last night. O’Brien knocked Heveron out In oho minutes and 65 seconds, but Bill was at least game, for he was knocked down four times and waa still making a brave effort to get to hie feet via the ropes when the referee. Lew Derlacher, gave him the fatal count of ten. A crowd which packed the club house to the doors gave O’Brien a mighty cheer, which lasted fob several minutes, when he entered the ring. O’Brien, In a speech, promised never to be caught with the goods on him again, which drew forth more cheers. Heveron was a plaything In O’Brien’a hands. The best and only thing that could be said for him waa that he was game. O’Brien sent In hts right under Heve, ron’s heart and Bill went to the mat. He got up quickly. O’Brien's second lead caught Heveron on the Jaw and the Britisher went down again. He wouldn’t' stay down, and when he arose pitched headlong acrosa the ring on hi* face. In a couple of sec onds Heveron waa once more on hta wabbly pins. O'Brien sent his right dying through tho air and It landed on Heveron'a Jaw. This time seven wa* counted before Bill could get up. Silver Cup For Tech Team Whenever It Beats Sewanee A silver loving cup, to coat from 5100 to 1150, will be presented to the drat Tech football team that defeats Se wanee. The offer to give a handsome trophy ' was made recently by J. IV. English. Jr- to the Tech Athletic Association Basket Ball Men Get Busy Again The basket boll league of ths Young Men's Christian Association will begin the second series of games at the as sociation gymnasium Saturday night, with R. W. Homing, of the University School for Boys, of Stone Mountain, of ficiating. Following le the standing of the four teams to date: TEAM— Played. Woa Lost. P. C. V 1 2 1 .««« M I 2 1 .046 A I 2 1 .666 C 1 0 * .000 The Ys will line-up against the Ms, and the Cl will play th* A team. In terest Is growing In the games and a lively time Is anticipated. Plenty of seats for all visitors. Walter East, former Akron manager, does not like JUttl* Rock's terms and may retire. and was, of course, most heartily ac cepted. Because of the fact that the Sewanee team promises to be extremely strong next year this cup Is not likely to be won hext fall, but It should not be many years before the local team took down the prise. President Mattox Entertains Team ANNUAL MEETING OP SOUTHERN LEAGUE HELD MANAGER BABB, of Memphis. Directors Settle Few Unimportant tested Games and Award Pennant. R. W, Mattox, president of the Tech Athletic Association, wilt entertain the members of-the football team Satur day night at hta residence, 14 West North avenue. Veteran Trainer Drives No More Washington, Dec. 14.—James Mar row died at the Homeopathic Hospital here yesterday of diabetes and, gan grene. Mr. Marrow was ths oldest man actively engaged In the training and driving of fast horses In the United States, and was well known In racing circles. He was In hi* seventy-third year. He was a native of New Yi T The meeting of the Southern League directors began Saturday shortly before noon at the Piedmont. After It had been In progress some time all mem ber* of the league were asked to take part, and the various protested games were taken up. It was decided that a game won by Memphis from Atlanta and protested by Billy Smith must go on the um pire's decision. A protest that Atlanta carried more than 14 men during the season was dropped for lack of evidence. Other protests were heard and de cided. From the executive committee meet ing the Southern League went Into an- mini session. Captain W. F. Crawford, of Shrevo- port, has written that owing to the Ill ness of his wife, ho enn not attend the meeting, but sends the news that he la to be connected with tho Mobile club, provided It gets In the Southern League. A. M. Gifford, representing the peoplo who want to buy a franchise for Chat tanooga, Is here this morning. He brings news that Dobbs has split with tho Nashville franchise owners and that he will not manage that team next year. President Kavanaugh will, of course, PRESIDENT COLEMAN, Of Memphis. Pro- J. DOBBS, NASHVILLE. SECRETARY M'CULLOUGH, Of Memphis, PRESIDENT BAUGH, Of Birmingham. be elected president, secretary and treasurer. In place of Lowry Arnold os vice president, the slate seems to call for the election of Captain Craw ford. As Captain Crawford retains a one- fourth Interest In the Mobile club, he will, of course, be eligible to continue as an official. Robert Baugh, of Birmingham; Leon ard L. Stern, of New Orleans, and Cap tain Crawford, of Shreveport, will doubtless be re-elected directors. R. J. Chambers, of Montgomery, will pre sumably succeed E. P. Amerlne. H, C. Rather, of Little Rock; Ferd Kuhn, of Nashville, and President Cole man will doubtless be re-elected the board of trustees. Captain Crawford will be continued as auditor. Mobile will be let In If the club pays Its way out of the Cotton States League. Possibly the Southern Association may be Jollied Into paying the 12,600. Other business done at the meeting will doubtless be of a routine nature. The minutes of ths last meeting and the president's report will be read, It will be voted to leave the purchase of uniform tickets to the president, the contmot with the telegraph companies will be renewed. The matter of making a schedule will, aa usual, be left to League. Moguls Go Into Annual Session, But Nothing Wildly Exciting Is Promised. tho president. The East will open against the East and the West against the West. The season will finish In the East. The 140-game schedule will be requested. JUST NOTES. New Orleans seems to be the only candidate for the honor .of entertain ing the spring meeting. The Montgomery club asked for a ruling as to whether the waiver rule was In force after the end of tho play ing season. President Kavanaugh ruled that It was. President Chambers'then served notice that he would at the meeting ask for waiver* on Mallarkey and N’ye. Toni Fisher, who arrived Friday night, says that McAleer has offered him good money to play In St. Louis, but that he can not get his release. He says that he will manage Mobile If he gets his price. The delegates will be entertained Saturday night by the local club at a banquet. The Little Rock delegation scoffs at Chattanooga’s offers for her fran chise. "We have no price on It." says President Rather. "It Is not for sale at any figure." ■ A .. * ’ President Kavanaugh characterised Captain Crawford's declaration that he would continue hie connection with the league as a'part owner of the Mobile club as . "tho best news the Southern League has heard In a long time.” It Is understood that Johnny Dobbs severed his connection with the Nash ville club because ho was asked to work next year for a smaller salary than he received this year. This Is merely a rumor and may be taken for what It Is worth. It is understood that Nashville is trying to get either Mike Kelly, for merly of St. Paul, or Howard Earle, formerly with the A. G. and J. Club, for the 1908 manager. Bill Smith Is enthusiastic over his new catcher, Covency. "I guess he Is n wonder, all right,” says Bill. "Tim Murnane told me he was the best catcher In the New Eng land League, and said I would make no mistake In getting him.” Coveney is from Natick, Mass., the town where Mike Finn wad born, and Alike used to know him. "When I knew about him," says Mike, MAD FROM EXHAUSTION, LOGAN KEEPS UP GRIND New York, Dec. 14.—Pat Logan, of the Interstate team in the six-day bi cycle race In Madison Square Garden, dropped unconscious to the track to day In sheer exhaustion, after five days of the terrible ceaseless grind. The rider was picked up by Dr. Cra mer and his trainer and revived after he had been carried to his quarters. When h* came to his senses he was delirious and raved like a mad man. ftt had to be held In his bed and given drugs to quiet him. The physician at lost was able to bring Logan to his senses, but no soon er wns the racer somewhat recovered than his partner, Walter Bardgett, who had been taken out of bed to take the exhausted rider’s place on the track, gav* out and had to be carried back to the training quarters. When Logan saw Bardgett brought Into the training quarters he at first turned his face to the wall and re fused to get up. He cried like a baby, saying he was completely worn out and could not move a muscle. His trainer reasoned with him, beg ged him not to give up the race and at last Logan, with a supreme effort, pulled himself together and was helped back to the track. When the crowd In the garden saw Logan coming out of.training quarters It got on Its feet and let out a wild cheer. The shouts and applause seemed to hearten Logan: he raised his head and walked unsupported to where his wheel was being held ready for him. As the plucky Boston boy started to mount his wheel there was another great cheer from the crowd. Getting his feet on the pedals once more seemed to give Logan renewed courage and he started out with a little spurt to catch tho riders, who were eome 50 yards ahead of him. GOLF RECIPE. Take two strong men, two boys, a pair of bags, A swinging gait, some balls, a steady nerve, Mix them together with, eay, eighteen (lags, Add slowly eighty acres, and then serve. Take then a pinch of sand, discreetly placed, A pair of feet, a stance, a perfect swing. An eye kept on the ball—and If dis graced Pour explanations forth like any thing. And having then the whirling turf re placed. Take patiently dhe proffered good ad vice. Take (after dinner) glasses and cigars, Take easy chairs In circular array. Take- pains to tell the shocking luck which mars ' The brilliant game you otherwise would play. If with these hlnta you fall to find suc cess. Take the last train and eullen thoughts dismiss. You’ve found fresh elr, and health, and maybe happiness. Forget your feats and ruminate on this, —Liverpool Post. CHRISTENSEN WINS. Augusta, be.. Dee. 14.—Al Christen sen last night defeated Al Kublak In a catch-as-catch-can wrestling match for the championship of the South. Christensen won the first fall In forty minutes and the las; In seven. How Things Turn Out! By JAMES J. MONTAGUE. Thug Green was a raw-boned freshle With an arm like a twelve-by-twelve beam ’ And a hand like a hod, so he got on the squad And presently he played on the team. Hts game was a marvel of tactics; He played like a battering ram; He would strangle a half with a hid eous laugh. Though his outward demeanor waa calm. The glrla were all craxy about him And when. In his slashing career. He would gouge out the eye of a rush flying by They would murmur In glee. "Ain’t he dear?" Or when, at a critical moment. He would plant down his battleship feet On the right tackle's head and leave him for dead, They would whisper: "Ob, Isn’t he sweet r And everyone called him a hero, And said: “By the style of his play. It he keeps out of jail he scarcely can fall To land In the white house some day." But up on a corner of Broadway The Thug may be frequently seen Inside the third door on the twenty, eighth floor. Where the sign is Chiropodist Green. RECRUiTS Open Skating Rink, Murphy, N. O, Dec. 14.—A. A. Fain end J. It. McClelland have Just com pleted a skating rink here, 65 by 160 feet, which la now In operation. O’LEARY ON LEFT. RIGGS ON RIGHT. When the picture was taken O'Leary belonged to Atlanta and Riggs to Syracuse. That was in the spring. Now Riggs is owned by Atlanta and O'Leary by Memphis, i Just Notes Here's a modified army yell; "N’orfh Pftint* BASEBALL IN HAWAII. Probably the most remarkable base ball player In Hawaii is a Chinese boy named En Sue, who plays third base for St. Louts College, one of the na tive teams In tho principal Honolulu league. He Is a wonder. An effort was made to get him to go to ths states this year and play with one of the btg teams, but the negotiations fell through. He will probably go next year, however. En Sue's long sulto Is base running At that he has few equals. There has to be some pretty quick fielding of tho short bunt that he can't beat out, and when he gets started for second It Is hardly worth while for the catcher to throw the ball to the man holding down that station. The small boy of Hawaii, be he Chinese, Japanese, Hawaiian or the result of a mixture of several of these, races, takes to baseball as naturallyl ——.J .... nFW oa does the American small bey whose "prepped" at Phillips, forebears have played the game elnc* Ando '" “ Dd Mercerslmrg. It began It* development from three- Nortb Point; Knit Point; South Point; Iowa hat great hopes of meeting Minn* *ota« and Chicago next fall. So has St. Louis U. Robert C. Crewa, of Charleaton, Ilia., bos beep elected manager ot H'natthmore’t 1908 eleven. /A CarUrie profeaoor says the Carlisle football players are very poor studenta. But they can certainly play the game. Dennis Morgan Is recovering very slowly Com hfo IisnL'an .Vi.lt snA I# f- s....j .i - "he was the star catcher of the Natick High School team. They said he was a wonder. He started out last season as the manager of the New Bedford club. In the New England League, and afterwards went to Lawrence, but not as a manager." . Finn has also seen Billy Smith's Texas League catcher—McMurray— work, and thinks him a good man. "He Is a little one,” says Mike, "but he lqads off In the batting and Is a hustler. He was a trifle too aggressive down In that league, but I guess he will get over It here. He had played there four or five years and probably he owned the league." A. M. Gifford, the Chattanooga rep resentative, Is meeting with no more encouragement here than he did last year at the annual meeting at Bir mingham. "I have the money and am ready to buy a franchise. We mean business. Of course. If we can't get one we can't, and that’s all there Is to it. We have It fixed for Sammy Strang to manage if we could get a franchise, hut there appears to be nothing do ing." Billy Smith, while In New York, talked with McGraw about getting some games with the Giants In the spring. McGraw and his men train at Marlin Springs and will play In Little Rock on the way North, Charles White, Spalding's represents, tlve. Is here for the meeting. The banquet will start at 7 o'clock Saturday night and last until It Is over, which may be almost any old time. President Helsmnn, who returned Friday from New York, said of the proposed changes In the playing and farming rules: "I think that there Is no doubt but that the height of the batters’ box will be reduced. I think also, from present Indications, that a full nine Innings will be required for all games, unless It Is necessary to make a cut in order to catch a train. "It seems certain that a rule will be made to prevent absolutely the farming of players. This will make a hlg change. The -minor league clubs will lose a lot less players, and when they lose them It will probably be for good. There will be no more of this wholesale clearing out of clubs. When a major league buys a player they will think he Is pretty good, and when they sell him back It will be a bona fide transaction.” Tom Fisher has the Shreveport proxy and will vote In Captain Craw ford’s place at the meeting. ELLI0TJ WINS FROMJLM’CAY J. R. Elliott, of Atlanta, defeated Bernie McCay, of Mobile, for the cham pionship of the South Friday night, on the George W. Case alleys by 111 pins. The largest crowd that ever wit nessed a bowling match In the city *** present, and was treated to some clever bowling. The highest score was made by El liott, 226. Elliott’s average for the five games bowled was 207 4-5; Me- Cay averaged 185 2-5. It Is probable that these two poFJ' lar bowlers will meet again at an earty date. old-cat and town ball Into what tt ta now. When school Is not In session, every vacant lot Has Its crowd of noisy, yelling youngsters of all na tionalities. learning In the only way they can learn,-by practice and experi ence, the Intricacies and fine points of the game. Baseball has not yet been officially classed as an Americanizing Influence, but perhaps It will be some day. Out here In these islands Uncle Sam is try ing to make Americans out of a popu lation made up of people from all parts of the world—Mongol. Japanese, Caucasian, Polynesian, Ell Persons, the crack runner, Is he- 'W'wn two (Ires. The I. A. ban him from Csrl Williams animnncet that he won't be able to help out l'ennuv any more. He's fifi * ‘ ft netting too Ethlop. So far his success has not been remarkable. But since baseball has been taken up by all nationalities In Ha.w*ll, adoption of our customs, morals, citizenship, even of our way of * . y*L“ kln *' ^ W follow.—Edward p - Melonealan, Irwin In Christmas Recreation. The score was ns follows: McCay Elliott. 235 1 155 179 2 204 215 3 200 182 4 ISO 228 1,039 5 188 927 0000000000000000000000*°°? o J, 0 ANOTHER CATCHER. J 0 Mayor Joyner, a director of 0 local baseball association; J- 0 0 Helsman, president of the a**?” „ O elation, and Manager Billy Smith « O arrived Saturday night from N*» 0 O York. , o O They bring the news that In M O ditlon to Catcher Coveney they O have purchased another backstop 0 per. This new man Is * P‘Pw. o O but h|s name can not be 0 0 nounced until waivers have >«'" 0 O secured on him from the major Q 0 moguls. o 00000000000000000000* 00^ Seventy-five Gaelic athlete In the East will affiliate with the A. U.