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SPORTING EDITOR ’ j
SPORTING PAGE,
DECEMBER 30
The Atlanta Georgian
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS j
By PERCY H . WHITING.
Will R. Hamilton And The New Orleans Item are promoting
a big amateur athletic meet which deserves the support of all am
ateur athletes throughout the South.
The Atlanta Athletic Clul| undoubtedly has some good track
and field men and ought to send a team to the Crescent City for
the event. It will mean a nice outing for the men who go and
good advertising for the club.
ftere is what Mr. Hamilton says about the meet:
Percy Whiting. Esq., Sporting Editor Georgian, Atlanta.
My Dear Whiting: This newspaper Is planning an Indoor
athletic meet to take place at the Coliseum In this city January
29. We have secured the sanction of the Amateur Athletic
Union and the meet will be conducted under A. A. U. rules
with full cooperation of all the officers of the Southern Associa
tion A. A. U. and the local clubs.
I have sent out entry blanks and Invitations to the Atlanta
Athletic Club, and If there are any other A. A. V. clubs there I
shall send Invitations to them.
This meet will brinp representatives from Birmingham,
Nashville, Fort Worth. Galveston. Mobile. Shreveport, Dallas .
and maybe one or two other Southern towns. I am anxious that
Atlanta shall also be represented. This city will have' nine clubs
represented, and there will be considerably more than 100 en
tries. The best athletes in the South will take part—men who
hold records In this part of the country.
I enclose a copy of the events to be pulled off, and I wish
you would urge your Atlanta clubs to send representatives.
They will have to get busy right away,, as they have but a
month to train.
Will you kindly take up this matter on your excellent page,
as I feel sure this meet will not only boost amateur athletics
In New Orleans, but throughout the South.
With best regards, I remain,
Yours very truly,
New Orleans, Dec. 27. ^907. WILL R. HAMILTON.
The University of Georgia could hardly do better than to
secure Bob 'Williams as coach for her football teams. ' Mr. .Wil
liams knows the game as well as any man and has the right spirit
in his work. He would give the University of Georgia a strong
team and win the friendship and confidence of every mnn con
nected with the institution.
But really this ia rather a mean trick to play on Mr. Wil
liams. A boost from this source is enough to spoil his chance of
getting a job at Georgia.
NATIONAL ATHLETIC ASS’N
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
New York, Dsc. 10.—The Intercol
legiate Athletic Association of the
Unite*) Slates bald its second annual
meeting hero Saturday, neyond taking
basket ball under Its wing, appointing
a rolea committee and saying nasty
things about summer baseball, little
of crying Importance was done.
There was a great variety of bualnesa
before the convention, which took up
college basket ball, summer baseball
and football. In turn.
Captain Pierce reed to the conven
tion a letter that he had sent to the
Intercollegiate basket ball rules com
mittee suggesting that the latter join
Itself to the I. C. A. A. U. B.. a prop
osition that met with the approval of
the rules committee.
Authority was given to the executive
committee to Invite the basket ball
rulemakers Informally, and that will
be done.
Name Committee.
The resolutions were: That authority
be granted to the executive committee
to form a representative basket ball
rules committee, this committee to
consist for 1909 of the present mem
bers—Ilyatt. Morgan, Fisher, Vander
bilt. Stllwell, Anderson. Rnycroft, Ap
pel! and Angel).
That the same be formed and main
tained by this association provided It
consents to act as a representative
basket ball rules committee for 1908.
That the executive committee pre
pare by-laws for submission to the
association providing for the election of
a basket ball rules committee In suc
ceeding years. That the committee
strongly recommends:
1. That basket ball be recognised aa
a college sport, and that It be controlled
and safeguarded aa other Intercollegiate
gomes.
2. That the college basket ball teams
limit their games as much as possible
to teams representing Institutions of
learning.
1. That the college basket ball teams,
whsn they ploy athletic club, T. M. C.
A. or other teams, do so under the
rules and requirements of the amateur
athletic union.
Summer Baseball.
The summer baseball matter was a
hard battle In the convention. A long
report was submitted by Professor
Clark W. Hetheringtnn on the basts
of Inquiries directed to slxty-one col
leges. The matter showed that most
of the colleges permitted summer base
ball sometimes against their will and
that decided evils existed.
On the basis of tho report several
resolutions were ottered. After some
discussion the only action tnken was to
refer one of the several offered to a
committee.
Dr. Williams, for the football rules
committee, reviewed the last seuson
ond declared that he believed football
to hove been much Unproved. The only
line that lie gave on the future action
of the football rules committee was
that In his belief the forward pass
would not be changed materially or
eliminated. The football rules commu
tes members, seven In number, were
chosen os follows:
Dr. H, L. Williams, Minnesota; Dr.
Jamas A. Babbitt. Haverford: Dr. W.
L. Dudloy, Vanderbilt; E. K. Hall,
Dartmouth; Professor J. T. Lees, Ne
braska; C. W. Ravage, Oberlln, and
Lieutenant H. 11. Hackett, WesP Point.
Tho last named Is a new member of
the committee succeeding Charles D.
Daly, the former Harvard and West
Point player.
Divorce Jockeys and Bookies
With Aid of a High Fence
By J. S. A. MACDONALD.
San Francisco, Cal.. Dec. 80.—There
I* no more "paddock whispering" at
Emeryville, Great should be the re-
Jolotng for if ever there was a system
which facilitated the Jobbing and the
tricking of the public It was the fool
ish practice of allowing runners for
bookmakers and big bettors to button
hole an owner or trainer within the
■tall a few momenta before the horses
are sent down to the post.
For years this Indulgence has served
to hatch lllllclt deals .
What could look worse than to see
the agent of a bookmaker rushing Into
the paddock, and up to the ear of the
Jockey Just about to take the leg on
the favorite In the Impending race.
If the favorite Is beaten and for some
reason, legitimate though It may be,
the aforesaid bookmaker has laid the
horse and taken In hundreds and hun
dreds of dollars, Imagine the scandal
ous talk which would naturally ensue.
The “paddock whisperings" have be
come proverbial within recent years,
but It rsmalna for the New California
Jockey Club to stop It here at Oakland
for the first time In the records of
American racing.
Early this week President Williams
caused to be constructed In the pad-
Women to Bowl
In Big Tourney
Ctsclnnatl, Dee. 90.—So entrance fee will
be charged for women bowlers tt the ns.
tlonsl tournament. Over 8M0 will be given
the women contestsnts In cash prises and ■
number of other prlsoe wlU ho donated l>j
local merchant*. Colonel Max Flelsrhminn
baa donated^sliver loving cap for the best
W £ecretsrjr Lastly Is s hit scored because
“ ate only JJOO spectators. In. a
saw tho game* at oae time '
dock a wooden fence, 4 feet high anil
heavily boarded. It encircled the stalls,
running about 10 feet out. The spec
tators are allowed to lean over on this
fence In making their inspection of the
horses.
No one la allowed to talk to the
trainers or Jockeys.
There is ons entrance through this
wooden barricade. There a Pinkerton
captain la stationed. The Jockey, the
owner, the tvalner. an authorised bet
ting commissioner, and the necessury
attendants for the horso are alone
given right of way. The crowd nnd
the bookmakers’ runners nre kept out.
The scheme has been In working
order for a number of days now anil It
may be said to be gralirylngly satis
factory.
SAVANNAH AND ALL-STARS MEET AGAIN
TO PLAY OFF TIE OF CHRISTMAS DAY
MORGAN.
Who will shine against all-Ktars.
The Wheeling elnh of tho Centrsl Longue
line drafted W tillum Korwln, pitcher, from
llrndfonl nnd Wlllhim Hughe*, pitcher, from
Knuddln, Pa., clubs of tho Intorstnte
League. Wheeling hns nlso bought .foe Jrp-
ger, pitcher, of Lynn, Mans., of the Now
England League.
Speclgl to The Georgian.
Savannah, Oa.. Dec. 90.—Forsythe’s J
all-Southern stars will re-engage the i
Savannah football team Wednesday
afternoon In Savannah, when an effort
will be made to play off the tie which
resulted on Christmas day, when
neither team was able to score.
Both teams are confident.
The Savannahlans outplayed their
heavier opponents In the recent game,
but Forsythe claims that his team
work was not perfected, nnd says the
tables will be turned on Wednesday.
Pritchard, the old Vanderbilt guard,
starred for the All-Stars, while some
brilliant playing was done.by Auxford
Burks, late of the University of Ala
bama, and Bocock, of Georgetown. Cox,
of Georgia, proved very fast In getting
down on punta. Ketron, of Georgia,
who played with the All-Stars, will be
replaced by McKeown, of Clsmson.
Forsythe’s team averages 178 pounds
In weight and Is regarded here as the
finest aggregation of college players
ever marshaled In the South. Coach
Williams, of V. P. I., Is coaching the
Savannah team. The Savannah team :
is comprised solely of bona fide ama- '
teur Savannah players.
TAD JONES
WILL COACH
New York. Dee. 39.-Tnd Jones, tho grout
qiuirtorlmrk of the l’nlo eloren Inst sen-
son nnd Who was almost tho nnnnlmnua se
lection for that position on the nll-Auieiienn
tenm. will ho head conch at Yale for 1909.
CJlptnln Itlgolow, who let! the "Ilhie”
Wnrrlora this aeaaon. was sclrctc.1 for the
poaltlon, hut lie hns nuuotiiiceil Ida retire-
meat from athletics. Ho will not row on
the orow next senson.
Tail Jones graduate* next Jtlne. hut will
return to eolloxe ns director of the Y. M
C. A. of the Rbrfficld sclcnflflr school. While
not eligible to tho eleven. Jones could conch
the football squad without Interfering with
his other duties.
WILLIAMS
Hpeclal to Tlie Georgina.
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 30.—Bob JVU-
llnms, the well-known V. P. I. coach.
may look after the destinies of the
University of Georgia football team
next fall.
At least,, he has been approached
about the matter by a number of
alumni of that Institution.
Williams stands at the forefront of •
all Southern coaches. While he is in
the class with Helsman and McGugln,
he claims the distinction of being the
>nly Southern born and educated man
of the trio. He is a graduate of Vir
ginia und has had phenomenal success
with every team he has coached.
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O WHY CUBS WON.
HUWATCHEK.
A star member of the Savannah
team.
Charley DooIn, the Phillies’ backstop,
will not loaf this winter, having ac
cepted a position in Quakerdom as a
buyer for a haberdashery firm.
AMERICAN ASS’N VOTES TO ASK FOR
PERMISSION TO PUT CLUB IN CHICAGO
Chicago, Dec. 30.—The American As
sociation has at last gone on record as
favoring a change in Its present circuit,
so that Chicago will have a place on
the list. 8t. Paul Is the club that is
slated for transfer.
At the annual meeting at the Audlto.
rlum Annex yesterday afternoon It was
decided by unanimous vote that such a
change would be an excellent .move,
and President J. D. O’Brien was au
thorized to confer with the national
commission at Its meeting in Cincin
nati, on January 6, and try to arrange
such a deal.
The Idea that the national commis
sion would consider the proposition
was denounced by President Ban
Johnson, of the American League, who
declares that a proposition to give up
territorial rights In Chicago or any oth
er city must be decided by a vote of the
clubs In the two major organizations.
‘‘Tho national commission does not
havo the authority to pass on a change
In the circuit of any of the le’agues,"
said President Johnson. “The vote of
every club In the American and Na
tional leagues would be required for
such a change, and I know that the
American League magnates are op
posed to It.”
The proposed invasion was the topic
of conversation at the meeting, but
after adjournment mum was the word
on every hand. The magnates ad
journed without making public their
action, but agreed to remain silent un
til the national commission und the
American and National leagues have
dealt- with the proposition.
Lexington Track
Has Usual Dates
Lexington, K.v., Dee. 3D.—Secretary Horace
W. Wilson hns announced thnt the dates for
the 1908 meetlrg of the Kentucky Trotting
Horse Breeder*’ Association will he October
7 to 18. Inclusive. Thus the meeting will
open the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day In October, ns has l»ccn customary for
the past thirty years.
This year then* was a vacant week l>e«
tween the Columbus (Ohio) and Lexington
meetings. This week was the one usually
used by Oakley, nud was partially filled by a
meeting over the half-mile track nt Lima,
Ohio. There nre rumors thnt l«tonln will
apply for membership In tlm Orntid Circuit
nml take the vacutit week preceding Lex
ington next year.
Frank Selee May
Buy Denver Club
Denver, Colo., Dec. 30.—j*’rank Helee, the
old lloston mnlinger, backed, by a local mnu
with plenty of money, has tunde Oeorge
Tebenu nml Hlehnrd Iltirko an offer for
their Denver franchise In the Western
League.
Tabeittt said that he would not be sur
prised to see the deal closed any day. He-
lee’s health Is much (letter and he Is anxious
to get hold of the local club franchise.
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The Fall Itivef dub of the New Knglnnd
Longue 1ms signed Inflclder Jack Hannon,
of 1’lttsburg. mid has purchased First Base
man Or I*. Bolbrnn from the lloughtou club
of the Copper Country League.
BOB WILLIAMS.
Who may coach University i
Georgia football team next fall.
By the sale of “Pug” Bennett by the
Cardinals to St. Paul tht* National
Leugue loses a mandolin player. Vio
llnlst Frank Corildon, of the Phillie:.
Ih the only musical moke left In the
organization, altho there nre several
players who think they are aco
plished vocalists.
MIDDLEWEIGHTS TRY
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Cantillon Cans
Pretty Fair Trio
Manager Joe CnutlUon of the Washington
club 1ms thrown Into the Minneapolis dis
card Catcher Jim Block, Pitcher Oscar
Graham and Third llii«ciunn Pete O’Brien.
Those three will play In the American As
sociation next year.
Washington secured Block from Galves
ton, Tex., merely to till In when Warner,
lUniikiMishlp und lleydon were all oat at
ouce Inst season, lie played for the Can*
tlllons In the American Association and
they thought much of him In that com
pany, but he was too slow for the majors.
Graham la one of those peculiar young
men Who can pitch if certain muonnt of
good baseball nnd then go to pieces. He
wns not lacking in nerve, for he was one
of the most cocksure youngsters that ever
hit tho circuit. His best bull was a pecu
liar underhand shoot, extremely difficult
to gauge. The trouble was, when he got
Into a tight place he lost confidence In that
delivery nnd went to the ordinary curves,
nt wbleb he* wns nut a world-I►enter.
O’Brien lies lopg been n hard cltlsen to
deni with. The third base Job, If O Brlen
bits gone, falls to Altlser, who 1* *»» un
city. ’ u a shortstop, which Altlser also
claims to Ih*. Tony Hralth did -some great
sbortstopplng nnd little hitting here Inst
season. „ ...
Tho*, with O’Brien gone. Cantillon bids
fair to start 1908 with three shortstops—
Altlser, McBride and T. Hmlth—aud a
third bnsemnn—Hhlpke.
HOW LEFTY DAVIS SILENCED THE FANS
“Money Isn’t everything In this world,” 'mused ill!! Donovan, the Detroit
pitcher, during a fanning l»ee the other day. “I wouldn’t want to piny on a team
where I wasn't liked no matter what my salary waa. I think n whole lot as
Lefty Davis did when he told Clark Griffith to take bis contract and go to blazes
with It.
••Then* Is a fnnuy storr of how Davis left the majors. He wns nil In and no
wasn’t afraid to admit It. lie had a throe-yeur contract and they had to par him.
But every time the fans saw him on the field they hooted aud Jeered at him.
Lefty got sick and tired of the dally roasting. Ho he ijnlt. He had announced
this decision to leave the team and the fans were wildly Joyous. When he came
on the field they present cm l him with a big li-athcr tnednl with a tin can attached.
“Davis went over to the bleacher fence, put bla hands In bis 1u»uth and quiet
ed the Jeering throng.
Football’s “It”
Down in Savannah
gpeelal In The Georgian.
Savannah, Go., Dec. 30.—One of the
strangest sights which meets the eye
of the traveler at this season of the
year In this part of the country Is the
prevalence of football. In fact, the
football season down here hi Just now
at Its height, and while the devotee of
sport In the North find* enjoyment In
skating or sleighing, or content* him
self with hugging a stove nnd opining
over baxeball prospects for next spring,
the moleskin warriors down here are
struggling and sweating for suprema
cy, the while the referee and umpire
hold forth, bareheaded and In snlrt
sleeves.
“1 have never seen anything like It,”
said Bob Williams, who hns successive,
ly and successfully coached South Car
olina University, Clemson, Davidson
and V. P. J. "In every park and
square I see a football team—the Co-
lumblas, the Savannahs, the Young Sa.
vannnhs, the Savannah Juniors, the
Isle of Hopes, the Yamaoraws, Ahe
Chlppewas, the Yellow Jackets, The
High Schools, the Benedictines, the
Sunny Jims, the Hot Potatoes, the
Parks, Boltons, Barnard Streets, Em
metts, Chnthams, Nava] Reserves and
even the C. Y. M, A. (which, I am told;
means Coming Young Men of Ameri
ca). It seems that It Is the ambition
of every boy nnd young mnn In Sn-
vannah to either belong to a football
team or the military, or both.
STEWART STRADER TO
PLAY FOR RICHMOND.
Lexington, Ky„ Dec. 90.—Stewart
Strader, who last season managed the
Lexington baseball club, has signed as
center fielder with the Richmond. Va.,
club, and will spend the season of 1908
In the Virginia League. Tommy Sheets
will probably manage the Lexington
club next year.
There will be half a doxen'Smlths In
tho major leagues next season, the
Americans having four players of this
Milwaukee, WIs., Dec. 30.—Billy
Papke and Hugo Kelly, who fight ten
rounds at Schlitx’a garden tonight for
the middleweight championship of the
world, are both In the best of condi
tion and both extremely confident.
Papke feels certain that ho will win
with a knockout, while Kelly, though
not talking "knockout" as strongly as
the down-state man, Is certain that he
will be the winner. This confidence la
born of perfect physical condition, the
result of weeks of earnest and faithful
training.
That the grentest crowd that ever
saw a contest In Milwaukee will be
present when the two middleweight
gladiators spar for the opening is cer
tain.
A big delegation will arrive on a
special train which leaves Chicago over
the Chicago Milwaukee und St. Paul
railroad at o o'clock tonight, and other
fans will be streaming Into the city all
day.
The winner of this battle without
doubt will be entitled to the best claim
for the middleweight championship,
tho Stanley Ketchel, Tommy Ryan and
Sam Langford wlU dispute It.
Altho there has not been a great deal
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of betting on thia contest so far. It Is
certain that the wagering will pick up
and become very brisk at the ringside.
When the men step together Into the
ring the price will probably bo 9 to 10,
with Papke on the long end.
FIGHTERS DOWN TO WEIGHT;
MORAN TAKING THINGS EASY
San Francisco, Doc. 30.—Owen Mo
ran will do no more boxing bfefore his
fight with Abo Attqll at CofTroth’s Mia-
alon House Club on New Year’* day.
Yesterday the English featherweight
went on the rond and after his rub-
down weighed 121 1-4 pounds. Moran
and his trainer. Jimmy Kelly, are both
satisfied with this weight. They say
Moran will try the drying out process
today nnd he will make the weight
Wednesday morning without impairing
the boxer's strength In the least.
Attell, who believes in plenty of box
ing during his training, went six roiling
yesterday. He boxed two rounds each
with his brother Monte, Willie Farley
and Bat Nelson, and at the conclusion
of his work «tepi>ed on the scales,
which were set at 120 pounds, and did
not move them.
The fight is timed to start at 2:1a
o’clock on New Year’s day, and the
men will weigh In two hours and u half
before that time, In accordance with
the articles.
"TEAM” STUDLEY WAS FIRST
PLAYER WHO STOLE A BASE
Who waa the first ball player to slide
Into a base and fool the player ready
to touch him with the ball 7" 1* a ques
tlon that la once more being agitated
by the old-time fans. A recent state
ment give* the credit to Tm Murnanne,
of Boston, who wax a fine base runner
and slider thirty years ago. But now a
Washington fan of forty years’ stand
ing comes forward and claims the honor
of being the original slider for "Team"
Studley, who was a member of the NaL
hnvmo
bj Aatcftan-Jours*! Ert®1o«r.
tlonals of Washington In 1867. when
Nick Young, ex-president of the Na
tional League, and the late Senator
Arthur Gorman were members of tbs
National nine.
“Studley wns the originator "f tho
slide,’" says the-Washington old-timer.
"The first time he tried It was In
when the Nationals were playing the
noted Eurekas of New York, ami 81
Studley pulled off the play the large
crowd roared In glee, as seven-eighth*
of the spectators thought he had slipped
and by accident beat out the play. But
when Studley later repeated the feat
the dpring runner was loudly cheered
for hrhat they called hie bravery.
While the honor Is claimed for others.
Studley was undoubtedly the «>»
player to slide from fifteen to twenty
feet on his stomach to a base.
•Uncle Nick’ Young, In talking to
me recently said there was no doubt
Studley was the pioneer of the sIMA
and recently the veteran of the gam'!
Mr. ’Ox’ Blelaskl, told me that "'
copied from Studley In sliding, and (
was this study that enabled BW 8 -'
to purloin so many bases while
player on the Nationals. In those d ■,
the catchers did not throw low, mo*
of them making the play to keep
ball up, hence Studley and B’Jjjjjj
had little trouble In sliding In b. htn
the bnse-ln saVety Just as the "" n
ful Mike Kelly did In later years. t«
laskl stated that -Charley Snyder «
the only catcher Who could beat hi .
"In making his slides Studley al
slid on his stomach, claiming that >
would be going against the grain „,
slide feet foremost. FredLJVaten
the third baseman of the Olymph' j
1870, was a clever slider, goMgjBj"
foremost, and as there was nn ps . ‘hi,
In the uniforms used In those day ■
hips were always badly lacerated