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SO Don't BE ASH AN tD OF tW* HONEST TOll (HERE'S SOMB (soil!!—HELP) YOURSELF J THERE’S MANY A MAN of UNTOLD RICHES WOW HARO AND SOME DAT TOO 'WILL BE Remember that wealth all comes from the WHO started off at DKSOINO Pitches (as Rich AS MORCAN OR JOHN D, | PERCY H. whiting ! 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. 0 o 0<HX3 0601>0 000 000000 00000c o o 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. O Johnny ’ Evers got In a “kid- O 0 ding” match with an American O •0 League sympathizer at the Wxil- 0 C dorf-Astorla. in gay Gotham, while 0 0 the National League meeting was 0 0 on. 0 O “You ought to see. Hal Chase.” 0 0 said the American League booster. O 3 “He’s such a wonder fielding* 0 0 buntu that he’s nt the ncad of the 0 0 first flackers.” O 0 “Why do they bunt to such a O 0 man?” was Evers’ quick query. 0 Q That certainly illjmfnates the 0 0 brains and methods of the Chicago 0 O Cubs. 0 0 O 000000000000000000000O00OO 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 OO000G000CHS00<HHrtH0000000<>& 0 O WHAT FIGHTERS THINK. 0 Milwaukee, WIs., Dec. 30.—”1 0 0 will hurst another championship 0 S bubble tonight or never take part 0 In another fight. Papke Is a 0 0 tough comer, but I don’t see how 0 O he has much chance with me now 0 0 that 1 am In the best of condition. 0 O I am confident of winning by a 0 0 knockout, but would not bet on It. 0 0 However. I have wagered 11,009 1 0 0 will win."—Hugo Kelly. 0 O "I will be^it Kelly tomght and by 0 0 the knockout, route, ton. I realize 0 O he Is the hardest opponent I have O O ever met, but I am In better con- 0 0 dltion today than I ever was be. 0 0 fore, it took him six rounds to 0 O bent Tony Caponl, while 1 put 0 0 him away with a punch."—Billy 0 0 Papke. 0 0CO000000000O0000OOCOOOOI5O 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