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Atlanta Georgia
PERCY H. WHITING,
SPORTING EDITOR
>RTING PAGE,
DECEMBER 31
THE NEW YEAR’S DAY SCRAPPERS
SPORT [ MOBILE PAYS $2,500
records I TO GET IN SOUTHERN
JTCI03CTOE
RECORDS
Special to The Georgian.
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CHAMPIONS OF SPORT.
BASEBALL CHAMPS.
BASEBALL—Chicago Cubs.
BOXING—Tommy Burns.
JOCKEY—Walter Miller.
OWNER—-James R. Keene.
TRAINER—James Rowe.
RACE HORSE—Colin.
FOOTBALL—Yale team.
BILLIARDS—George Sutton.
POOL—Thomas Hueeton.
MEN’S TENNIS—W. A. Larned.
WOMAN’S TENNIS-
.Chicago Nationals
. .. Chicago
.... Detroit
.. .. Toronto
.. Columbus
.. ..Atlanta
.. .. Omaha
. .Springfield
Williamsport
. .Charleston
.Rock Island
.. Worcester
.... Holyoke
World's champio
National Leagui
American Leagu
Eastern League
American Association
Southern League .. ..
Western League .. ..
Central League.. ,. .,
Tri»Stato League.. .,
South Atlantic League
Three I League
New England League
•Mist May Sut«
MEN’S GOLF—Jerome Travers.
WOMAN’S GOLF—Miss Margaret
Curtis.
WRESTLING—Frank Gotch.
AUTOIST— Barney Oldfield.
SWIMMING—C. M. Daniels.
ARCHERY—Harry Richardson.
SHOOTING—J. J. Blanks.
TROTTING HORSE—Sonoma Girl.
PACING HORSE—Kruger.
DRIVER—Ed Geors.
RUNNER—Alfcflirt Corey.
WALKER—Dan O’Leary.
Connecticut Leajjus .
Western Association
Ohio-Pa. League .. ..
New York State League
Western Pa. League ....
Interstate League .. ..
Texas League ...... .
Cotton States League .. .
P„ 0„ M. League ....
Canadian League ....
Indiana-Ohio League ..
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.... Wichita
. Youngstown
.. .. Albany
.. .. Fairmont
.. ..Bradford
,. V. ..Austin
Mobile
. .Steubenville
Medicine Hat
.. ..Decatur
Here ar.e the two fighters who
will meet In the fntefnatlonal bat
tle on New Year’s day. On the left
Is Owen Moran, the great little
English fighter, and skipping the
rope Is Champion Abe Attell, the
wisard-llke scrapper.
THE TURF LEADERS.
O Best 2<*j%ar-old Colt—Colin. 0
O Best 2-y#ar-old Filly—Stamina. O
O Best 8-year-old—Peter Pan. 0
O Beet Handicap Horse—Nealon. 0
O Leading Owner—James R. Keene. O
0 Leading Jockey—Walter Miller. 0
O Leading Trainer—Jamek Rowe. 0
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TWENTY LEADING OWNERS.
Total
BIG LEAGUERS
WANT T JONES
KELLY AND PAPKE
FIGHT TO A DRAW
Papke Had Better of Bout
After the Second
Round.
In favor of doing nirny with
The fart remains, however, that they Were
rery mneh In earnest, but have not Ikh*u
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York Aatilnu, will arrive
:lme next imt ami contracts
: .,iit Iiimicllatrty. It la eatl-
the salary Hat will reach -the
. ('base. Klhrrfetd and Stahl
nnilcr contract.
►I. l» 17 will I* about UTO) tor
with ttie prorWoa that If lie
t..rr - - 1. all next season bo
a I1,'«0 Iniana In the falL
. Owner.
1st.
2d.
3d.
nlngs.
J. R. Keene ...
70
46
23
*402.000
II. P. Whitney .
33
34
29
137,684
Newcastle Stable
43
31
21
J /71,882
J. L. McGinnis .
15
IS
14
■ 71,836
T. Hitchcock. Jr.
23
ii
20
69.914
B. Schrelber. . .
US
102
73
63,883
R. T. Wilson. Jr.
36
3 8
34
68.850
Patchogue Stable
21
12
9
58,900
Burlew A O’Neill
30
35
26
58.839
T. H. McCormick
<37
11
7
03.766
F. J. Farrell . .
26
15
10
51,963
C. E. Durnell . .
31
20
16
51,940
R. F. Carman . .
51
40
38
49.615
A. Belmont ...
18
22
24
48.160
sS. O. Hildreth .
45
34
19
47.290
J. E. Wldener. .
10
8
9
45.905
J. W. Colt. . . .
41
48
29
47,870
F. R. Hitchcock.
9
It
8
44.360
C, R. Ellison # .
26
22
23
43,002
J. E. Madden . .
21
21
27
41.825
BIG TURF EVENTS.
Brighton, Peter Pan (Notter). .*19,760
.Suburban, Nealon <W. Dugan).. 16,800
I riioklyn, Superman (W. Miller) 16,800
Carter. Giorifler (Mountain)... 8.860
L.vclifor, Dr. Gardner <J. Mar
tin) 7,360
Metropolitan, Glorlfier (Gar
ner) ... 10.670
Queen City, Tlleing (GarnecJ.., 8,326
West minster, Flip Flap (J. Mar
lin) 7.800
Commonwealth, Montgomery
(Gnmer) 13.850
Saratoga, McCarter <W. Miller) 8,30m
Twin City, Nealon (Knapp).. . 11.700
Hums. Kercheval (C. Koerner). 8.850
Futurity, Colin (W. Miller).. .. 25.073
Great Trial, Colin (TV. Miller).. 18,660
Great 'American. Cohort (Lowe) 14.760
Tremont, King James (Radtke). 13,200,
Hopeful. Jim Gaffney (N'lcol) 16.600 1
Produce (f.), Stamina (Notter).. 11.825,
llrlghton Junior, Colin (W. Mil- • 1
lor) 11,(30
Notional Stallion, Colin (W. Mil
ler) 12.000
Eclipse, Colin (Mountain).. .. '8.735
Saratoga-Special, Coltn (W, Mil
ler).". 12.000
Matron (c.), Colin <\V. Miller).. 8.340
BOWLING CHAMPIONS, *1907.
Five-Men Team*.
American—Furniture City, Grand
HnpUla, Mich 2.775
Eastern—Corinthian, New York
city 2.814
Weatern—Paulaons, Denver, Colo,.2,78
Canadlnn—Brunswick, Chicago,. .2,863
Two-Men Teams.
American—Richter-Blgley, Louis
ville .. ..1,184
Eastern—Tuthlll . Nelson, Brook-
11 n, N. Y 1.220
Western—T. Voght - Everhart,
Kansas (Tty 1,288
Canadian—Stolke-Wood bury, Chi
cago ..1,188
Individual,
American—Marshall Levey,
dlanapolls.., *24
Eastern—F. Sauer. New York
City *57
Western—J. V. Morris, Seattle... 787
Canadian—J.'Noonan, Quebec.... 612
RUNNING RECORDS BROKEN.
Five Furlongs—Jack Nunnally,
at Oakland 0:582-6
Mile and 100 Yards—Rapid
Water, ut Oakland. Cal.. ..1:44 1-5
Old Honesty’s mark (1:43 4-5)
was not accepted at distance
was short.
Mile and One Furlong—Charles
Edward, at Brighton Beach.. 1:503-5
Three Miles—Mamie Algol, at
City Park 5:18
Four Miles—Los Angeleno, at
Oakland ■ 7:18 1-5
Six and n Half Furlongs—
Brookdale Nymph, Belmont
Park, circular course 1:17 2*6
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O CHAMPION BATSMEN. O
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0 National League—Wagner, Pitts- O
O burg 350 O
O American League—Cobb, De- O
0 troll.. ... ... . 350 O
C American Association — Beckley. O
c Kansas City... 354 O
Cl Southern League—Meek, Blrro- O
t Ingham. . .340 O
a Pacific Coast—Egan. Oakland .316 O
o Central League—Osteen. Spring- O
O field >. .238 O
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Yanks’ Salaries
Reach $65,000
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j NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS J
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Grant Schopp, who played with Atlanta, Nashville and in
the South Atlantic League last year nnd who will be'with Atlanta
or Montgomery during the coming season, has been the hero of
many baseball adventures.
For one thing he won fame by throwing the harpoon into
Memphis a couple of times in u row last season, at the time when
Memphis began collecting harpoons. And by so doing he helped
his old friends in Atlanta to win a pennant. Likewise he mate
rially assisted Memphis in her race to get into second place.
This is all league history,
But few people, even in Atlanta, know of the day that Grant
Schopp pitched Marietta to victory over Alpharetta.
As Mayor Joyner has his country residence in Marietta, the
Marietta club feels called upon to wallop nil the teams in the sur
rounding country. And it generally does.
But one (lay last fall, while Schopp was looting around At
lanta, waiting for Bill Smith to nao him—which Smith didn’t—
there was a critical game achecluled for Marietta. The Alpharet
ta players, mighty batsmen, every one, were coming down to take
a tumble out of the Cobh county “chnmpeens.”
To thwart this design something desperate had to he done.
Dick Joyner was called into consultation and ho told the Ma
rietta manager that' he knew of a famous “rube” pitcher named
“Grant” he could cobrall for five bones.
They’re demon spenders up in Marietta, when their baseball
honor is’at stake, and they collected the necessary coin.
Dick Joyner secured Schopp and hid him out on the Joyner
farm until just before time for the game. Then Schopp drove
over in nn ox cart .and they ran him in.
And if ever man looked the part it was G. Schopp, of Ottum
wa, I-o-way, by heck. Ilis dialect was not exactly Cobb county*
esque, but he didn’t tnlk much. ,
The first time lie said anything was when the first run had
been put across by Alpharetta. Somebody made n hit, one of the
three they got off Schopp,’a side-swipes, nnd the Mariettas threw
the ball nil over the lot. Meanwhile the only Alpharetta run was
scored.
Then Schopp made a talk, “Don’ never th’ow the ball but
onot,” he said. “If yon quit right there they won’t never get
further ’en first.”
And they never did. And'm consequence the Mariettas won
in a walk.
The little chap’s control was mnrvellous all the way through.
When the game wns over somebody asked him if htf “wasted
any.” I never wasted but one,” lie said. “I th’owed that at one
of them smart guy’s bends.”-
a ATLANTA CLUB WAIVES ON
SEVERAL NOTED PLAYERS
President Kavanaugh linn fern nut | that the Southern League managers
his official ruling that managers desir
ing to dispose of players outside the
league must gel waivers on them, and
that this rule applies the year round.
In consequence of this ruling waivers
have been asked on Rockcnfeld, Malar-
key, Nye and others.
Manager Hmtth has waived on all of
them.
From Memphis the news Is sent out
have decided on a 10 per cent cut of
salaries for players.
Manager Bmlth denies that he Is par
ty to such an agreement. "We have
not asked any of our old plnyors, to
take a rip. Of course. If we carry 15
men we shall have to cut aalarles
somewhere, but It will not be those of
the players of Inst year. And, then. It
Is not at all certain that we shall carry
15 men regularly."
TENNESSEE PREP SCHOOLS
WILL NOT ABOLISH FOOTBALL
10 HEAVYWEIGHT—Tommy Burns. O
-O LIQHT HEAVYWEIGHT—Jsck Cl
0 O'Brien. O
O MIDDLEWEIGHT—Tommy Rysn. O
O WELTERWEIGHT — Young O
O Ketehell. a
O LIGHTWEIGHT—Joe Gtns. O
O FEATHERWEIGHT—Abe Attell. 0
O BANTAMWEIGHT—Kid Murphy. O
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TWENTY LEADING JOCKEY8.
Jookeys.
1st.
2d.
3d.
Unp.
W. Miller
..332
227
167
4bl
J. Lee
..214
150
145
566
B. McDaniel ...
..176
158
118
ti?
K. Dugan
.163
152
117
175 r
C. H. Shilling ..
.134
113
79
269 . f
Nicol
.138
81
59
211/
M. Preston ....
.123
113
97
400V
Notter
.1*1
99
102
313
C. Koerner ....
.118
110
so
259
Moreland ......
.116
117
103
39S
Mountain
.113
84
88
312
Garner
64
60
269
Delaby
. 85
60
68
206
W. Knapp ......
. 84
64
56
251
Pickens
. 79
71
72
424
Bandy
. 77
85
95
371 i
Englander ......
D. McCarthy ..
. 78
66
91
47
73
271
268
O. Swain ......
. 72
73
56
419
A. Brown ......
. 71
70
70
324
“JEFF” AND MORAN
TALK OVER RULES
Special lo The Georgian.
Nashville. Tenn.. Dec. It.—The movement
ninnng the preparatory schools of middle
Tennessee to nhallsh football will doubtless
blow up In smoke. Several of those who
voted for the resolution at rlie recent meet-
tug of ths prep school association now de
clare they were "only Joking"
nhie to slend the pressure- brought to liettr
the
S6J0 and 3700 n season nnd Hint In addition
to Itelitn expensive It tm>k too much time
nwny from Kindles early la the session.
It Is predicted, however, that when next
senses rolls round the schools that are now
howllua about expenses and studios will
have meat taunts In the Debt all right, the
same ns usual.
BILLIARD MATCHES.
New York. Dec. 31.—Two of the most
Important billiard conteila ever played
In America are being planned for Die
eastern section during the coming
ntnnth. Sutton and Momlitgstar will
play for the 18.2 emblem, representing
the world’s championship. In this city
Jnnuary 27 or 28. The Scbaefer-Out-
ler match for the 18.1 trophy hongs
tire, but simply for location nnd dme.
Schaefer prefers Philadelphia and Cut
ler holds out for Boston, his home city.
JEFFRIES’ MOTHER SAYS
HE WILL NEVER FIGHT.
Columbus, Ohio, Dec, 31.—Mr*. L.
Jeffries, mother of Jim Jeffries, tlio
heavyweight champion pugilist, who Is
visiting her niece, Mrs. \V. F. Leon
ard, of this city, says that her son will
never ‘fight again, at. he has promised
her that he has retired ■<ermaaently
from the ring nnd w ill keep his word.
Milwaukee. Wls..-Dec. 31.—Altho Ueferee
Mnlnehy llogtin declared the Itout here lie-
tween Hugo Kelly, (if Chicago, sail Billy!
I’upke, of Spring Valley. 111., a draw, there;
Wna in, iionbt la the minds of the spechiltirs ■
when tbn contest was over tlist I'npkr was
tlie better man. At leant tho "Illinois thuii-j
derliolt" clearly outfought hla veteran rival. I
Kelly wns not the lingo Kelly of old. The j
moment he stepped Into the ring It wos -
seen he wns drown thin nnd after the see-j
oud round llm fnet w»s nil the more pslpa- j
tde Hint he was ant there—In fact. Kelly
cams hock to hla corner after tho second
aeNaioii and admitted that be was "la.
The fnet of the matter In that Kelly shot
Ida hull In the second round. In that time
he came nearly cracking Papke out, flooring
him cleanly and heavily, something never
Indore done by uuy man.
Papks proved himself to be a wonderful
fighter, lie showed a style that has tterer
lo‘oa seen la the ring before, at lesat by a
lighter of high floss. He slnrply fought
from the start to tb< ~ ‘ “ MT
stopped “
second.
finish nnd never
All-Star Players
Reach Savannah
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah. Go.. Dec. 31.—Forsyth's
All-Southern Stars arrived hero this
morning from their training grounds at
Hardeeville, where they have been dur
ing the holidays.
Two changes have been made In the
All-Stars line-up. Ketron, from Geor
gia, has been replaced by McLaurln. of;
Clemson. captain and All-Southern,
tackle this year. Bocock, of George- I
town, haa been replaced by Sadler, of j
Clemson. McLaurln Is expected to'
strengthen the All-Stars, and Is regard
ed as one of the most formidable tack
les In the South.
Retired Champion Will Ref
eree International
Fight.
Mnn Francisco, Pnc. 31.—BIr Jim Jeffries
cniut* from Lw AtiReles yesterday, nnd de*
Mjdte. tho stormy weather, went to Son
I (a filed to.tulk ovpr tho niQttora of ring eti
quette. with Moran. The retired champion
tr/ut t he fCwrlJftli. fo/H her weight were soon
on Rood term*. Mornn (insured Jeff that
Ho would keep within the hounds of fair
piny In his scrap with Alw Attel and would
»l*»*ervH the nun» fl *—M—
Moran said all
a mimire deal.
“iou will got a
*'Ho will your opn
mu «. square deal." Slid Jeff.
Ii your opponent. Neither will Ret
>. As to otHierrlnf the rules, I will
my i utr.e been thru the mill myself nud
I know what Is coming to n mnu. I will
treat yon the way I always llkfd to bo
created myself."
Mornn did half an hour's work for the on
! tert.ilunioiit of Jeffries nnd Ids friends and
I the bhr follow Kpomod to be favorably Itn
; presjMtl with the little Britisher.
; Bald Moron: *‘I nm satisfied that Jeffries
, will make fi good referee; thqt he rill do
i the right thing by Attel nnd myself."
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0 JOHly L.'S TRAINER , 0
10 DIES FROM SHOCK. 0
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0 Kenosha. Wls„ Dec. 31.—John O
IO Cash, trainer for John I,. Sullivan 0
'0 at tho time the great pugilist a
0 wns at the height of his career. 0
: 0 died on board the steamer J. C. 0
; 0 Suite, in the Kenosha hRrbor, last 0
! O night. Cash, who had been work- 0
10 Ing an a deck hand for some time. 0
(O had fallen Into the harbor earlier 0
10 In the evening, nnd, altha rescued 0
i0 and revived, he suffered so from 0
; 0 the shock that he died. Cash was 0
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BILL BERNHARD.
Nashville at last has a manager.
Bill Bernhard, plfcher for the
Cleveland team last year, haa been
secured to lead the Middle Tennes
see brigade. This veteran should
make a great manager and doubt
less he will rank among the lead
ing pitchers of the league.
It Happened in Birdland One Cold Winter’s Bay.
ojmfcJ-BxAmieer.
WONT You LE.T
ME HELP YOU
fix your (Skate
COLLEGE CHAMPIONS.
Football ' Yale
Track athletics Pennsylvania
Rowing .. .. .» .. .. .. Cornell
•Baseball Cornell
•Baseball Princeton
Bowling - .. Columbia.. A-
Cross country ,. Cornell
Assxoclatlon football .. .. Haverford
Basket ball Ynl-
Cricket .. Pennsylvania
Shooting .. ..Yale
Lacrossa .. .. Cornell.
Swimming 7 Princeton
Hockey Princeton
Water polo Yale
Wrestling Yale
Gymnastics.. .. New York University
Fencing Annapolis
Golf Ynlo
Tennis Harvard
••Chess .. .. .. Columbia
••Chess .. Pennsylvania
••Chess Brown
•Tie for first. "Two tournaments.
NOTABLE BASEBALL EVENTS.
April 27.—At Sacramento, Cal,, Fred
Brown, of Sacramento, pitched ten III-,
nlngs without allowing a single oppo
nent to reach flrit base. Score: Sac
ramento 1. Stockton 0.
May 8.—At Boston big Jeff PfefTcr
pitched a no-run, no-hlt game against
Cincinnati. Score: 6 to 0.
.May 28.—At Hutchinson, Kan a. Ok
lahoma City, of the Weatern Associa
tion, defeated Hutchinson In 23 Innings
2 to 1.
June 8.—At Boston Plerco School, of
Dorchester, defeated Bennett School, u7
Brighton, 4 to 3 In 28 Innings.
June 10.—Up to this dato at Weser.
Idaho, Pitcher Walter Johnson hnd
pitched 76 Innings without- allowing h
run. breaking the world's record. John
son was : afterwards signed by Wash
ington.
July 6.—At Columbus, Ohio, two am
ateur teams, the Victors and . Selects,
played 24 Innings to a tie—2 to 2. This
Is the longest game on record. Tpn
longest professional game was between
Boston American and Philadelphia,
who played 24 Innings, the AthletUs
winning 4 to 2.
July 18.—At Cleveland Washington
and Cleveland played 12 Innings to. u
tie—0 to 0.
September 13.—By winning two no-
hlt games In succession Zanesville, of
the P. O. M. League, established a
world’s record.
September 14.—Wilhelm, of the Bir
mingham Southern League team, com
pleted hla fifty-ninth consecutive In
ning without allowing a run. If the
season had not closed at this time ho
might have established a world's Rec
ord.
September 20—At Pittsburg Maddon'
pitched a no-hlt game for Pittsburg
against Brooklyn.
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O O
0 Commando (dead), by 0
0 Domino *274,008 O
O Sain (imp.), by St. Serf .. 116.000 0
0 Hastings, by Spendthrift.. 107.000 O
O Star Shoot (Imp.), by 0
O Isinglass .. 84,637 O
O Voter (imp.), by Friar's 0
O Balaam 82,375 0
0 Caesarian, by Faustus.. .. 72,330 O
O Ben Stmme (Imp.), by 0
O Ben d’Or .. .. 71.895 0
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BICYCLES VS. CHARGERS.
Army orderlies used In Berlin as
messengers for the German war de
partment are now equipped with bicy
cles Instead of horses. Tho wheels
are enameled In the colors of the de
partment, and at they nnd their rid
ers nre easily recognized they have the
right of wav anywhere. There Is some
thing rather luuhetlc In the abolition
of the gayly caparisoned army Aorses
In favor of the more prosalo bile, but
after all It’s a matter of enmmo/t sense
when resuits are considered. ,
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