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SPORTING PAGE,
JANUARY A 1908
The Atlanta Georgian
PERCY H. WHITING,
SPORTING EDITOR
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NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Our little nonr-sermon of yesterday about walking, seems to
have met with a nice reception.
One advantage of walking was not touched—its financial aide.
Thousands of people in Atlanta could save from ten cents to forty
cents a day by walking short distances instead of riding. .That’s
a pretty mild sort of a saving. Vet the street railways arc getting
rich off just such money, taken in a nickel at a clip. Every time
you walk you heat the street railway company out of n a nickel.
(,\ot that we have anything against the Georgia Railway and Elec
tric Company either, except that their service to the A. A. C's
country club at East. Lake is execrable' in the extreme.)
Walking, though, is more valuable for the health it brings
than for the money it saves or the pleasure gives.
If you don’t walk except when you can’t help it give the
thing a short whirl. If you do walk u little for pleasure, walk
more. The benefits will surprise you.
Either David Starr Jordap, of Leland Stanford University, is
a gentleman who takes a lot of chances with the truth or else
Fielding Yost and Oeorgo W. Gregory are stright-out liars.
President Jordnn has accused Yost and Gregory of athletic
improprieties. And these gentlemen have come back with a
straight denial.
It is now up to David S. He has been handed the “lie di
rect.” It is up to him to prove. If he has been making accusa
tions that he can not prove the athletic world owes him a large
grudge. If he can prove what he chnrgcs there is no time like
the present for him to do it.
Georgia and Auburn have signed a five-year contract to play
their Thanksgiving Day game in Montgomery instead of Macon.
That was a very wise arrangement all around. The game will
draw more money in Macon, and besides that Macon territory be
longs by all rights to Mercer.
The Macon college is making a game fight for football recog
nition and is entitled to the best possible game on Thanksgiving
Day. It is now up to Mercer to close for a game with some popu
lar team of about her own strength and make the game a finan
cial and sport feature. ’ t
' Here are the All-Southern Lemons, picked according to the
official averages:
Lattimer, of Nashville and Birmingham, and Garvin, of Bir
mingham, catchers.
Ratchford, Montgomery, first base.
Nye, Montgomery, second baso.
Montgomery, Birmingham, third base.
Coligan, Memphis, short stop.
Theil, E. Manning and McCann, outfield.
Walker, Montgomery; Rowan, Atlanta; Lakoff, Little Rock,
and Breitenstein, New Orleans, pitchers.
This Lemon Team has a batting average of .155.
The best base stealing team possible out of the league talent
is: Fisher, Shreveport; Breitenstein, New Orleans; Phillips, New
Orleans, and Guese, New Orleans, pitchers.
This for an infield: Baxter, Montgomery, first base; Pago,
Little Rock, second base; Alcock, Birmingham, third base; Ball,
Montgomery, short stop. The following outfielders: l’askert, At
lanta, left field; Gilbert, Little Rock, center field; C. Smith, Bir
mingham, right field.
Matthews, New Orleans, and Ilurlhurt, Memphis, catchers.
This All-Thief team grnbbed off a total of 274 bases last
season.
ON MONDAY BILL SMITH
SENDS OUT CONTRACTS
Atlanta Starts Lining Up
Her Men for Coming
Season.
On Monday morning. Bin Smith will
rouse himself from his midwinter hi
bernation and send out contracts.
‘Guess I'll begin lining ’em up on
Monday,” says Bill. "Plenty of time,
but may as well do It now.”
As the local team does not content
plate cutting salaries, there will prob
ably be no trouble In getting the men
to sign. However, there are always
a few who hold back coyly until the
very last minute.
They are going to play Sunday ball
In Jacksonville thlAyear, which ought
to be a big financial help to the South
Atlantic League.
A while back the Jacksonville club
made a flattering offer to the Crack
ers to go to Jacksonville for Saturday
and Sunday games.
However. Atlanta declined with
thanks. "It's too far and there's noth
ing to this lumping around game at
all," says BUI Smith. "We shall not
leave Atlanta until our first road trip."
The Georgia Railway and Electric
Company has definitely decided to build
a grand stand and bleachers over at
the right field end of the stand at
Ponce DeLeon park for the negro .pa*
trons.
Pitcher Bill Hart, the oldest man In
the Southern League Inst year, and
probably one of the oldest playing
baseball, has signed his IPOS contract
with Little Rook. "Uncle Bill' pitched
good ball last year.
If Arthur Hlllebrand signs with the
ARE ABE’S FEET CHILLED, OR
ARE MORAN’S A BIT FRIGID?
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By~TAD.
New York, Jan. 4.—Are amall men
harder to beat than the big ones?
Abe Attell Is one person who sin
cerely thinks so.
After his fight with Moran he refused
to fight the latter again because the
weight asked for was 122 pounds three
hours before the fight. Attell Is the
champion featherweight of the world.
The recognlaed featherweight limit Is
,122 pounds. Now, why should the
champion Insist that his opponent
weigh 120? The rules state that any
one weighing over 122 pounds Is a
lightweight.
■ Attell will gain little by lighting
Frankie Nlell. Eddie Hanlon beat Nlell.
So did Harry Baker. So did Jem
Bowker. So did Moran. So did -At-
tell himself. WJiat Is another battle
going to prove?
Nlell Is looked upon ns a ripe lemon
now, and by picking him Attell Is only
following In the footateps of the kind
of lemon pickers of which Mr. Thomas
Burns, of Canada, la a shining exam
ple.
Jack Hare, the London feather
weight, who boxed around here last
July, has arrived from London, where
he saw Tommy Burns beat Molr and
also watched the great little follow of
London fight.
“I see you people think Moran n
wonder now that he beat or rather
boxed a draw with Attell. eh? Well,
by George. If he Is great then Jem
Bowker will be a revelation. I know
Billy Nolan and Bat Nelson thought
well of him when they saw him on the
other aide, and they were right. Nolan
wanted to bring him acme* to fight
Attell, but Bowker wouldn't come. He
la without doubt the fastest man they
ever saw on the pther aide. He beat
Moran handily In a 20-round bout, nnd
for all I hare seen he ran do the same
to Attell."
Phil Jawn O'Brien was up to see us
BILLY PAPKE SIGNS
TO FIGHT WALTER 8TAT0N.
Peoria, 111., Jan. 4.—L T. Jones, man
ager of Billy Papke, announced that
he has signed an agreement for bis
man for a bout January 21 with Wal
ter Staton. Papke was to have met
Staton In Boston over a month ago,
but on account of the Illness of Staton
the fight was called off.
yesterday. Jawn has a gray lid, and a
big chunk of Ice In the lie.
"My ulna bone; oh, I guess It's all
right," piped the smiling Quaker us he
tossed his cane around u la drum
major.
"You see, I really did Injure that
member In my bout with Hcveron. Mr.
Fltipatrlck tells an untruth when he
saya he put a load of coal In the cellar
next day and didn't feel the hurt until
he talked of the Johnson match. Why,
I'll fight Johnson six or ten or twenty
rounds ns soon ns 1 get an offer. You
know, 1 wouldn't want to fight with
one hand. He's a big fellow and 1
Imagine a bit tough."
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Highlanders, the two New York clubs
will have a lot of football talent next
season. The Giants ore sure of Math-
ewson. Devlin and James, fullback,
halfback and guard, respectively, and
the Highlanders will have Stahl, tackle,
and possibly Hlllebrand, who played the
same position at Princeton and was the
leader of the orange and black's victo
rious eleven of 1898.—Exchange.
"Waddell and I,” says Box Max
well, "were at an Indoor athlete meet
last winter, and Rube was the happiest
child you ever saw. When the shot-
putting began. Rube was unable to re
strain himself. 'That,' said he, 'Is my
game, sure. I must show them some
thing about It.' He took the shot away
from the college pulp who was about
to heave and delivered a long oration
on the beauties of shot-putting, and
the mighty puts he had personally
made. When he was Informed that
the record was 47 feet, he declared that
he had heaved the shot 115 feet 3
Inches, and could lick any one who
doubted It. Then, amid breathless ex
pectancy, Rube put the shot. Put It?
He pitched It, with a low drop on It,
and It went 19 feet. Nobody laughed.
Rube was too warlike when he saw
where the shot lit."—Exchange.
Jim Jeffries* Wife
Has Him Trained
San Francisco, Jan. 4.—Out of a
well known hostelry, Jim Jeffrie*
humbly left a stag party of sporting
men, and following his better half,
meekly climbed Into her automobile,
and was driven to their hotel.
Mrs. Jeffries said she traced the big
fellow to the* place by means of the
telephone.
"If you don’t come home right away.
I'll come down after you," she said.
"Coming Immediately," Jeff re
plied.
True to her word, the big pugilist's
wife called at the place In her auto.
Jeff balked, but to no avull.
FROST IS IMPENDING FOR
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Mallarkey Reports
About Feb. First
Macon, Ga„ Jan. 4.—Manager Ma-
larky, of the Baseball Association, will
arrive In Macon from Sprlngfleld, O.
on the 1st of February. The new man
ager has been very busy since he was
signed by the Macon team and haa
succeeded In securing several good
men for the next season.
THIS MAN MADE: A RECORD
CONROY, STAHL AND KEELER
TO FORM YANK’S OUTFIELD
By JOE VILA.
New York. Jan. 4.—Somebody start
ed a yarn n few days ago to the effect
that Jake Stahl would be traded to
Cleveland for Catcher Bemls, and that
Matty McIntyre would become n Yan
kee as a completion of the deal for Iru
Thomas. Nothing could have been
farther from the truth. Jake Stahl
signed a New York contract some time
ago and was glad of the chance.
It may be said that Griffith made up
Ida mind to land Stahl Just as he was
winding up Ills affairs with the Wash
ington Club two years ago, nnd that
the New York manager never gave
up the Idea even when Stahl was prac
tically driven out of the gnine.
When Stahl signed, therefore, Grif
fith was well satisfied with the situa
tion, for he held the belief that the big
fellow would strengthen the Yankees
in several ways. Stahl will probably
play center fleld, but he ran be placed
on first base at a moment's notice In
Will Get. Cold Deal From
National Commission
On Monday.
ra*n ('horn* should be Injured.
Ah for McIntyre, great player that
he Im, it cun be *uld that Hugh Jen-
nlng* Htand.-< In the way of hie trans
fer to thin cltv, which would be an un
doubted benefit to the New York team.
But with Conroy in left. Stahl in cen
ter and either Keeler or Hemphill In
right. It looks «m If Griffith would have
a Huperb outfield, with McIntyre net
even ml**ocl. ^
There Ih Just a chance that Niles will
play left Instead of Conroy. That all
depends upon whether Niles can cover
sectmd bane up to the requirement*.
If he can not do no, iVniv.y will be
*een In William*’ old place, with Nile*
In the outfield.
There In no doubt about Morlarlty nt
third base. Pre*ldent Farrell told me
the other day that M-trlarltjr, In Grif
fith'* estimation, would be a star third
liiiieman next season, with Luporte out
of the team, for the reason that Morl
arlty would realize that he was a per
manent fixture at that corner of the
diamond and would therefore play a
much steadier gume In every way. No
Here Is Ed Waleh, the White 8ox twirler, end hie winning smile,
made a record last year by pitching fifty-six games.
matter how he arranges his men,
therefore, Orlff will have bne of the
swiftest combinations In the country,
in batting, fielding, base running and
Inside play, which mean* that there
will be plenty of excitement and bustle
at American League park from the
moment the penunt race begins.—
Sporting, Newa.
1908 8porting Annual.
T. 8. Andrews, of Milwaukee, WIs.,
sporting editor of The Evening Wis
consin, has published hi* 190S Sporting
Annual Record Book, containing rec
ords of all the noted fighters, trotting,
pacing, running, bowling, athletic,
baseball, automobile, etc. The book
contains many fine Illustrations of thf
world’s prominent fighter*, and all the
•jp-to-date record*.
New York. Jan. 4.—Regarding th«
American Asaoclatlon'a desire to pi ac ,
a club In Chicago, President Johnson
of the American League, gays:
"I give President O'Brien and tha
club owners In the American A.socla-
lion credit for knowing the funda-
mental principles of the national agree,
ment. Any school boy could tell by
reading this agreement that the ng.
tlonal commission has nothing to do
with changing territorial rights of anv
league. It la Impossible to believe that
either of the major leagues will gi«
up any’ territory.
"Of course, this Is a free country
and the association has a perfect right
to place a club In Chicago, lf-| t d«.
sires to break away from organized
baseball. Perhaps In the long run It
would be a good thing for baseball If
the American Association or any other
league would attempt to kick over the
traces at this time. I will wager that
there would be no baseball even for
twenty years after we get'thru. If they
start anything, for there 1s but one way
out of It— a defeat for the outlaw* "
This means that when President
O'Brien appears before the national
commlaslon at Cincinnati next .Mon
day with the request for the right to
plnce a club In Chicago he will be met
with rather a frosty reception.
BASKET BALL
AT Y._M. C. A
The basket ball games that were to
have been played by the Y. M. C. A.
League on Thursday night were post
poned until Saturday night.
A large attendance Is expected,
the players are urged to be present
The Y's and A's are to play each other
and the C's and M's.
Plans are under way to get the prep
basket ball league started next week.
The schedule will be announced later.
Jack Taylor Now
Columbus Player
Columbus, Ohio,. Jan. 4.—Jack Taylor,
formerly of the Chicago Cuba, today
signed a contract to pitch for the Co
lumbus Association champions during
the coming senaon.
Taylor was released by the Cubs dur.
Ing the summer, his contract expiring
In July. Because of the amount he
asked for his services no managers In
either of the big leagues went after
him. nnd those In the smaller ones
could not.
Tnylor was, therefore, free to sign
wherever he pleased. Today he said
that his arm was as good as ever, anti
that he expected to deliver the gnodn
this season with such good effect that
he would next year be found In faster
company.
The Hallroom Boys Meet an Old Friend—Ihey’d Like to Meet Him Again.
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H. KELLY AND PAPKE
WILL FIGHT AGAIN
Chicago, Jan. 4.—Hugo Kelly and
Papke have agreed to sign articles fer
a return mateh at 158 pounds ringside
to be fought within sixty days.
TWO NEW PLAYERS
SIGN MACON CONTRACTS.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga.. Jan. 4.—Secretary Starr,
of the Macon Baseball Association. Im*
rcc.lved . signed contracts from two
new players fok the next season. They
are Jack Dolan, a pitcher, und Peter
Cook, an Inflelder. The players nr*
young men and come to Macon wl'h
the best recommendations.
E. HANLAN, OARSMAN,
DIES'AT TORONTO.
Toronto, Ont., Jan. 4.—Edward Han-
Inn, formerly champion oarsman of the
world, who had been III of pneum nla
for a week, died this morning at hie
home here. He was 62 years old and
first came Into public notice when ha
won the singles at the Centennial con
test at Philadelphia, In 1878. Front
that until 1884 he was all but Invinc
ible, oiily being beaten in a regatta at
Providence In 1850, when he retired
from the race, having wrenched hit
side.
Two More Fight*. .
Los Angeles, Jan. 4.—Sam Langford
and Jim Barry wilt fight a fourth time
at Norif Junction, on the night of
January 24. _ ,i
Joe Thomas and Jack (Twin) Bill*
llvan will fight here on the night ol
January 21.
DR. W. L. UNGLE,
Pastor First Presbyterian
Church.
SUNDAY 3:30 Y.M.C. A.