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SPORTING PAGE,
FEBRUARY |.“\ ISOS
The Atlanta Georgian
PERCY H. WHITING,
SPORTING EDITOR
LIGHTWEIGHTS ARE MAKING IT INTERESTING IN PUGILISTIC CIRCLES THESE DAYS
MR. BRAGGO GIVES A LESSON IN THE ART OF WRESTLING.
TpoNT UNtfcMTAND
'Yes, rHAri jvsr th?
iHAdrENSCHMIDr
VlMe GREATEST
rNM&xcek in the
CJWRLDiCDMWi OVER 1
! :ome on, set a hold,-
I’u SHO\N TOU JUST how
I Th*e>n him.— Don’t be
afraid OF HURTING M£.~
a good hold, 1 —
Vinks 1 - if rou
THREW HAOENKHMiDT
VJHAT VNOULD I '
it *
THE FUSS THEY HAKE 1
i OVER HIM 1 - HE'S |
I ATRon®, - THAT’S ALL
1 WRESTLED WITH HIM
YEARS ACO/ and HE
'^sn’t init'.-bah!
iWAY HACKENSCHMiDT
| TOOK HOLD OF ME-N<
k£u-ouCH ’-Show
HERCULES!
WRESTLER!
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—'The Russian
Lion Is romlng. Hr Ik going to wrestle
a gentleman named Frank OotoJi. and
has promised to do his grappling strict
ly on the level. Hhoilld he adhere to
this praiseworthy resolution, we pity
Mr. Gotch. for If ever the Creator put
three men's strength Into one man
frame. He did It In the case of the
.wonderful Russian.
The writer has Just received
learned letter from a noted Chicago
professor. Here It Is:
“Dear Sir—I have read with great
interest many encomiums bestowed on
George Hackenschmidt.
“Realizing that sporting page scribes
have little opportunity to delve Into
mythology. I take the liberty to tell you
a few things about Hercules, the origi
nal biceps kid.
“ThJs man Hack wouldn’t have the
slightest chance with a man like Her
cules.
"Hercules was so strong that he wai
often seen to shudder while feeling of
his own muscle. When he was a mere
child, perhaps 3 years old. he cleaned
up a milkman who was trying to collect
a bill from his poor old father. When
he was 5 years of age he carried a
side of beef out of the market and up
flve flights of stairs. When ho was 7
he killed his landlord with u well-
directed blow.
“I realize thnt my friend Huck Is a
good man. but the mere fact that he
has thrown a fat American and several
fatter Englishmen does nbt put him In
the Hercules class. Hercules, accord
ing to tradition, used to take eight or
ten giants on the same inat and splint-
er their wishbones with the most ridic
ulous ease.
"Hercules is dead now. The power
ful arms that once crushed every form
of giant that ever braved his wrath are
now folded peacefully across his mum
mied breast.
“I am writing you this letter because
at one time I was tho manager of Her
cules. Together we toured Greece,
meeting all comers. I was with him
when he killed the lion by using the
strangle hold. I was with him when
he cleaned out tne Augean stables —
only I didn't go inside. I backed him
against Antaeus. And I often smile
when I read your silly boosts of this
pretender to the throne of the greatest
wrestler that ever lived. Yours,
“HAROLD HANGOVER, LL.D."
News Item.—Harold Hangover, for
several years an Inmate of Itattywan
Asylum, died this morning In his ward.
Hangover had always labored under
the delusion thnt he was n Chicago pr».
fesnor, and believed also that he had
been the manager of Merculen In a
previous existence.
Here are tho boys who aspire to the lightweight championship, now hold by Joe Gans. Tho two young
sters in fighting poso are Battling Nelson at the loft and "Boer" Unholz at tho right. Tho picture at tho ex
treme left «hows tho terrible Dane’s famous fighting face. In the center is a photograph of Joo Gans, the
lightweight champion, and at the right ia Packey McFarland, the hard-hitting Chicago boy, who is in line
for tho championship.
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NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PERCY H. WHITING.
When the Southern League finally gets ready to drop the
one town that in out of its circuit—Little Rock—it will learn with
•n start thnt it has waited too long to enter Chattanooga.
A year ago that town wns ripe for Southern League ball.
Now it'has its 6wn city league and doesn’t much care whether it
has professional Imll or not..
Of course the kind of a game dished out by the semi-pros
will never satisfy the genuine fans and they will olwaya ask for
something better, lint ns the city league franchises are, gradually
acqilired by men of influence—and they will be, because they are
good money-makers—there will be less and less of an opening for
the Class A league crowd. I
bitlRock will be with us until 1910 at least. Hut after
that there mny be n change. With Chattanooga out of the run
ning it looks more and more liko'Algiers, La.
Hut ss we have stated before, it’s no money out of our pock
ets if that Little Rock franchise goes to Seattle, Wash., or Punta
Arenas.
Smoke Betsy Ross 5c Cigar
Tech Team Has
Strong Line-Up
The following Is the official llnc-upof
the Tech basket ball team which stacks
up ngnlnst the second team of the city
Y. M. C. A. on Friday night:
ButrllfT (captain), forward; Pease,
forward; Bostwlck, center; Fosterling,
guard; Miles, guard; Jones, fubstituto.
The boys are In splendid condition
and are confident of making a* good
showing against the Tech second team
since they succeeded In holding the
first team down to the score of ID to 7.
I’nor old Tommy Burns. Success has gone to his dome. He
now has the hallucination that he is entitled to get the loser’s end
of a fight with Jeffries.
But first he will complete his collection of quinces. That fine
Irish grape-fruit Jem Roche will be plucked March 17. Then
Hums will cross the channel and glance over the crop of French
egg-plants. He has been offered $10,000 to appear in France and
is not likely to pass that offer by.
And then Tommy, the Canadian, is coming back to try to
make Jeffries retire from retirement. For his sake we wish him
ill success. We have a fear that Jeffries might hurt him. Also
the p)ib|io would have to pay a lot of money to sec one of those
"twenty-round” fights that end* in the second round. For Jeff
rie* is not one to string it out unnecessarily. He has n nasty habit
of wading right in and clenning up the job before the other man
gets well started.
So onr humble ndvicp to Mr. Hums is—“DON’T.”
BASKETBALL
AT YJLC.A.
Two Great Gaines Are
Scheduled For Friday
Night.
HOOD DOES POOL STUNTS
AND “TURNS ’EM AWAY”
Tho wonderful exhibitions of fsney
pool playing recently given In Atlanta
by the wlxard of tho cue, Joo Hood,
has awakened a new enthusiasm In
this fascinating pastline and devotees
of the name In Atlanta are thronging
the various parlors where the wonder
ful Hood perforate.
Thursday night at the handsomely
appointed now pool rooms of Slg Sam
uels * i-o., 33 West Mltchell-st.. Hood
again demonstrated the fact that he
could do more Incomparable stunts on
tho bulse with Ivory balls than had
ever been witnessed here before. He
rei>eated the marvelous work of the
night previous, and hundreds were
again turned away from the rooms, un
able to gain admission.
Gunner Mnlr, the trained nurse of
qtilncedom, Is coming to America for a
tight. This English party must think
America 1s a morgue.
The bundle Hedges handed over for
Waddell Is said to be anywhere from
33,000 to $8,000. As Waddell Is one of
the greatest drawing cards In the
country, the letter pricy seems the inure
reasonable.
Wireless Weather Report
Play Pool For
Championship
An Interesting series of pool games,
to decide the championship of Atlanta,
will get undrr way Friday night at the
Big Hnmurls (k Co. parlors.
The Inlttul game of the progressive
contest will be between E. L. Pruter
and II. oKhan. Mr. Kohan Is the
present champion. Prater will start
Final practice for the two big games
of basket ball at the Y. M. C. A. with
Columbus and Tech was pulled off on
Thursday night, and the two associa
tion teams are now ready for the fray.
The Columbus team arrived in At
lanta Friday morning, - ■ •
Despite the weather conditions. Indi
cations are that the standing room only
sign will be out when the hour for the
games arrives. All of the competing
teams have numerous friends who will
be anxious to see their favorltee In the
games. Those wishing to see an ex
hibition of good basket ball should not
fall to be present, as these will In all
probability be the last games of much
consequence to be played In Atlanta
this season.
The probable line-up of the 'teams
will be something like this:
Columbus Y. M. C. A.
Lewis, forward: Teddy, forward;
Peacock, center; Dozier, guard; New
man, guard.
Atlanta Y. M. C. A.
Daniel (captain), forward; Blanch
ard, forward; Hodgkin, center, Hudson,
lard, Morris, guuril.
Georgia Tech Y. M. C. A,
Sutcliffe (captain), forward: Pease,
forward; Bostwlck, center; Fosterling,
Fargason, (captain), forward; Lang
ston. forward; Phillips, center; Jones,
guard: Avary, guard.
THREE CLUBS
ASK WAIVERS
.Manager William Smith has received
notice from President Kavanaugh that
waivers are asked on the following
players.
By Montgomery, on Baxter and X£<
de&u.
By Birmingham, on Alcock and Lat-
timer.
By Mobile, on Bryette, Adamlna and
Kenner.
The local club will waive on all of
them.
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O TOLEDO GETS WAKEFIELD. _
O CLEVELAND, Ohio, Fob. 14.— O
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FOR BASEBALL BUGS !
The Philadelphia Americana will be one of the flrst, If not the very
first, team which Invades the South this spring.
Mark's men leave the North February 26. Here le the Athletics' train
ing schedule:
Leave Philadelphia 8:5S on February 26.
February 28 to March 16.
New Orleans,
Mobile, March It.
Birmingham. March 17 and 18,
Memphis, Mnrcli 21 and 82.
Nashville, March 2i.
Louisville, March 24 and 25.
Indianapolis, March 26 and 27.
Columbus, March 28 and 29.
Lancaster, March 20.
It noyv seems certain that "Deerfoot" Harry Bay will be with Nash
ville Instead of Cleveland this year. He ought to be a nice addition to Bill
Bernhard’s back yard. That settles on two of the positions, for Wiseman
la sure to be In the Nashville,outfield as'of yore.
Cleveland has sold Pete Lister to Toledo, of the American Association.
He did'not show up well In the closing games of the American League race.
This big Donahue that Charley Babb has signed ought to be a wonder,
Judged by the dope.
He comes from Springfield, Ohio, the town that saw the flrst baseball
efforts of Bill Smith and a bunch of other wonders. »
Jimmy Ryan, now of the Montgomery team, discovered him. When
Jimmy landed In Sprlngflehl one day pith his Evansville team he was shy
an outfielder. Somebody recommended Donohue to him for a Joke and he
let the man play. On the strength of his good showing In the flrst game
he was signed that very afternoon.. He has since been with Springfleld, but
la a little aore on the town. .
L. C. Bradley and J. W. McQueen, controlling stockholders of the Birm
ingham club, are to sell out—or so rumor aaya. A stock Company will take
over the franchise.
Smoke Betsy Ross 5c Cigar
Tech Track Team
Working Indoors
The Tech track men nre very busy
Just now getting In shape for their
flrst outdoor practice. Every afternoon
under the guidance of Coach Helsman
the team Is found taking dumb-bell
work, setting up exercises and obstacle
work.
Some thirty men are out for placea
and the number seems to be Increasing
dally. ■ < ,
Outdoor work will commence Just as
soon as the weather clears up.
LIMOuilNES IN FAVOR.
Nearly one-third, 1»» out of the 727.
with a handicap of 100 point* to Ko-, motor car* of the 1008 model already
han* *&. There are to be six game* | delivered by the Packard Motor Car
Predicts more rain, and advises the prompt repairing of all
broken, torn Umbrellas. Guaranteed work done by Paul Bur-
kert, No. 1 Viaduct Place, Atlanta. Alsu a handsome stock al
ways on hand for inspection and sale. Conic in.
and a big crowd will aee all the match
es of Ihe tourney.
The *erle* logins Friday night
promptly at 8:30 at the Slg Samuel*
A Co. parlor.
It I* Raid at Princeton that the Tiger*
will drop Cornell from her football
schedule.
Oberlln authorities deny that they
have accepted the football date named
by Ohio. State.
Company have been equipped with lim
ousine bodies. This In a remarkable
demonstration of the growing use of the
automobile a* an all-the-year vehicle
to replace the horse-drawn carriage.
It In an encouraging sign In the auto*
mobile trade that «uch a large portion
of the Packard salen should have been
of car* with Incloned bodies. The con
dition show* thnt people who are buy
ing these car* expect to remain motor
ists and nre buying for comfort, utility
Charley Frank ha* flrst call oq Connie Mack'* discard*. ’Probably that
I* where the Dutchman figures he will strengthen some of the many weak
spots on his team.
Here Is the The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s guess on the finish of the
two major league races:
&agu _
American.
1. Chicago.
I. Detroit.
8. St. Louis.
4. Philadelphia.
6. New York.
8. Cleveland.
7. Boston.
.8. Washington.
- National.
1. Chicago.
8. Pittsburg.
8. Philadelphia.
4. Boston.
6. New York.
6. Brooklyn.
7. St. Lhuls.
8. Cincinnati.
SCHEDULE MEETING IS
CALLED BY KAVANAUGH
Official notice of the annual meeting
of the Southern League has been re
ceived at baseball headquarters. The
flret session will be held February 21
at 4 p. m. In an office In the Southern
Trust building.
On February 22 tlje delegates will
go to Hot Springs, leaving Little Rock
at 7:30 o'clock and returning at 3:50
o'clock. After that the Anal meeting
will be hfld.
Percy Haughton
Coaches Harvard
BOSTON, Feb. 14.—The announce
ment that Percy D. Haughton, 1889,
will have charge of Harvard’s football
team next seasoA has been made by
the Harvard athletic committee. The
choice of Mr. Haughton la not entirely
unexpected, and the undergraduates
are Inclined to welcome It as the best
that could be made under the circum
stances.
/Haughton Is well known to all recent
football players at Harvard. He has
never been head coach, but he has as
sisted In the Individual coaching every
season, and Is very popular with all tha
football men. He goes at hla work In a
Jolly, rolllrklrg spirit that la Infectious
and makes play out of drudgery. He Is
.-ell In touch with the material and
Gentry Beat Bohn
By Safe Margin
At the pool tournament Thursday
night at the George W. Case billiard
parlors. Gentry defeated Bo|in by the
score of 90 to 70. A large crowd was
present and was treated to some clever
plays.
Friday , night Smith meets Keel
The games begin promptly at
o'clock.
Tfi
AFTERMATH
OF A JOKE
The Atlanta Athletic Club has worn
a broad grin for several days at ihe
expense of Joe Colquitt, manager of the
basket ball' team, who was hoaxed by
his brother Into challenging the Ha-
vannah "Pinks" on behalf of the A.
A. C. team. As this aggregation proved
to be made up of girls, there have
been’ several large Jolllee coming to
the said Manager Joseph.
As to the aftermath, here are shred,
from three letters:
(To the Manager of the A. A. C. team.)
51r. Joseph C. Colquitt:
Dear Sir—In regard lo your chal
lenge, we regret that under the cir
cumstances we can hardly accept, oitr
team Is entirely too light. If you
ran bring a team whose weight »ill
not average more than flve pounds
heavier than ours we will accept. Feb
ruary 22. the day you propose, being a
holiday with .us. Is perfectly splendid.
Our line-up Is ns follows:
Forwards—Cardo Krenson. age IS.
weight 87 pounds; Elolse Knox, 15. 90
pounds.
Center—Anna Habersham Colquitt,
16. 115 pounds.
Guards—Carolyn Myers. 14. no
pounds: Caroline E. Palmer; 16. 97.
Very truly,
CARO PALMER.
(MR. KAROW PALMER.)
(To the Manager of the 8avennah
Pinks.)
My Dear Slr-ess—Your prompt re
ply overcomes our team with Joy. (
fear our first team, which averages 1M
pounds, would not do. However, we
have what Is known as a "spider"
team which we would take pleasure In
ndlng down.
As to the date of the'game, I think
St. Valentine's would be a very appro
priate evening and we hereby accept:
but to us this Is very short notice. We
therefore forfeit the game and you ere
welcome to odd one more to your per-
centage column •with the compliment,
of A. A. C. BASKET BALL TEAM.
(Tc( the 8porting Editor.)
My Door Percy—Since you fellow,
are hard up for copy, 1 am glad this
■'Comedy of Error. 1 ' occurred.
What would you think of the three
Meyer boy., Tom Connaly and Henry
Davla for a "spider" team?
Since this Joke played on me by a
childish, altho married, brother ha.
been the means of helping you to till
your sporting, columns without hnvlnr
to resort too often to' the clipping!
and adjectives In the second draw er "a
the right, 1 tnke It you will not object
to sending me three or four copies u(
the Is.ue containing the story.
. Yours very truly.
J. C. C.
(P. S.—We sent him the copies)
Smoke Betsy Boss 5c Cigsr
Rathers Is First
Among Bowlers
Rathere gained first place In the
bowling tournament at Caae’s by de
feating Ogletree Thursday night.
Ogletree defeated Reed and Rather,
defeated Ogletree. Some good score,
were made. A large crowd attended.
Friday night the Atlanta team meet,
the Fort McPheraon ■ team on the lat
ter's alleys, and some warm games are
expected.
Tommy Burns hax announced that
hie next light will be with a French
man.
CHESTV
H. Kohan vs. L L Prater
IN A SERIES OF,
POOL GAMES
TO BE PLAYED AT
Sig Samuels’
PARLORS.
rst Game Saturday Night at
8:30 O’CIock.
These Games are to settle the Cham
pionship of Atlanta, as Kohan now
holds it. Everybody invited.