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SPORTING RAGE,
FEBRUARY IS, 1908
The Atlanta Georgian
PERCY H. WHITING,
SPORTING EDITOR
G. SCHOPP
SIGNS UP
CONTRACT
' GRANT SCHOPP,
Who Hat Signed Hit Contract.
Grant ftrhnpp hat *l*rn*il his contract to
play with the Atlanta team ilurlag the
coming Hcflaon.
With Kchnpp’a “John Hancock * tucked
neatlv nwav In the safe Hill Kmltli la be
ginning to rest rather easily. Tractlenlly
all of his men have signed for the year.
Auto Makers A re
Betting a Trifle
NEW YORK, Ftb, 15.—Ent hut las tie
praise of the Havnnnnh race course,
upon which long and short distance
races by stock chassis are to be In
augurated March 18 and 19, continues
to be given by visitors from the North.
One of the latest enthusiasts who has
visited the course Is John C. Wetmore,
automobile editor of The Mall, of Ne|v
York, who is now on his way to Flor
ida and writes that the road It a fine
broad stretch worthy of testa of the
highest speed by racing cars.
One of the latest bits of news about
the Savannah race Is the re|w»rt of a
wager of 11,000 between ono of the
Apperson brothers and V. A. Longacre,
of the American Motor Car Company,
of Indianapolis. Whether or not this
• will result In a special race between
the Apperson and the American runa
bout, or whether It will simply be a
contest within tho general contest has
not been decided. The chances for a
specially hot meeting between the two
cars are, however, very good.
itMIHHIUHUM
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
IIHIIUNHIHHIHI
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Februaryjis more than half gone. And early in March the
baMj)alJ seBsoifc.opeiis up all-along the line.
T he Now York teams have both atayted out on their spring
training trips. McOrnw hat shipped a bunch of his Giants South
by boat and Griffith and some of his fellow, veterans are boiling
out the old age and rheumatism over at Hot Springs, in prepa
ration for the actual work of training that begins in Atlanta
March 8.
The University of Georgia athletic authorities are threaten
ing to settle the coach question at once. And whichever one or
ones of the present candidates in sight they select they can hard
ly make a mistake.
Hither Ty Cobb or Otto Jordan would make a first-class
baseball coach and the equals of C. R. Williams as a football
coach are few enough these days.
Or if the policy of one coach for all teams is adopted Dr.
Pollard should prove a good man. As to “Pop” Warner’s broth
er, local football and baseball fans know little, but if he is near
ly as good as “Pop” he will “do.”
NO WAIVERS
ON | BALL
Griffith Triad to Get Them,
But National League
Club Refused.
Georgia's football schedule seems to be an attractive one.
The opening gamea are comparatively easy ones. Then come
three pippins in a row—Tennessee, Alabama and Clemson. Mer
cer occupies the next date and the next is open. Then comes the
great annual Thanksgiving Day struggle with Auburn.
TYRUS COBB’S HOME RUN -
CAUSED RUBE’S TRANSFER
In a rouml-about sort of way Ty
t’nbb was responsible for the transfer
of Rube Waddell from Philadelphia to
St. Louis. The event that earned the
switch hnppened In that memorable
17-lnnlng tie game the last day of last
September with the Athletics.
The Tigers located Dj-gert, the first
pitcher sent In, early In the game and
knocked him out of the box. t.'onnle
Mark had Plank put away for the sec-
ond game, no he ihoved In Waddell to
finish It out. And Rube was certainly
"right." Th* "Tigers" were on the run
up to the with Inning, anti then the
team blew up behind \VaddoII.
Rube stood It pretty well until the
ninth Inning. T>etrnlt needed two runs
to tie the score. Crawford singled and
then Cobb hit a home run. That made
the other Philadelphia players craay.
They accused Rube of having lain
down on them and w-ere awfully gore.
Mark yanked Rube out and Eddie
Plank finished It out.
Rube hung around the park Instead
of going home as usual, and when It
was over he wanted to lick the entire
Philadelphia team. Connie Mark man
aged to lead him away before there
was bloodshed.
The next morning, tho, the team
cgme to Mack In a body and demanded
Waddell's release. And In order to
keep the peace Mack agreed to !,t him
go.
Of course. It might have worked out
the same way anyhow, but It looks as
tho If Cobb hadn't hit that home run
and tied the score. Rube wouldn't
have got In the row and that he would
■till be with Philadelphia.
NEAL BALL,
Who Plays in National thia Year,
Bill Smith . experienced a shock qn
Friday when he learned that "Clark
Orimth had asked waivers on Neal
Ball, the accomplished little shortstop
he turned over to Montgomery last
spring, and who played so well all the
season.
Bill would not have been sorry to get
Ball bark. But hla only chance was
to make Griffith come across. So the
local manager sounded .the New York
mogul last fall and hit bottom hard. "I
am, not going to let Ball go," or words
to that effect, were uncorked by Mr.
Griffith. And thereupon Manager Smith
decided that Castro would do very
nicely for another year.
Just whal Griffith was going to do
with Ball If he had let hlin go Is not
certain, but you ran bank on It that
Atlanta .would not have got the man.
As R la, he goes to the National
League.
Ran la worth a trial. Jakey Ats.
ex-New Orleans, Is going to get one
with the White Sox. And Ats was
hardly a shade better than Ball.
FOR BASEBALL BUGS
"Two men stand out above nil the rest at shortstop.’’ writes thg Iowa
League correspondent of The Sporting News, "Wilkes, of Waterloo, and
Harris, of Marshalltown."
Then follows a nice boost for. the pair. In which It Is stated that Wilkes
Is the better fielder and Harris the stronger sticker.
MVIlfces Is the shortstop secured by Manager Smith. He will get a fair
trial against Castro and If he doe, not make good there may poaeiblyhang
on as utility man.
Charles Miller, the old Cincinnati and Southern League player, has
signed for another year. As last season, hs will play at Miller's Booze Em
porium on Jelferson-sve.. Memphis, Tenn.
So long, as boose lasts In Tennessee, "Dusty” Is' not going back Into
baseball.
Jimmy Ryan expects to get Curtis Elston, the hard-hitting youngster
who has been gobbled up by the Cubs.
Bill Smith, who has seen Elston play, thinks he Is a good man. "He
can hit the ball,” says Bill. - -
"Looks like Ryan was going td have a good team," says Bill.
Manager Tom Fisher. President H. T. Inge and Secretary Charles Cola-
son. of the Mobile club, are golnf to .Little Rock for the meeting. Fisher
will stop In New Orleans on the way out of civilization and have a talk
with his new shortstop. Paul Sentell. .
Clyde died") Russell, who. used to pitch good ball for Nashville and
was later In the f^outh Atlantic League, has been signed to manage the
Mattoon (III.) team. \
"Red" tvas as sincere and honest a player os ever came Into the league
and deserves luck.
Writes G. Rice In The Tennessean:
Here's a new twist to the dope—Bill Smith has bagged four alabmen
from the Solly League and three of them hall from the tail-end array of
that scrappy organization. Schopp halls from Augusta, but Mackenzie,
Schwenk and Vtebnhm all worked-with Columbia, none of them drawing a
winning average above .450. The entire trio, however, from Bill's view-
S nlnt. classes with anything In the league. It Isn't often that a magnate
Igher up raids a tail-end team In a lower league to this extent. With
standbys like Ford and either Casfleton or Hughes, the Atlanta mogul
can take a chance on developing-three new men from his recruits. Es
pecially as one of them. Mackenzie, has -already shown that he was there
with considerable stuff.
TECH FOOTBALL TEAM HAS
WELL BALANCED SCHEDULE
The schedule of the Georgia School
of Technology football team for this
fall, which appeared In a recent
Georgian, shows a considerable num
ber of changes over last year.
In-the first place Vanderbilt. Geor
gia. Dnhlonega and Mercer have been
dropped. ,
In fact, during the coming eeason
Tech will not ploy a single game with
a college team of . Georgia. The only
state team tackled will be Gordon.
The newcomers In the schedule are
Mooney School. University of South
Carolina and ‘Alabama.
The Mooney School team Is located
In Murfreesboro, Tenn. Each year It
WHO WILL
COACHAT
GEORGIA?
OTTO JORDAN,
Who May Coach at Georgia.
turns out a cracking good team, and,
It has been seen In action In this state
In a game with Gordon. The Mt)r-
ffeeshoro aggregation has always I
ranked as among the best preparatory]
school tenma of the South and some of 1
the beet athletes of the Southern col
leges have graduated from It.
South Carolina Is a college which
can be counted on' to have a fair team
and Alabama wlll be right there with
a stout aggregation.
The schedule this year Is better than
that of last year In that It leads slow
ly up to the hard games, Auburn, St-
wanee and Clemson. And on the Sat
urday before the Clemson game there
le no engagement for the regulars.
ATHENS. Ga„ Feb. 15.—This after,
noon a meeting will be held of the
Athletic Association, at which.time a
decision will be reached anent the
coach question.
Georgia la rather In doubt t
which of . the following systems
prove more efficient and beneflclnl—two
coaches, one for baseball and the other
for football, or one coach to look after
both departments.
If the former is determined upon. Tv
Cobb or Otto Jordan will bo chosen
baseball coach and C.- R. Williams, of
U. P. I., will be selected to direct the
football work next fall.
If, on the other hand, the other plan
considered the better. Pollard, of
Alabama, or Warner, brother to the
famous "Pop," will be .the man.
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NAPS SELL MEN.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 15.-0
O The sale of four players, recruits, 0
O has been announced by the Cleve- 0
O land American League team. The 0
O men sold are William Speas. out- 0
O fielder; William Hills. Infleldei; 0
O both to Akron: Scotty Ingcrton. 0
O Infielder. to Marian, Ohio, anil 0
O Monte Wood, a pitcher, to AIM
O bany. N. Y.
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BOOSTS PHILBIN AND COLLINS League Opens April 15 jBARON TEAM IS SHOT TO BITS
BaseballWriterWho Knoyrs
New Men Says They
Are Good.
By G. HOWARD DENBY.
(Baseball Writer Times*Democrat.)
NEW 0RLEAN8, Feb. 15.—.Manager
.Billy Smith, of the champion*, I* prob
ably building better than he know* In
getting together hi* aggregation of
pennant aspirants for 1908. Ill* latest
venture In purchasing Catcher Tom
Phllhln from Pittsburg I* another dem
onstration of his managerial ability.
Here’s v tip. Phllhln will make the
seven oth« dub* sit up and takd notice
this season.
The writer knows Phllhln personal
ly and saw him work In the Central
League last .season. Phllhln was away
out of his 'class in that league, and
fairly burned It up by his playing.
Phllhln was owned by Pittsburg Inst
season and was In reality “farmed” out
by that club to Wheeling. At the end
of the season Pittsburg took him back,
and It was only a superabundance of
experienced major league catcher* that
kept him from a berth.
Tom »c«s easily the star of the league
last season. He w’orks behind tho hat
like a veteran, and when It cornea to
pegging down to second he Is there
with the bells on. He knows Just how
to handle a pitcher to get the best out
of him. When It comes to stick work.
Phil Is no $louch; and he Is no mean
base runner. There Is no danger of
him not making good, and It will not
be many seasons before Tom Is doing
the hackstopping stunt In a major
league.
In Joey Collin*, Hilly Smith has n
worthy successor for Paskert. Joey
balls from Springfield. Ohio, the town
that produced Jlggs Donahue anil a
number of other stars, and where he
played last season. He played rings
around all the fielder* In the Central.
A* a fielder ho Is n sure shot. Noth
ing goes past him. and he will pull
down liners that others will not dare go
after, lie will take anything that comes
along, und plays us much In the other
gardens a* he does In his own. It was
an axiom In the Central circuit last
season that anything that want In Col
lins territory was gone.
Joey Is some pumpkins with the wil.
low. and the fact that he led off In the
batting order with Springfield kept his
average down some He Is not such n
heavy slugger ns he la a timely one.
AVhen a crisis Is reached. Joey can al
ways be depended upon to deliver the
goods. Aa a base runner he Is heady
and fast. He I* a versatile player, and
In a pinch can perform acceptably In
the box or hold down un infield posi
tion. In fact, he lmd a hard time de
riding whether to become a twilier or
outfielder.
Watch Joey Collins this season. He**
a wonder.
let Us Clean Your Pipe
Do not throw away vour
old pipe when it becomes
“strong.” We will clean
and make as good as new.
Amber Bits Put On Pipes.
STEINHEIMER CIGAR GO.
NO. 2 PEACHTREE 8T.
BEGINNING OF
POOL TOURNEY
Saturday night promptly at 8: So the
championship series of pool games be
tween Frater and Kohan will begin
ut the Hamuels & Co. parlors. 33 West
Mltrhell-at.
The succeeding games will be played
at the Hamuels parlors consecutively,
except next Friday night, the conclud
ing game to be played Saturday night.
Atlanta Bowlers
Defeat Soldiers
The Atlanta bowling team defeated the
strong Port McPherson team at the lat
ter’s alleys Friday night. A large num
ber of howlers snd spectators were present
und enjoyed the hospitality of t.'nde
Msm’s iMiys.
Four uew alleys of the latest style have
l*oen Instslled In the large athletic hall and
the soldiers are taking advantage of the
healthy sport. The Fort McPherson team
LOOKS BETTER
F0R_NELS0N
Reports Show That Unholz
Had But Little the Best
of It in Fight.
By TAD.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—L'nhoU did
not win from Nelson with the ooee
that the firet reports mated. In fact
there le much discussion In Los An-
Itelee concerning the bout end n draw
declalon seems to be the popular opin
ion. A I .ox Angeles paper eayn:
"<'lone by the ropes, shortly after the
firm round opened, Nelson shot In a
right (o the Jaw. L'nholz'e kneee gave
under him and he hunt on. At the
firet opportunity he made a hasty re
treat. Nelson demonstrated that his
blows carried far more force than
those of the Hon.
"In the seventh round Unhols was
ngnln on the run. He came hack and
peppered the Dane, but was forced to
fall away."
Crozier’s Basket Ball Team
Plays in Atlanta Wednesday
The Wake Forest basket ball team,
coached and managed by Richard Cro
sier, the former Atlanta baseball play
er, will visit Atlanta and Wednesday
night will play a game with the local
Y. M. C. A. team.
Crosier's organisation Is a strong one
and should make It Interesting for the
local team.
USE AUTO ENGINE
TO RUN WHOLE PLANT.
To be certain that every engine Is
cnpuble of standing Its allotted amount
of work, every Elmore, tw«i*eycle,
valveless engine must spend n certain
number of hours locked up to the main
line shaft of the Elmore factory at
Clyde, Ohio, ond with other* of Itn kind
actually run the entire plant.
After each engine has been carefully
assembled and placed upon the testing
block and tried out In the testing
chassis, it Is tom down and dismantled,
gone over and re-assembled. Then It
Is carried to the power plant of the
factory and fastened to one of the en
gine beds. Then It Is belted to the
line shaft and for a considerable period
runs the plant together with the other
stock engines which are being thus
singularly tested.
Schedule Has Been Drawn
Up and Mailed Out to
League Managers.
The 8outhern League opens on
April 15 and* closes September 19.
The closing asms in Atlanta will
be between Little Rock and Atlanta.
LITTLE ROCKTArk., Feb. 15*—The
Southern League schedule has been
completed and mailed out to the man
agers for an examination. It wns pro
pured by Mike Finn, the wixard of the
schedule, and has the approval of Pres
ident W. M. Kavanaugh. The other
two members of the schedule commit
tee, Frank, of New Orleans, and Cham
bers, of Montgomery, were not able to
be present at any of the meetings of
the schedule committee, called by Pres
ident Kavanaugh. and therefore Had
nothing to do with the work of getting
up the Important document.
GEORGIA’S
SCHEDULE
GOOD ONE
ATHENS, Ga., Feb. 15.—Georgia's
football schedule for the season of 1908,
as announced by Prdfespor Sanford,
and subject to future change. Is as fol
lows:
October 3—Gordon Institute.
October 10—Dahlonega.
October 17—South Carolina.
October 24—Tennessee.
October 31—Alabama.
November 7—Clemson.
November 14—Mercer.
November 21—Open.
November 28—Auburn.
Penn has everybody back for her
track tenth but Moftltt. the high Jump
er. Michigan will be lucky* to finish
as a good fourth this year.
TWO DATES
STILL OPEN
Except For May 15 and 16,
Tech Baseball Schedule
Is Complete.
Manager McCarty announces the of
ficial Tech baaeball schedule aa fol
low* :>
March 17 and 2*—Mercer. In Macon.
April S and 4—Clem,on. In Atlanta.
April 10 and 11—Trinity. In Atlanta.
April 16—Wolford. In Atlanta.
April 17 and 18—University of Ten
nessee. In Knoxville.
April 24 and 25—Sewanee, In Atlanta.
May 1 and 2—Auburn, In Atlanta.
May 8 and 8—Unlvenlty of Alabama.
In Tuscnlooaa.
May 15 and 18—Open.
The two dates still open will be filled
within the next few days, as the man
ager haa aeveral communication! from
college team* which wiah games. There
Is also a possibility of some few prac
tice games with the New York Ameri
cans -or prep schools In or near the
city.
WORK GOES ON
DESPITE RAIN
The work of Improving the Atlanta
grandstand has been pushed all thru
the week. In spite of ice storms, rain
and most discouraging weather.
The new walkway from the street to
the stand Is about finished, and will be
a grent convenience.
Nothing has been done toward build
ing the stnnd and bleachers for negroes
as yet, but, probably It will be soon.
Work on the field has been held back
materially by the bad weather. How
ever, the diamond has been top-
dressed and the outfield covered with
black dirt to hide the red clay. Event
ually Bermuda grass will be grown
there.
Keeny Loses to
Smith, 85 to 68
At ths pool tournamont Friday night st
tin* ileorge IV. Case Mills rd parlors Hmlfh
defeated Keeney l»y ths soots of 8S to <8.
Those who attended witnessed good piny-
Ing despite the low scores insde. The
* •- becoming more Interesting
Many of Vaughn’s Players
Refuse Absolutely to
Report.
COLUMBUS Y. M. C. A. TEAM
WINS FROM ATLANTA Y. M.C.A.
The Columbus Y. M. C. A. ball <eam
played a spectacular tho somewhat
overalrenuous game against the local
Y. M. C. A. team Friday night and
won by the entirely decisive score of (1
to 24.
In the first hslf the local players were
outclassed and made but I) points. A
change between the halves resulted In
u considerably stronger aggregation,
and the Atlanta team made 15 points in
the second half.
The Columbus team showed really
marvelous ability In passing the ball
and throwing goals. They showed also
a marked disposition to "rough It,” and
were evidently not averse to putting on
a pugilistic sideline. If they had had
encouragement.
The Y. M. C. A. second team defeat
ed the Tech Y. 18, C. A. team by a
score df 28 to 18.
The Eastern Intercollegiate meet will
be pulled s nlt at the Harvard stadium
again, a secret meeting, to which Penn
and Michigan were not Invited, having
been held recently at which this con
clusion wns decided on.
William Bradley, owner of Major
Delmar and other fast harness horses,
has purchased Sweet Marie, 2:02.
THE NERVE OF SOME PEOPLE.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Fsb. 15-
Wl.lle the same old sun Is shining,
things do not look exceedingly bright
In Birmingham. Any manager about
the circuit, casting his eyes on thl«
paper, who has a shortstop, a third
baseman, a pitcher or two, a good
catcher, and a crackerjnck outfielder
to dispose of may find a ready market
In Birmingham.
Vaughn's prospective team was mads
up of the following: Inflelders, Meek,
Walters, Demontrevllle, Downey: out
fielders, Smith. Molesworth. Ilouti:
catcher, Raub; pitchers, Turner, flark.
Wilhelm, McNeil. Abies and Robinson.
Refusals to sign on the part of sums
ami announcements of permanent re
tirement on the part of others h.n
caused that good team mentioned above
to dwindle until merely Its shadow re
mains.
In the first place. Demontrevllle an
nounces that he will not piny this sea
son. Following that nnnouneemeni.
which ruined the outlook for the In
field, Carlos Smith has written the a»-
soctatlon that he will watch Ills crops
this season In Brookhaven. This did a
plenty to the outfield, as may be Im
agined.
But the half Is yet untold, Catcher
Raub. the firebrand from the Tri-
State, doesn't want to play In DIM*
He has heard that yellow and typnola
fevers were plagues In this fair eoun-
try of ours. He expresses wllllngnw*
to restore the draft price, but positively i
declines to come South. ,
Downey, same. Downey le a third
baseman grabbed from the Tri-State,
and according to reputable critics, ha*
the goods. Downey wants more mon«
than Birmingham has offered him.
Birmingham can pay him no more.
Therefore, according to Ills present
plan*, no balmy Southern sunshine «*“
fall on him this coming summer.
Therefore. Manager Vaughn hod*
himself minus a catcher, a third hate-
man. a shortstop shd an outfielder tnai
he had counted on.
And whnt Is he doing for hlnisen-
Hustling. He haa a down Irons In 1 "
fire. This doe* not prevent him ’ r " m
being exceedingly worried, however.
Carlos Smith has announced his re
tirement eight time*. He has I***
playing baseball for eight years. I here
fore Manager Vaughn I* a prey t» ,n
hope that Smith Is merely Joking-
Aa for Mr. Raub and Mr. Doan*).
Manager Vaughn will Insist that IW7
come South, or retire from the prone
lion of organized hase.'ill.
The net result of this week's
was the signing of Harry Abies, a »•
foot, south-pawed ptteher from I ‘
las; the disposal of Lee Gorvln. eaten
er, to Mobile; and’the discovery "L
eral new trails which Manager ' “hit 1
la following assiduously. ..... {
Able*, for awhile, was with bhre'
port last season. Locsl fans imm “
ber him well. One sultry *f** l 7V !
when the thermometer was “t" ,
4*0 In the shade, he wound the Bar
Into a*knot. winning for Shrevep r*
two-hit victory. One of these bln*
fell to,.Lee Garvin (the pitcher "
evidently not looking) and the 1,1
to Henry Meek. . ,
"Dad" La Roque, who managed ™
of the Texas clubs last season, demurs'
that Abies Is the pick of the T
crop, so Manager Vaughn and the 1“
are well pleased with Abies,