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SPORTING PAGE,
MARCH 5, 1908
Tub" Atlanta Georgian
PERCY
SPORTING
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riNG EDITOR
IIHMIMIHMHII
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PERCY H. WHITINQ.
Four local golfers figured that they were “some pumpkins”
at long distance events when they signed an agreement to play
fiftv eighteen-hole matches. And the pair who played 72 holes in
one" day at East Lake recently ‘‘opipfd” that “that was going
But their performances fade to insignificance beside that of
Col. John C. Loper and Milo Ward, of Des Moines, Iowa, who are
plaving a cribbage game at a million points. They have been at it
seven vears now and the score to date is 460,234 to 455,234. They
plav once a week and if they live until 1915 and don’t get unex
pectedly delayed they will finish out the match in 1915.
The magazine “Recreation” runs “at the masthead” of its
editorial page this plea:
HALF HOLIDAYS SATURDAY FOR EVERYBODY.
We hope the time will come when all of America will make
that dictum an article of their commercial belief.
Men work better for a little play now and then. And many
of them get no chance save only Saturday afternoons.
In the biggest cities of the country half holidays on Satur
days for almost everybody are the regular rule. We hope to see
Atlanta fall into line.
The members of the Atlanta Athletic Club who use the East
Lake country club—and there are several hundred of them—will
be pleased to know that the Georgia Railway and Electric Co.
has opened up a schedule on that line that enables a man to get
from town to the club in thirty minutes.
Up to the present one of the big handicaps of the East Lake
amusement plant has been the fact that it took too long to get
to the club and too long to return to town. With a thirty-minute
schedule there should now be no cause for complaint.
One more switch must be put in before this new schedule can
be worked to the best advantage, but when this is done the Atlanta
Athletic Club members and the residents of East Lake will get a
first-class service.
This new service is certain to add greatly to the popularity of
the East Lake club.
p. S.—The cars leave at “fifteen” and “forty-five.”
A FAMOUS MOGUL
NEW YORK-TO-PARIS RACE
CINCH FOR THOMAS CAR
CHICAGO, March 5.—A ruling from
the official* of the New York to Pari*
auto race that every car must set to
Han Francisco under Its own power
haa given the Thomas, the only Ameri
can cor In the race, a chance to make
a runaway of It. .
The American car Is so far ahead
that It can catch the early boat from
HeatUo. The other car* will nave to
take a later boat
On the presumption that car* should
he sent by train to Beattie, the Ger
mans In the Protos. and the French In
tho Moto Bloc, did not hurry In nt-
tempting to reach Chicago, figuring
that they could ahlp their- car* from
this city. Lieutenant Koeppen, of the
Germans^ become doubtful about It
Monday, and, on tb* advice of Arthur
Sally League News
Manager Walter Morris, of the 8a-
vannah club, arrived in that city early
Monday morning and la getting every
thing In readiness for opening of
spring practice. Morris brought with
him to Savannah a new,recruit from
his far-away Texas home, of whom he
expect* great things. In his Texas
home he was handed the sobriquet of
•Home Run” and the rest of hla name
Is Grady. Kahlkoff, who waa tho main
stay behind the bat for the Sea Gulls
last season, will again be with the Sa-
vannablons.
Jones, of the Chicago Automobile club,
cabled to the Paris newspaper conduct
ing the race for Instruction. - j
On Tuesday the same question arose
with Charles Goddard of the French
car. He got Into telephonic communi
cation with St. Chaffray, commissioner
K ieral of the race, who Is with the
Dion car at Cedar Rapids, la. St.
Chaffray said that matters had reached
such a complicated stage that he was
not In position to give advice.
Goddard, as well as the Germans,
were much chagrined laat night on re
ceiving Instructions to proceed to San
their own power and
Francisco under
to take a later boat out to Seattle.
Goddard and hla party will leave for
Seattle at the earliest possible moment
WANTS TO PLAV WITH
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE.
i Sporting Editor of The Georgian:
I read in your paper recently of
tho probability of adding two more
teams to your Commercial League, and
opportunity. 1 play left Held: am a
good fielder and a fair batsman and
runner of bases, so If you know or
lieur of any team that needs a fielder,
I would be obliged If you would let me
know It.
Thanking you In advance, I remain,
respectfully your*,
8. HOPE ELLIOTT.
413 Jackson-st., Atlanta, Go.
Al Murdock, who played such good
ball for Macon laat year, will again lie
In hla old position this season. Bob
Stinson will also tend hla garden In
right Held. Manager Molarkey ex
pects to get a good man either In Nye
or Donovan.
Manager "Jawn" Malarkey, of the
Macoiudub, Is In the best of condition
..I.o-o.l CJUU, IB «u win HM1 .Uiiumvil
n h-cady, and Tuesday afternoon at the
first practice of the Cleveland club waa
whipping them over with more speed
than any of the other*.
A suitable name for the Augusta ball
club seems to be worrying the people
of that fair city considerably. Here's
what The Herald says on the subject:
'This question of a new and aultable
name for tho Augusta ball team Is a
hard one and the directors and Man
ager Dexter are ]uat as far from a con
clusion as ever before. The term Tour
ists' hat been applied so long that It
will be hard to get another that (Its so
well. There seems to be a sentiment
among the fans—and a majority of
them, too—to let the name remain Just
r.s tt Is and If this Is done Barkis la
willing."
Manager Dexter, of the Auguita
team, haa sold one of his recruits—
llrooksbanks—to the Danville club, of
the Virginia State League.
They are thinking seriously of get
ting Wilson Matt'
__ tthews, who won the
pennant for Charleston laat season, to
umpire In the Sally League this year.
Say* The Augusta Herald:
"The Idea of getting Matthews to
.umpire is a good one If the crack man
ager and sport writer will accept such
an humble position after having won
i of baseball throughout the
the applause of baseball throughout the
country by copping two successive pen
nants. It’s the strangest thing Imag
inable that a manager wtth Matthews'
attainment! can't have berth* offered
to him galore. Why It la that some
i-.imi not so vary far away from this
■ Ity will pick managers who have never
tasted success In half so great a meas
ure as the renowned discoverer and de-
\ei-ipar of Bugs Raymond la too deap
for ua to comprehend."
FOR YOUR SUNDAY DINNER
Itjr tb* following rMigbtful d«u*rt:
*4 cup English Wnluut meats.
* * m flg». cut up fine. ,
, JL'I.LO. snjr flavor.
Isnolre t§» JKLl.-O In a plot of boiling
:*r. Whoa *•»»! and Jut rommanrlug
juai ivwgwnrini
lokrn. stir In the flas am] nuts. Hrrre
Drib* *~
with Whipped <Tram. Drlirlotw. The nai
tutu. Eg* sod JKLlrO ran lx* bought m
any good grocery. This nukes enough t
rrt for a large family —
ORMOND, Fin,, March 5.—Lou I* J.
Rergdolt, In a German car, wan the
winner of the 125-mile race for amateur
drivers which waa run here yesterday.
His time for the 125 miles waa 1 hour,
53 mlnutea and SO 2-5 seconds.
MARIST TO
PLAY TECH
Exhibition Game Saturday
Will Open Local
Season.
Tech's baseball team ties up Satur.
dav with Marist College for It* first
F tltn ciAfldnn Whll^ tills I a null*
game of the season. WhUfc this la only
a practice game. It will throw some
light on Tech's prospects for a team
this year.
■ Coach Helsman has not as yet an
nounced b|t.Ilne-up, but he will send
.in "the best he'a got."
The men have dally put in about
two hours' hard practice for a week or
more and are rapidly rounding lpto
o admission Will be charged to' tills
game. ■ \
COBB WORKS
IN AUGUSTA
Has Gone Into Active Train
ing, But Has Not Heard
From Detroit.
MANAGER BILL ARMOUR.
Here is the Toledo leader who will soon bs jn Chattanooga for spring
training,
COACH F. B. ANDERSON MUST
DEVELOP NEW TEAM AT GORDON
BARNESVILLE, Ga„ March 6.—With
only Mercer and Captain Bill Faulk of
the old men back for the Gordon base-
nil team, Coach F. H. Anderson la go
ng to Imvp his hand* full In develop-
Iglit off llio rcdl Mr. Anderson haa
~Cl of class games.
■up In motion a MML. .
order to got a lino on the best hit
ters In the school. Tho great falling of
the overage team, according to Coach
Anderson, In Inability to bat. -And that
weakness will be guarded against as
far as possible In the Gordon team.
Gordon has Vome likely candidates.
Hamp and Robert McWhorter, of Ath
ens, are both doing w ell, the former at
third and tho latter In the outfield.
Grady Moore, fullback of the foot
ball team. 1s the most promising man
for the catcher’s place.
Other men aro Sapp, Branch, Perry,
Hogg, Hansen, Wallace. Trimble, Camp,
Cunningham and Smith.
Starke Glim of Royston, Ga„ tha
home of Ty Cobb, has shown up better
at the bat than any of the new men. He
Is n left-hand hitter and steps right
against a ball. Must be something In
the air of Royston that Slakes hitters.
Following Is the schedule so far as
arranged:
March „ 13.—Tennllle Institute, In
Barneevllle.
March 31.— 1 TeeH, In Atlanta-
March 26.—Georgia, In Athens.
March 31, April l and 3.—H<
Barneevllle.
bwgrd, In
April 11.—Boj's’ High School'of At
lanta, In Barneevllle.
April 1«. — Wofford College, In
Barnesrllle.
•April ,34, 25.—Dnhlonega (pending),
In Dahlonega.
May 8, 4 — Dahlonega, In Barnesvllte.
Five games are to be played with G.
M. A. at Mllledgevllle If that school
puts out a team.
The G. M. C. team won from Gordon
the only series It has lost since An
derson has been coaching preps, so
Gordon la anxious to “get back at ’em."
"Dode" Birmingham, the Cleveland
outfielder, will coach the baseball team
of St. 'Louis College during April and
May while the Naps are playing at
home,
AUGUSTA, G*„ March 5.—Ty Cobb
was out with the Augusta bunch yea-
terddy afternoon for a bit of practice,
and seems to have lost none of his
sprlghtllness thru the winter's Inactiv
ity. Cobb says he has heard nothing
more from Mr. Navln. and has no Idea
whether Detroit la going to turn him
down or not.
All Cobb does know sight now la thnt
his price remains at 36,000 a year for
three years, and certain protective con
ditions. He says tt la his Intention
M’KENZIE
REPORTS
CASTRO IN
NEW ROLE
Short Stop and Undertaker
Now Coaching Marist
College Team.
Pitcher Edwin Morgan McKenzie,
familiarly known as "Scotty," "Hoot
Mon," “Human Corkscrew," "Oatmeal"
and a few others, arrived In Atlanta
from his home Ih Cleveland, Ohio, on
Wednesday nnd reported at once to
Manager Smith.
McKenzie is the pitcher Manager
Smith picked up from tho Columbia
team of the South Atlantic'League at
the close of last season., He did such
good work thnt he led tile league In the
complete official records,
McKenzie has spent tho winter In his
home. Cleveland, Ohio, and is looking
nnd feeling fit. He has been working
since he left Atlanta ns a locomotive
fireman.
Louis Castro has begun his duties as
coach of Marist College baseball team.
He puts the boys thru a light practice
from 2:30 until 6 o’clock every after
noon. Over thirty-five candidates have
appeared for practice and some have
idune exceedingly-well considering the
fact that It Is the first work of the sea
son.
Castro states that he will work with
the boys for about two hours every aft
ernoon. Marist College has always
turned out a good baseball team and
fromthe showing made Wednesday It
is expected that another good club will
be In tho field this year.
Marist College, It will be remembered,
developed *Ed Lafitte, who will play
with Jersey City thiA year; nnd other
first-class players.
Billy. Keeler had a side partner In
Lajole when it came to falling off In
batting laat season. For the first time
In their careers Larry and Keeler hit
below the .300 mark, and the fans are
wondering haw It happened. In fact,
they can't understand It themselves.
For thirteen years Keeler got In among
the good company of batting. Make a
little bet that he will be up there next
season.
VANDY’S FOOTBALL MEN
OUT FOR SPRING WORK
this time and the date
opening he Is going to do all aorta of
Athletic stunts and keep In trim.
JOHNNY KLING PROVES
A CINCH AT POOL
KANSA8 CITY, March 6.—In the
first block of the pool match'between
Johnny Kllng nnd Tommy Huaston
last night the champion galloped away
from Johnny like a stake horse from a
selling plater. The count at the finish
was Hueston 16$; Kllng 8$.
HOPPE WINS AGAIN.
CHICAGO, March 5.—Willie Hoppe
made It three straights In his handi
cap balk line match with Calvin Dema.
rest at Mussey's last night, taking the
third block 400 to 383. The profes
sional averaged 211-1>, running out
his string In nineteen innings with an
unfinished rua of 89. The total for
the three nights' play la now 1,200 to
867 In Hoppe's favor.
ENDURANCE GOLF RECORD 0
O SMASHED BY F. G. BYRD. 0
p O
0 The long-distance record of the 0
O local golf cdbrae was recently 0
O broken by F. O. Byrd, the club 0
O champion, who played 72 holes 0
0 (four complete rounds) In one day 0
0 afid finished with a score of 361 0
0 strokes. His rounds were 92. 90, 0
O XU. 93. The third round of 16 was 0
0 tho best scorn mnde on the local O
0 course this year, and has only once O
0 boon equaled by any other local 0
0 pUyor best,:,-- Mr. Byist. O
O The •'brat bull" for tho day was O
0 79 strokes, which Is the bogey 0
0 score fqr the course. 0
This record la likely to stand O
O for a lev yean to come. „ 0
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•NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 5.— Foster Rockwell, of Yale, the Middy
Spring practice In football will begin
this week at Vanderbilt tinder the su
pervision .of Commodore Dan McGugtn.
The baseball candidates are ready to
take the field and along with them
Coach McGugln v-UU send all football
men to.go thru light work that will be
beneficial for next fall.
The spring practice for the football
men will consist, principally In punting,
catching punts and in learning to throw
the long spirals which have won *so
many points for Vanderbilt during the
past two years. The way the Commo
dores could make long spiral passes
caused the Middles at -Annapolis to
wonder and ask how It was done. Even
coach last fall, Inquired about It after
Bob Blake's long pass to Vaughn Blake,
which resulted in a touchdown. The
Commodores have been far and away
ahead of any team In this section in the
use of the forward pass, and it Is due
to the coachftig of Commodore Dan and
the spirals he has taught his men that
such results were obtained.
There, are a few Vanderbilt players
who can not throw a football nearly the
distance across the field, and the foot
ball field Ij 160 feet wide. Most of them
do not get It that far, but some can
stand on one line and throw It across
to the other. In the letter clnss were
Bob Blake, Stone, Potts and Dave Mor-
tpn.
Smith Defeats Floyd For
Local Pool Championship
At the pool tournament Wednesday
night, Smith defeated Floyd by the
score of 86 to 68, thus becoming cham
pion of Atlanta.
A large crowd was present and was
treated to clever playing.
Kohn, Gentry, Bohn and Brown are
now tied for third prise, and will play
each other until the winner Is decided.
Wednesday night In the play-off for
third prize betwene Kohn and Gentry.
Kohn defeated Gentry by the score of
100 to 29.
Kohn uncorked some of the cleverest
playing witnessed during the tourna
ment, at one time making a high run of
37 balls. He also had a score of 92 to
Gentry's '9 at .one time.
Thursday night Bohn, Kohn and
Brown resume playing off the tie for
third place.
SNAPPY WORK ON TAP
AT PRACTICE WEDNESDAY
practice Wednesday aftei
DeLeon.
The usual crowd was out. The Infield
was made up-of Jim Fox, Otto Jordan,
GROUCHO GROWS INTERESTED IN A NEWSPAPER PUZZLE.
figure it out !
i aud Is very cceacui-
NO, AND 1 DON'T .
WANT TO SEE it!
it's a waste of time !! ,
TT
what do you want to
FIGURE IT out. FOR • —
why Uon't YOU THR-OW
it AWAY ?
l can't
(/WONDER WHY PEOPLE
WASTE THEIR TIME ON
/such things !
<OLEY me vSEE 11
Z/3 of 9 is 6, and S/\z
of 6 's ! - that can't
right ! - confound it!
no?mwait a'minute ! —
•5^2 OF 9 IS 3% ■- % OF
3% is Z’/z '.- that's WHAT l
J WAD BEFORE 1 .- HANG IT jlj
I WONDER W)-JAf THAT FOOLISH
"PUZZLE WAS !!—-'two-thirds
OF JOHN’S AGE IS FIVE-TWELFTHS
OF HENRY’S, AND JOHN IS NINE '
YEARS YOUNGERTHAN HENRY, r HOW
^OLD IS EACH ?*
Tommy McMillan and Bill Smith. The
manager tyoa 'at third and full of gin
ger. When this outfit was working
Manager Griffith, of the Highlanders,
wielded the bat. Jesse Becker put In
some time In right field, but most of
his practice was at batting.
8cotty McKenzie watched the fun
from the "side lines," and was one of a
_ je field la working im . c-md shape
fast, and when the grass comes up thru
the top dressing It will be In tip-top
condition. , *
GO ‘way!
I’M GOING TO
SOLVE THIS
FOOL PUZZLE IF
IT TAKES A WEEK'
Chase Leaves Home,
Bound For Here
NEW YORK, March 5.—Hal Chase of
the Highlanders left "San Joae, Cal.,
yesterday and*wl!l nrrivo here on Fri
day morning. From here he will go di
rect to Atlanta. Hhls Information
reached New York In a letter from the
first baseman to Mike Martin, trainer
for the Highlanders. .Martin wit be In
a squad of Highlanders who will leave
here for Atlanta Friday night.
Chase writes that he Is anxious to
get to work: also that ho I* In good
shape and will "lend a hand toward
landing that pennant for Griffith and
New York.”
“The Spirit”
Progress, Enterprise
and Industry “The
Spirit of the New
South." The Georgian
is the newspaper rep
resenting this spirit.
Look where the enter
prising me re bants
place their advertise
ments. Read The
Georgian’s Want Ad3
today.
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