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tU''.— A D '1 ILK A'J IjAMTA UEOKULAN AS U WKVVCi. SPORTS PERCY H. WHITING GOOD BOUTS ARE FOUGHT Three Knock-Outs and Two Draws Before Foy’s Club. Three clean, conclusive knock-outs nnd two delirious draws resulted In the fights before Jack. Foy's Armory Hall Club Friday night. The "knockera-out" were Kid Ruff, Johnny Wood and Charles Vlttur. The men knocked out were Kid Ladd, Joe Webb and Kid Fagan. The Ladd-Ruff fight was the first of the preliminaries and Ladd lasted two rounds before the violent Mr. Huff. This chap Is coming along fast, Johnny Wood then proceeded to make a chopping block of the large and ro tund Joseph Webb. The latter man S~Bh t‘he° "covJTup went on In place of “Irish Logan. ... - Logan was elated to appear, but his terms proved too high to Justify the management In putting him on In a preliminary and Webb took a beating In Ills stead. Charley Vlttur and Kid Fagan went on In the seml-wind-up nnd gave a whirlwind exhibition. Vlttur employed his usual, tactics, feeling his man'out nnd finally whirling In and doing some di fully two-handed work that sent hie JOHN DAVIS IS ELECTED ALL-EMORY FOOTBALL TEAM BRESNAHAN LANDED TO Chosen Captain of the Tech Football Team For Next Season. " John Davis Is captain of the Tech football team for 1909. , This honor was bestowed this morn ing by the members of the team who assembled for the taking of the "official photograph." Davis Is a wonderfully good football i player and ehould make a good leader of the team. opponent to the mat for the count. These lights lasted so short a time that the management presented Kid Goodwin nnd a bony "unknown" for four rounds. This proved a nifty per formance. The "unknown" was all vlth the "cover up and get away," and he nearly wore out Good win before the finish. The wind-up was a six-round bout between Joe Trent and John Willis. These men are about as clever light weights as there are In the South and they sparred a brilliant exhibition. There was not any great advantage, tho probably Trent had a thin shade the better of )t. The stag was well attended nnd the fight fans were treated to a clean, clever exhibition. MANAGE CARDINAL TEAM ST. LOUI8, Dee. 12.—H. \V. Lanl- gan, sporting editor of The St. Louis Times, has received this message from M. S. Robinson, owner of the St. Louis National League Club, dated New York: "Have made trade for Bresnahan to manage Cardinals. Karger and either Fromms or Lush to go to Cincinnati, Murray, Raymond and Schlel go to New York.” AUTOMOBILE DOINGS December, with Its busy days and often gloomy weather, has come, but throughout the Atlanta, territory there Is no let up of Interest In tho automo bile game nnd no diminution In the volume of trade. It Is marvelous how many cars are being sold—even by the agents and branches which can offer no hope of Immediate delivery. Interest In the Bavannali auto race has about died away, tho the At lanta moving picture show which exhibited the flints this week did.a land- office business, "standing 'em up" and turning away some of the many who would have liked to see the pictures. National Interest now centers In tho big automobile shows which are about due. These are always events of the very greatest Interest and are likely to be especially noteworthy from the viewpoint of the average buyer this year because of the many low-priced cars which will be shown for the first time. • HHKMIIMHHI NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS By PERCY H. WHITING. Doubtless Bobby Walthour Is getting old, and certainly he Is not the man he was in other days. But for all that he Is riding a great six-day race and putting up as game an exhibition as ever was seen In a race at the Garden. Day after day Bobby has furnished his share of the grinding and has done most of the spurting as well. * ‘ ' Thru some misfortunes early In the raoe Walthour and his partner lost a lap and then another one. By marvelous spurting Bobby made, up one of the lost laps, but the other one seems gone forever. He baa fought for It for days without success. No-matter In what position Walthour flnlshes he has pub to his credit a brave fight, and that*ls worth something In these days of quitters and quitting. If the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association does npt go t to the bottom of that L. S. U. scandal, It Is overlooking a ohance to do a lot of good work. Tulane and L. S. U. between them have managed to cloud the atmos phere until the average reader Is daxed. If* flnds It Impossible to tell what he believes on the subject. Let him talk to a Tulane man for a while and—whether as a result of hypnotism or tho presentation of facts or fiction—he will believe that there Isn't an honest man on the L. S. U. team. *• ... , Then let him get In the clutches of an L. 8. U. rooter and he will wind up tho talk with an honest belief that evey t. 8. U. player Is as athletically clean as the thrice driven snow—however clean that Is we don’t know. From loft to right, bottom row, B. B. Crane, guard; R. B. Page, quarter; C. C. Hinton, quarter; E. D. Kenyon, aub, 8eoond row, Q. Felkor, end; E. V. Heath, center; Fred Lambert, taoklo. Third row, G. B. Copeland, guard; J. W, Roberta, end: B. Brown, >ub; T. A. Wilcox, tackle, _ Top row, T. E. Reeve, eub; A. B. Wade, halfback; C, L. Middlebrooks, fullback; G. D. Butler, Jr, haufback. Local automobile ealesmen keep buay all the time these days. Frank Stelnhauer has just completed the sale of two care. Max Kuts has pur. chased from him a Packard limousine, and M. n. Wilkinson has bought a Pone-Hartford. a Pope-Hartford. The Maxwell-Brlscoe Southern Co. has Juet sold a car to the Oglesby Grocery Co. for the use of Its city salesman. Thla la one of several care now In uee In the city by ealesmen and many more will soon be In commis sion In the same eervlce. OXFORD, Ga., Dee. 12.—An "All-Emory" football team has been picked from the four teams that have been engaged In intsrclaan games all' the fall, and this team le shown above. Of course a place on this team Is only an empty honor to tho man that makes It, aa Emory Is not allowed to engage In intercoleglate athletics at all. Some very good material Is to be found among her players, tho, and several of the men on the All-Emory team could make any agreg>4qn In the South. SIX-DAY RIDERS USE DRUGS AND KEEP UP DESPERATE PACE Three Teams Still Tied; Walthour a Lap to the - Bad. This uncertainty Is bad buelnesi. The cause of athletic decency bat been hurt In the South this year by the uncertainty In regard to the L. 8. V. case, and the 8. I. A. A. will not do Its full duty unless It cleans up the whole mess and lets the pub lic know whether or not the L. 8. U. athletes are as eligible as they wero efficient. OFFERED UMPS $10,000 TO'THROW’ONEGAME Klem and Johnstone Reveal Details of Raw Attempt at Bribery—Guilty Men May Be Punished. NEW YORK, See. It.—The atarlling seeuae- liana mad. by Umpiria Klcip nnd Johnitona, of the National I.aaaur, that thty wara of fered thou.and. of dollar.'aa bribe, to •■throw” tha played off game between* the New York Giant* and Chlean Oak* lor IfWi pennant nt tha Polo rroonde mi October g, Ia|t, re.nlted in the eeleetk* of a committee at the meeting of Ike orxantiatlon to toy tho metier before Dlttriet Attorney Jerame today. The umpire, were offered 910.000 If the (iiatitu won. The- woald-be briber la a prominent hualncea nun of Sew York, who Liao r. I r, ..cud many other big men of this The ommlttoo alerted :er th*» roectln >od that (hay led in Ineeetlfallng the if adjourned nnd It ia 1IT« such evidenca at that Ur. Jerome will be preientei rith the f< Tnia la tear known anu have submitted the name of the man who of fared them the 910,000 has aroused intense interest all over the country. Ievstue I to the v pirea, but those who ere “the men behind k!X*w Johnstone sahaitted a aimed ataemeat to President Harry Pulliam, of the was over, hut he did not cere to mike .. ___ lie until all the elnh owners met. thla being quiet so * reason tha cate was hept < S. /. A. A. MOGULS BUSY, BUT VERY, VERY SILENT KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 12—Tho executive committee of the Southern ntercollegiale Athletic A i long meeting here node no ann ■oclatton held yesterday, but nents after It tvae The league directors are considering, among other things, the charges against the Louisiana State University football player*. At the regular meeting today officer* will be elected and action taken on the one*year rule. A BICYCLE FOR XMAS A Most Acceptable and Practical Gift Lowest Prices—Cash or Easy Payments ELYEA-AUSTELL CO. 35 NPR M NEW YORK, Dee. 12.—Exhausted by dmperata efforts to hang up a new world's record . In the six-day bicycle race, tha rider* were forced to tlje use of drugs today to enable them to con tinue the grind until the finish tonight. Strychnine, dygitall*, champagne and black coffee were freely administered. The weary riders responded to the stimulant* Ilka magic. Furious pedalling sent them around the saucer track In mad dashes and clipped miles from previous record,. So desperate was the sprinting that when the teams had gained nine mile, on the record practically every rider In the race was on the verge of a col lapse. Agony Showed In their faces as they dashed wildly around the dlxsy course. Despite the weakened condition of the riders experts predict that the fin ish tonight will see « new world's record. Three teams, Rutt and Btol, McFar land and Moran and Hill and Demurs, are still tied for first place and It now seems probable that the race will h« decided by a one-mile sprint at 10 o'clock tonight. At that time all but the leaders will be ordered from the track. A pistol shot and ths most, exciting moment of the long grind will be at hand. Unless an unexpected change In the position of the present leaders occurs between now and then. Walter Rutt, the sturdy Ger man. who was first across the tape last year, Floyd McFarland, the lanky lad from the coast, and Walter Demara, also from the coast, will carry the hopes of their team mates to victory, or defeat. Rutt ts still the favorite, but McFar land has a large following, nnd there Is liberal betting on his chance of winning what has proved to.be the greatest six- day race In the history of the sport. A sensational spill In which four of the riders went down In a tangle on the Madlson-ave. turn was the feature of the early morning hours. It was the climax to an exciting series of sprints which left the riders scarcely able to continue, their long grind. Vanonl,. the plucky Italian, Who Is coupled with Anderson, the' Dane, crashed Into Frank Calvin while round ing the turn. Both were thrown head long over their handle bars and In fall ing carried.down with them Eddie Root nnd Demara. Galvin, unconscious, was carried to his quarters, where he was attended by Dr. Creamer, the race phy sician. Fortunately no bones were bro ken and It was announced that, he would be able to continue the race. Four hours later he appeared on the track to relieve his leg-weary partner, Wiley, and was loudly cheered. Mrs. Calvin was In a box at the tlmo of the accident and she fainted, but was quickly revived. All the others escaped serious Injury and were soon strug gling around the track again. The fight of the leaders to gain a lap which at thla stage of the race would mean victory, han been prac tically lost sight of by the "fans." All Interest Is centered In the attempt to establish a new record and the posting of the hourly scores, each showing a gain over the old record, aroused great enthusiasm. • Aided by Stimulants They Stay Ahead of Old Record. An attempt early In the day by "Bob by" Walthour and Eddie Root to gain the lap which separatee.them from the leaders, was the forerunner of a series of record-breaking sprints which kept the crowd In a frenzy of excitement. Peter Drobach and Jimmy Moran collided late this morning on the Twenty-slxth-st. stretch nnd both fell heavily to the track. They were badly shaken up. but both escaped serious Injury. A had tire on Drobach’s wheal was responsible for the collision. He swerved Into Moran and both went down In a heap. Bobby Walthour and Eddie Root, with a remarkable exhibition of toam work, started In on a succession of whirlwind sprints today in a desperate attempt to make up the lap they are still behind the three leaders. Ths two Automobiles are rapidly coming Into use for regular traveling salesmen as well. G. W. Cain,.who travels out of Atlanta for Kelly Brothers, whole sale grocers, has for some time used a Maxwell car In all of his trips. He covers a large territory In Georgia In his little car and never falls to turn up on time. He goes clear to the North Carolina line, striking some bad roads there, but never has any serloua trouble. The Maxwell-Brlscoe Co. yesterday sold to W. T. Pratt a car which will bo used all over Georgia by commercial travelers in the employ of Mr. Pratt. D. J. Llgon, of the Maxwell Company, leaves early next week for an extended buetness trip thru Mississippi. By winning the race for cars costing 12.000 and under, at the San Fran cisco race meet last Saturday, the new model "O” White Steamer placed a victory to Us credit In the very first speed competition In which It was en tered. The winning car was the first of the new model to be received on tho coast, and all eyes were upon It when tt came upon the track. When tt crossed the line an easy winner the spectators gave It a tremendous ova tion. In addition to the victory of the 12,000 model, White cars took first and second places In the race for stock cars costing 14,000 and under, while another White circled the mile track In 54 seconds, beating the former rec ord for the track, held jointly by Barney Oldfield and Walter Christie. The White Company has sold to General J. Franklin Bell, chief of staff of the United States war department, a 20-horsepower limousine. Gen era! Bell tpay certainly be classed as a discriminating buyer, as he has at his disposal tho official records covering cost of up-keep and other fea tures of operation of the several White cars owned by the war deportment, some of which have been In official service since 19051 riders kept up their sprinting as long as they could hold out, but _t[ he leaders were still game, in spits of the fearful condition of' exhaustion they have reached, and with clenched teeth they Y and A Teams Win At Y.Nl.C.A. Gym irln« warmer each The game was well played throughout. I'hllllim nml Arary both played star games for the V*. while Daniels and Hauer did |good work for the C’a. In the second game Mitchell led hi* A'a on to victory by the acore of 40 to is, thua making the M r a and A*a tied for second making ___ place. Mickey waa the atnr for tile M' while the pn»» work of the A team waa no ticeable. The standing of the teams after last night's games la aa follows: Team. o.. Played. Won. Lost. P. C. * • .188 1 Nest Frlda^ nlfbt H>* P|*n will be A v*. O'* anil V's v«. M'e. The public I* In vited, especially the ladies 4 I I I I l-H -I- SEYBOLD AND COLLINS GO "BACK TO THE MINORS” 4 -I- PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12— 4 "Socks" Seybold and Jimmy Col- line have been given their uncon- 4- dltlonal release by Connie Mack. 4 Collins has been offered the man- 4- agement of the Toledo American 4 Association club, but, after a long 4* talk with Secretary Wilde, Jimmy 4* did not come to any agreement on 4- the subject. 4- I-H-H-H-H-i-l-l-H-HH- Ty Cobb Referees New Orleans Bout THE GRIND Lap after lap after lap after lap, - Around and around and around. The racers wheel in a giddy reel To the wavering oval bound; Always the hum of the circling crowd. Always the smoky base. While the endless track aweepa ever back And raaplng orchestra plays: NEW YORK, Dec. 12—Young Cor bett will attempt to regain hla lost lau rels when he tackles Kid Brock down J In New Orleans tonight. The men have f j agreed to box ten rounds to a decision, and "Ty” Cobb, the champion fielder of the Detroit club, will be the third man In the ring. Corbett, with hie manager, Al Lips, and Dave Barry, who went South to get on with Jim Oardner, reached New Or leans last Tuesday. The ex-champlon shoveled coal on the steamer on the way from New York to take off some of the fat, and the little fellow I* con fident of winning over Brock. drove their machines like mad. It was the purpose of Walthour and Root to wear out the leaders altogether as much ts it was to gtin the tap at the first onset of their sprints. Walthour declared that he and hie race and that they would gain their lap in spite of the efforts of the leaders to prevent them. Atlanta Teams To Play at Mountain “Pace me aepund again. Bobby— Around, around, around; The Jlghta are all gleamy. my .eyes ore so dreamy I can't see as far as the ground. !'m so beastly tired t don't care a rap For anything more than to just take a nap. But pace me around again, Bobby— Around, around, around.' GHnd* and grind and grind and grind— Always the same old tale; Sprint follows drag and again they lag. Strung out on the swerving trait. Waking or sleeping, they pedal along Under the wearing strain. While the cycles ring and ceaselessly ■Ing Their parte In the grim refrain: Pace me around again. Bobby— Around, around, around; My pedals an squeaking my knee- joints are creaking. BETTING NO FELONY IN KY. FRANKFORT, Ky„ Dee. 12.—The eu- rn«i>Drwni, n/., wtc. ic.— *nw preme court of Kentucky, In an opinion by Justice Leasing, holds that betting or wagering on a horse raca Is not punishable under the felony laws of the state. MAHMOUT DOWNS BEELL. CHICAGO.' Dec. 12—Yuaslff Mah- mout, the “Terrible Turk,” demon strated that he was "terrible” In ac tion aa well as name by defeating Fred Reell In straight falls last night- at' the International wrestling show. I’m wishing this grind was all ground; I'm wishing—but wishing Is usually vain— _ j - I feel just like howling out. ‘Never again!' But pace me around again, Bobby— Around, around, around.” —O. B. K. Stone Mountain le threatened with an Invasion by two basket ball teams from Atlanta. The Cspltol-ave. teem plays there Saturday and on Tuesday the Marlst College team will meet the University School aggregation. Just how the Capitol* will fare I* uncertain, but the Marlst team Is the farthest advanced of any Atlanta team, barring only the A/ A. C„ and wilt surely give Sandy Beaver's boys an awful battle. Coach Bean haa had the Mariet boy* working steadily for month or so, and they know a lot of basket ball. The Capltol-avc. team has been prae. tiring hard for the game, and hah been greatly assisted by the coaching of Ar- rendale. formerly of the University of Georgia. The line-up will be os fol lows: Brown, center: Slate and Fuller, guards; Johnston and Monsalvatgt. forwards. Wolgasf a Cinch For Abraham Attell LOS ANGELES, Dsc. 12—Abe Attell le still the Abe Attell of old. The little Hebrew Is still a peerless artist whtn It conies to putting an opponent on Ice for future reference. Attell took a ten-round decision over Ad Wolgaat at North Junction last night, but the featherweight champion lost prestige by the bouL ' , Attell seemed under a strong pull from the third round and allowed \wi sest to make a good showing" when, had ha so willed, Attell could nave cut the Milwaukee youngster to ribbons. C. S. Henshaw, of Boston, and one of the oldest dealers In the automo bile Industry In New England, believes that thl* Is one of the best times of tho year for touring. His argument for winter touring Is that It show* the usefulness of the automobile In all seasons of the year; that one receives better attention at hotols and garages, as traveling le not so heavy and patronage at that time of the year Is much better appreciated, and that, providing one Is suitably clothed, the bracing wlnterlsh air Is something to be desired. Following along the line of Its new policy, the Old Motor Works, of Lansing, Mich., has reorganized Its business for the Southern territory by establishing a factory branch In Louisville, to be known as "Old* Motor Works, Kentucky Branch." It will have control of the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Arkansas. W. F. Glsnn. representative for thl territory, will have entire charge of the business In these four states. On Thursday evening. November 19, at the Motor Club, London, Eng land. occurred the annual banquet given by Perry, Thornton ft Schrelber to the Ford dealers of Great Britain. Perry, Thornton ft Schrelber are the Ford representatives for Great Britain, and tho banquet followed the Olym pia Show, at which the Ford Motor Company had a large exhibit. B. M. Thornton acted aa toastmaster and conducted the entire proceed ings In an able manner. During the evening a telegram from Henry Ford waa received, reading: "Best wishes for a good dinner and a prosperous sea son In Great Britain.” H. B. White, European • branch manager, .whose headquarters are at Parle, responded to the toast proposed to the "Ford Motor Company,” and recited a story of the growth of the company and- the rapid Increase In the European business. The Atlantic Motor Company, agents for the Overland and Reo cars. * MU ntHNiMv W»4VI URCiivo 1UI Wiu wtciiunu nun mis, have received their first lot of 1909 models and have opened for business at 41 Ivy-at. H. L. Hopkins Is president of the company and will have charge of the wholesale sales. David Schane will have charge of the city sales. Mr. Hopkins' company has tbs agency for the Overland In three states and for the Reo In a large portion of Georgia. The moving pictures of the Savannah Grand Prlxe auto race were on exhibition at tho Elite Theater Friday and were shown to one of the very largest crowds that ever saw a moving picture film In Atlantn. From the time the doors opened until they closed the views were shown to "standing room only." . The pictures gave a very good Idea of the race, end were decidedly In- tereatlng, especially to the thouaands of Atlantans who saw the race. A. A. C. Basket Ball Teams Play Two Practice Games Two good practice games will be played at the Atlanta Athletic Club gymnasium tonight, the first one be ginning at 9:15. One part of the At lanta Athletic Club squad will meet the Marlst Colleg* team, while the other will play the Independents, a first-class local aggregation. Both these games should be light ning feat. The Atlanta Athletic Club has the best basket ball squad In Its long and brilliant career, and can put two teami In the field that will do some Interesting playing. The Marlst team will certainly give the Athletlca a rum While not the equala of their rivals In weight, age or experience, they are likely to be better at team play and can be counted on for a speeily showing. The games tonight will be open to the members and their friends of the feminine persuasion. Athletic Club schedule will be played December 19 with the Birmingham Athletic Club. KID DUFFY CHALLENGES JACK FOY FOR A FIGHT Editor Sporting Page, Atlanta Georgian. Desr Sir: Would like to match KM Huffy with Jack For, who etatmi welterweight ensmptao*Dip or enj. weigh la. Ut, 10 rounds. Will >„> ready In < ARTHURS. BOY.' BURNS MAY MEET KETCHEL. LOS ANGELE8. Dee. 12.—The Jef frie* Athletic Club 1* negotiating for a forty-five round fight between Tommy Burn* (If Burns defeats Johnson) and Stanley Ketchol. to be fought here Feb ruary 22. BURST TO KEITREE MARATHON. NEW YORK. Dee. 12.—Tim Hunt haa ra chosen refree of Ik# prole,,Ions) Mara thon nee ea Tsesdsy Bight between Dcrtndo sad Longboat. n .-ole. NTON, Manager KM Duffy. ["M-M-M-I-I'H-H-I 'M-'M-M-I'M-'H-I 4 LEAGUE MEETS TUESDAY, 4 4 Deo. 12— 4 * NASHVILLE, Tenn,. 4 The annual meeting of the South- 4 4- era League will be held In Noah- 4 ♦ villa on Tuesday. 4 H444HW4W11I M-H-4-I-H- I •****•••*••*••••«••*• CY YOUNG’S STOUT HEART .WAS BROKEN WHEN LOU CRIGER WAS SOLD TO BROWNS { CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dee. 12.—Old Cy Young la downcast over the sale of Lou I'rtger to the St. Ixiuls Brawns. Never since the .veteran twirled the first ball haa he taken the reverse more to heart. He aald: "In Crlger Bt. Louis will get the greatest catcher that ever wo're a musk. I have pitched to him so long that he seems to be a part of me, and no me will feel his departure more then will t. So confident in him am I that I never shake my head. Hereafter I will have to pay more attention to the batters. Heretofore I have left that to Lou. Hu is a great student of the game. He knows every batter and just about what he la going to-do, and how he la going to do.”