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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1910.
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE MEETING IS QUITE PEACEFUL
TMnVtwi Wjlita
From the minutes of the annual mooting of the Southern
league held in Memphis November 8, 1909, we take the follow-
l'ng:
Th* nut order of bu*iae*s was the report of the committee on ehen*ee of the
conetitntion, end the following report wee reed by J. W* Helemen, the eecrelery of
il. committee* Thet Svetion 9 of Article 10 he emended to reed SB follows.
That t!>e preliminary rotation of thl« •••orlstleB thill bt In executive f'**' 0 "’
and only inch newt given out to the prut and public at the tnemherx ate ll»,to com-
mnnleste thru their preeidvnt et the end of eeeh eeeeion, ind thin rule ehell he
in aonlr lo tha raananra of the elnba 11 well aa to othera, except whei*
tha*mana««r of the club In alto the pretldent of that club, or when the prealdent of
anr“utXnot present for shy re.»o and hat deputad In writing hit manager to rep
resent his club st said meeting.
Now, we are a peaceful, long-suffering cuss, in the main,
but this executive Ressinn stuff gets on our nerves.
In the first place, during a somewhat extended newspaper
career we have found few exceptions to the general rule that
when any body goes into executive session it is getting ready
to do something discreditable.
In the second place, we never kmiw anything to happen in
executive session that didn’t get into the papers anyhow, pro
vided it was of sufficient interest to print.
Take the first propositions Why should there be a session
from^which the newspaper men were excluded unless something
shadv were to be pulled off?
• The moguls ought by this time te\have learned two points in
this connection, as follows:
1. If newspaper men are allowed in the meetings and asked
not to make mention of certain parts of the business trans
acted, these certain parts do not appear in the papers.
2. If newspaper men are not allowed in the meetings they
find out the secrets anyhow and then spread them broadcast.
Take the last, executive session held by the league in At
lanta previous to the one Monday. Some business was taken
np then relative to getting Mobile out of the. Cotton States
league, and an attempt was being made to work a gum game on
the dying Cotton States league, which, goodness knows, needed
the money. Of course, the nowspnper men found out what hap
pened at the session, and took the greatest pleasure in spreading
• it all around the country as fBRt ns the telegraph wires could
carry it, thus bilking the deal.
If the mogul* have anything they want to "pull off” in se
cret, their safest way is to take the newspaper men into their
confidence, tell them all the facts and their reasons for desiring
secrecy, and take a chance.
Executive sessions of baseball clubs are silly things anyhow.
So long as moguls as human they will hate each other, and ro
long ns they hate each other there wilfc always be men who will
tell what the other, fellows are trying to keep secret.
At Monday’s executive session the Atlanta and visiting news*
paper men sat outside the meeting like a row of hell boys.
They hnd fine genial mogul to thank for ehairs. They had sev
eral (and themselves) 4,0 thank for full information of every
thing that happened at the session.
Now, what good did the executive part of that session do?
None whatever hut to antagonize a lot of newspaper men who
will do their best to spread this antagonism ns far ns they nan
and keep it spread as long as they can. ^
%hen all is said and done and the gate receipts nil counted,
tie fact remains, ns it has always remained, that the newspa
pers do moro than any one agency for baseball.
And it is certainly a sweet pass when these newspaper men
hnve to skulk around on the edges of league meetings like apaek
of coyotes around a Westorn camp, stmtehing up such morsels
as £r’p thrown out. It is indeed n tactful way to gain the sup
port of the men who can help and do help baseball to be the
most profitable, as it is tho greatest, of American games.
Lusty Doings Promised When
Buckles Tackles Billy West
Altho both Billy Went and Our Buc
kles. the clever welters who will box
ten rounds Wednesday night at the
Monroe Athletlo club, are Interior dec
orators by trade, the friends and sup
porter* of each are declaring this bout
•will demonstrate their favorite an ex
terior decorator.
In fact, each man himself thinks so.
Not that elthsr expects to decorate the
weatherboards on Atlanta houses. Each
thinks he Is going to decorate the ex
terior of his opponent,
Billy West Is qillte sure he will. Cluy
Buckles, when Interviewed, smiles and
repeats his favorite assertion that tome
fine day In the near future he will
sign himself the welterweight cham
pion.
Those well Informed on the game be
lieve that no little of Billy West’s suc
cess 1* due to the peculiar deformity
of two Ungers on each hand. His mid
dle and ring Angers on each hand are
grown together—or not exactly grown
together, for they were built that way
originally. Notwithstanding tha many
strenuous bouts he .has been In, he baa
never Injured his hands. Not In a bout
But once he was moving a dining table
In from the kitchen and something went
wrong with a mil that kept hfra out of
the ring for a fortnight.
Physicians who have examined Buc
kles’ hands consider them a remark
able freak of nature. They have been
surprised that he ran use them as easi
ly aa he doea He holds a pen different
from anybody else and In using a brush
In his trade of Interior decorating he
has a hold all his own. * And In his
other trade of exterior decorating these
same freak Angers work wonders. His
trainer says the deformity helps him to
put a more solid front to his Aat.
Buckles hasn't any aewed-together
Angers, but he has a mlt that feels like
a sledge hammer when It lands, and
he thinks It all bunc to suppose West
has any advantage because of double
Angers. "It's the science and the beef
behind the punch that count," says
Buckles.
Anyway, each man Is a hard worker
and there Is no Indft-atlnn thht the
bout Wednesday night will be of the
two-step variety. There premises to
be very little dancing In tt, but a bout
with both men wading In. There are
no moving picture contracts to protect
and each man Is determined to go In
and get the sera pover with as soon as
possible.
Manager George Monroe pmmlees
something Interesting In the prelimi
nary line, the Arst of which will go on
promptly at 9 o’clock. All this, of
course, takes place Wednesday night.
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PERCY H. WHITING
BASEBALL SCHEDULE FOR 1910 SEASON
CHATTANOOGA.
NASHVILLE....
MEMPHIS
MONTGOMERY.
NEW ORLEANS.
April 14, 15, 10.
Juno 16. 17,» 18, 18.
August 1, 2, 3.
June ii>, 14. 10.
August 11, 23, 13.
May 5, 6, 7.
June 20, 21, 22, 22.
August 15, 10, 17.
June 8, 9. 10, 11.
July 11, 12, 13.
September 8, 9, 10.
June 3, 4, 0, 7.
July 14, 15, 10.
Sept. 12, 13. 14t
ainjy i, », V.
Sept. 15, 16, 17.
juij «, a, o, i
Sept. 5, 5. 6.
CHATTANOOGA.
April 30. May 2, 3, 4
June 23, 24, 25.
August 18, 19, 20.
May 5, 6, 7.
June 20, 21, 22, 22.
August 8, 9, 10.
April 18, 19, 20, 21.
June 30, July 1, 2.
August 4, 6, 6.
June 3, 4, 6, 7.
July 7, 8, 0.
September 5, 6, 6.
uuiy 11, 12, 13.
Sept. 15, 10, 17.
jujj e, «, o, o.
Sept. 12. 13, 14.
May 27, 28. 30, 30.
July 14. 15, 16.
Sept. 8, 9, 10.
April 18, 19, 20, 21.
June 30, July 1, 2.
August 4. 5, 0.
April 2^2, 23. 25.
June 27, 28, 29, 29.
August 15, 16, 17.
April 30, May 2, 3,4
June 23, 24, 25.
August 18, 19, 20*
./aiy 4,^©, ».
Sept. 12. 13, 14.
May 27, 28, 30, 30.
July 7, 8, 9.
September 5, 5, 8.
June 8, 9, 10. 11.
July 14, 15. 10.
September 8, 9. 10.
June 3, 4, 0. 7.
July 11, 12, 13.
Sept. 15, 16, 17.
April 22, 23. 24*. 21
June 26*. 27, 28.
Aug. 7*. 9, 28*.
April 26, 27. 28. 29.
June 12*. 13, 14.
Aug. 12, 13, 14*.
April 14,16*. 10, 17.
May 1*.
June 17, 18, 19*.
July 31*. Aug. 21*.
May 15*. 27, 28,
29*. 30.
July 15, 10, 17*. 24*
Sept. 17.
JUiy 3", 4, 4, o.
Sept. 9, 10, 11*.
jujy ju’, ii, i
Sept. 4*, 6, 5.
June 8, 9, 10, 11.
July 7, 8, 9.
Sept. 12, 13. 14.
BIRMINGHAM.
May 18, 19, 20, 21.
July 25, 26. 27.
Aug. 22. 23, 24.
Aug. 25, 26, 27.
May 9. 10, 11, 12.
July 18. 19, 20.
Sept. 1, 2, 3.
May 13, 14, 10, 17.
July 21, 22, 23.
Aug. 20, 30, 31.
April 14, 15, 16.
June 20. 21. 22, 22.
Aug. 1, 2, 3.
May 2, 3, 4.
June 23, 24, 25, 25,
Aug. 11, 12, 13.
may o, <7, f,
Jne. 30, July 1, 2,2.
Aug. 8, 9, 10.
MONTGOMERY.
JUiy ’£1, ££. XJ.
Aug. 25, 26, 27.
•JUiy ’40, 40, 47,
Aug. 29, 30, 31.
May 23. 24, 25, 26.
July 28, 29, 30.
Aug. 22, 23, 24.
May 9, 10. 11, 12.
July 18, 19, 20.
Sept. 1, 2, 3..
April 22, 23, 25. 20.
June 27, 28, 29.
Ang. 18, 19, 20.
mmj o, w, i.
June 13, 14, 15, 15,
Aug. 15, 16, 17.
April 18, 19, 20, 21.
June 23, 24, 25.
Ang. 11, 12, 13.
May 8, 10, 11, 12.
July 29, 29, 30.
September 1, 2, 3.
May 13, 14, 16, 17.
July 18, 19, 20.
.August 22, 23, 24.
May 18, 19, 20, 21.
July 21, 22, 23.
Aug. 29, 30, 31.
JUiy so, 20, 27.
Aug. 25. 28, 27.
April 18, 19. 20. 21.
June It, 17, 18,
August 4, B, 6.
April 27, 28, 29. 30.
Juns 30, July 1, 2.
August 8, 9, 10.
April 22, 23, 25, 26.
Juns 20, 21, 22.
Aug. 18, 19, 20.
NEW ORLEANS.
jWA’iVV 5 -
August 29, SO, si.
M*y s\ 8. 10, 11.
July 21. 22, 23.
September 2, 3, 4,
M*T IS. 14, 1B«, 14
July 24\ 25, 26.
Aug. 26, 27, 28*.
MW 18, 19. 20, 21
July 28, 29, si.
August 22, is, 24
April 27,28,29,30
Juno 12*. 13, 14 ’
Aug. 14* 18 lei
M*y 1*. 2. 3, 4.
June 17, 18, io*.
August 5, 8, 7*.
Apr. 18, 14. 18, is
It. 24 inne III
Jly 3*. 31*,Aug 21*
MEETING OF MOGULS IS
PLACIDLY PULLED OFF
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Schedule Is Adopted Almost as Proposed—Suspension of Sick
Players and Club Houses For Visitors Are Defeatedby
Wide Margins—Guarantee Is Made $75.
NOMINATION COUPON
GEORGIAN’S $30,000 VOTING CONTEST
While It It not absolutely ne c eesery tna.t ena of theaa blanks ba sent In
for aach candidate who desires to compete, it would facilitate matters if
each contestant would do so. Beaidaa, tha first coupon received of this
character counts for 5.000 votes. This blank need be sent in but one time,
f HEREBY NOMINATE
(Each contestant la entitled to only ana nomination.)
(Name of contestant)
(Name of town.)
..Contest Diet. Na.
(Mr* Mr* or Mias)..
Of
Street Addrosa
aa • candidate in The Georgian’s $30,000 contest
Nominated by •••••••••••••.Address ••••• ••••••••••
My occupation or profession •••
THE FIRST ONE OF THESE COUPON8 RECEIVED FOR A CA/I-
DIDATE COUNTS FOR 5,000 VOTES.
Under no circumstances will the nominator's name ba divulged until
tha end of the contest, and then only upon request
Meeting In executive session at the Pied
mont Monday afternoon, the KogtheVn league
moguls talked and talked and talked for flv©
long hours, and. despite the touching off of
murb verbal pyrotechnic*, managed to get
considerable business done.
The schedule was adopted practically***
It stood. Atlanta and Now Orlo/in* were
n permission to nlay n double-header on.
_ 4 provided thp New Orleana team could
not reach Atlanta* In time for time for a
morning game. The other changes were
‘ ir one*, and related to Sunday games,
c question of tickets proved the chief
time-waster and talk-producer. After houra
of language It was agreed Jn uae uniform
tickets throughout the league. They are to
he made by the Tarter Tress, of Peabody,
Mass..'and will bear the union label.
Hotels were discussed, hut the matter
was left optional. The queatlon of trans-
qtioHtlon was reconsidered and It was de
cided to use the Pullmans as usual.
President Helsman, of Atlanta, proposed
_ rule for the suspension of sick players
for four tfeeks on doctor's certificate, but
he got no support and withdrew his mo
tion.
To the sunrise of many, the scheme to re-
ulre all clubs to provide club houses for
Jie visiting teams wos voted dowu. Nash
ville, Atlanta and Chattanooga were the
iljr clubs which voted for It.
It was voted that eluha must consider the
aaklng of wnlvcra na confidential but the
aaklng of waivers na connucntiai, nut in©
plan to fine the offending club $25 waa not
* Waiver* were naked and granted on Yan
cey of Ittrinlnghaiu. Tamp and Tesseral of
New* Orleans and Nchlltaer of Chattanooga.
The guarantee which must be paid by
home clubs to visiting clubs was placed at
$lod. At the annual meeting at Memphis
this guarantee was rnlsed to $150 ns a bluff
to help get Little Hock out of the league.
The amount charged last year was $76.
The Western Union contract wn* renewed,
and this company has the exclusive right to
run wires Into Southern league parka.
The I.
SRfiW were trying to hide hna not de
veloped.
while the Hhrlnera* convention la In prog
reaa. Thla«follnwa the precedent set when
Atlanta Journeyed to rilnnfnghntn the year
after the Barons won the pennant for a
pennant raising session a day In advance of
extra ^nj, but they did not.
The only other achedule changes were of
Sunday games In order to allow a more
satisfactory arran/rement Home game* at
Newt Orleana and Memphis were the only
ones InvoWed.
It waa a meeting made notable by the
absence of Clark Miller, secretary to Pres
ident Kavnnaugh for so many year*. Mr.
Miller no longer ...
will be succeed
league auditor.
-'How much the league saved In mile* by
the dropping of Idttle Rock from the league
Ijl very evident from the difference In
mileage this year and last. Last ^©ar.the
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carry fourteen players and a secretary on
all of Its trips, the saving to the league In
railroad fare will be $5,073.80.
The exact figures are:
1900. 1910.
Atlanta *.469 7.636
Little Rock *.6*3 .....
Chattanooga.. .. .. .. 0.$o§
Nashville .. 8.643 6.983
Memphis 9.64J 7,923
Birmingham.. .. 8.221 6.266
Montgomery 9,240 6,232
Mobil©.. .. .. 8.677 6.020
New* Orleans 11,700 7.i89
Memphis has the longest trip this year
and Montgomery the abortest. V—*—~
abio make* the beat gain over _
saving 8,008 miles. The gain of New Or
leans la not as big as appear*, for In last
year's mileage la figured the Jumps home
for Kundny games, while these are not
figured In the 1910 mileage.
There wa* a vast amount of talking over
tradea. hut only one took place, that of
Torrey and some coin, both formerly the
property of Mobile, for Bliss, of Montgom
ery.
Atlanta did not make any awap», hut
baseball headquarters was cheered up by the
arrival of the signed contract of Harry
Johns, the longest hold-out of 1909.
Moat of the time the executive session
was taken up with the matter of tickets and
turnstiles.
Here Are Rosters of Southern League Clubs
In the following Mats will be found
the players who have been Recured for
the various teams of 'the Southern
league. These lists are practteatly com
plete and are up to the minute:
Mobjle.
Catchers—Meek and Moran, former
ly of Milwaukee; Joe Dunn, formerly
of Brooklyn; -Braun, from the Texas
league; Bert nine, formerly of Phila
delphia Americans; Casey, formerly of
Little Rook.
Pitchers—Blttrolff, Stockdale, Hick
man, Allen. Wilder, from the Three-I
league; Reynolds, from Roanoke, Vir
ginia league; Bliss, secured from Mont
gomery for Torrey; Harper, a pemt-
pro from Louisville.
First Base—Swaclna, or Pittsburg
club. ,
Second Base—Rhoton.
Shortstop—Joe Berger, of Rock Is
land club, Three-I league.
Third Base—Barringer, Rock Island
team, and Jules Watson.
Outfield—Huelsman, l.ist year of New
Orleans; Wagner, formerly of Mem
phis; Kerwln, the old Montgomery
Player; Ooate, from th, Three-I league,
and Woodle Thornton.
Nashville.
Catchers—Seabaugh and Erloff. The
latter was secured by Chicago from
Columbus. He was hurt early In the
season, went home and finished out the
season In the Western association.
Pitchers—Perdue, Case, Vtebahn;
Keupper who was secured from In
dianapolis for Buggan; Anderson, from
the Chicago City league; Lambert, from
the wilds of Tennessee's mountains.
First Base—Cohn, a semi-profession
al player from Iowa: Kelly, an Inde
pendent performer from Syracuse, N.
Y., and Sabrle.
Second Base—Murch, last year of
Savannah.
Shortstop—Lynch, last year of Read
ing, In the Trt-State league; Morgan,
who played In the O. and P. league.
Third Base—Bronkle, from Water-
bury, In the Connecticut State league.
Outflel/1—Bay. Wiseman, Siegel, oil
of last year's team; Vinson, of the
Texas league, and two semi-pros from
New York state.
Atlanta.
Catchers—*Sld Smith, last year of the
pennant winners, and Matty Matthews,
of New Orleans, Birmingham and else-
where.
Pitchers—Fisher, Johns, Bartley,
Rogers: Gridin, farmed at Augusta last
year; Hoyt, from Hostings, Mich.:
Martino, of New Orleans, o semi-pro.;
McLean, an Independent player of Ac-
worth, Ga.: Bemaree, of Savannah and
Augusta last year.
First Base—Hohnhort, last year of
Augusta, and Sweeney, a Chicago City
league player.
Second Base—Otto Jordan.
Shortstop—Probably Paul Sentell.
Third Base—tyalkcr.
Outfield—Barr, Bayless and Moran,
last year of Atlanta; Belt* and DeHa-
ven.
« Birmingham.
Pltchere—Bauer, Robinson, Manuel.
Lower of Cincinnati, Wagner, Williams,
McTIgue, semi-pro; Schopp and Fle-
harty. .«.
Catchers—Boyle, Elliot, Kane.
Inflelders—Gygll, Marcan, Newton
Smith, Larsen, Harris. Emory
•r°n t . < l® I<JerB—Mo,e * worth ' McOllvray,
McBriae.
Memphis.
Catchers—Rementer, Dudley
Oraw, Collins.
PeZT^e™' D,Ck> 8,M1 *
Inflelders—Whitney. Warner Cran.
dall, Scanlln. Altman, Fuhs. Babh
^Outfielders — Chandler, Baerwald,
Chattanooga.
McCrone, lb.; Alcoek, 2b.; Yerkea
ss.; ■ Perrey, 3b.: Bevllle. e.; Carson, c-
Hart P-i Buchanan, p.; Schlltxer, p;
Keith, p.; Helm, p.; Miller, p.; Pope a
Outfielders—Dobbs, cf.; McLauren.
rt.; Sent*. If.
Montgomery,
• Catchers—Hart Shannon. Miller
traded from Mobile; Orlbbnn, n 4 p
league.
Pitchers—Thomas, Juul, Guess. Jolly
Vickers. Western association; Via
Hummer, semi-pro.. Kansas city; Dux-
gleby. Eastern league; Smith, semi-
pro.; Torrey, Mobile.
Inflelders—Gremlnger, lb.: Abstain,
2b.: Pope, ss.; Sh-att, 8h.
Outfielders—Whiteman, Daley, Phil-
lps, O. * P. league! Burnett Hpokiun.
1 New Orleans,
Pitchers—Maxwell. Paige, Hess, Pru.
Itt Breltensteln, Foster, Cefslu, Os.
from.
Catchers—Mitchell. Shriver, Robert,
son, Edwards.
Inflelders—Demont Manush.- Rohe,
Lindsay. E. Regan.
Outfielders—Welmer, Brooks, Ward.
LEAGUE MOGULS ARE GUESTS
AT BANQUET AT PIEDMONT
Altar the Southern lrsm# morula had
eluded Ihalr fivp-hour srssion thsy adjourned
almost immediately to tha bif dining room
of tha Piedmont and were tlwre the ruesta
of tha Atlanta Rasehall aMoeiatlon at the
most elaborate, hast planned and altogether
th* most aucfesuful banquet war given by a
baseball association In the South.
"All the gang" was there, club presidents
and secretaries, managers, local players, big
teagwvrs, directors of the local club and newa-
P ?*h* guests sat at a big T-shaped table
which waa elaborately decorated and partook
pf on* of th* Piedmont’* finest banquets.
An orchestra waa on doty and at interval*
It accompanied the guests, who sang a num
ber of popular songs, the word* of which were
printed especially for the occasion.
Instesd of the usual interminable speeches
th*L usually drag Kouthem league banquets
Into the deep blue houra of the early morn
ing there werennly three addresses and they
» interesting in the extreme. President
anaugh as ususl msde the opening *d-
dress and he was followed by President Ileis-
man, of the local association. The third
speakvr was O. R. Andrews, of the Chatta
nooga Hasettail association, who was intro
duced as the president of the "ehampion
team of th# South." %
Following the addresses there waa vaude
ville by anm-e professional player* secured
for the entertainment of the guests.
. (What happened after that w* don't know
•for the last ear leave* for East Lake at 12
U s., upon which we departed, leaving every-
y doing very nicely, thank you.)
I Sunday School Teams
Will Hold a Meeting j
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Sporting Editor Th* Georgian:
Kindly announee thru the columns of your
paper that there will be a meeting of the di
rector* and others wfy» are interested, of the
Sunday School Baseball association Thursday
night et d.’.IO at the central Y. M. C. A.,
corner of Pryor and Anburn-ave. Applies
lions from churches and Sunday schools In
terested will be entertained at this meeting.
Thanking you for the above favor, we i
main. Cordially yours,
"SHELLEY IVEY.
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SOME TIPS ON THE SESSION
By B. H. MOONEY, of The Birmingham News
Here g«*»* iMinitthlng that I* going to
break th© heart of the Birmingham fnu*,
but they might n* well be told now tt*
hereafter, so her© It It:
“llinger” t,’I° r b. the energetic lad who
long won* a Hlrtnliigltititi uniform, nud
later went to ChnjtniHHJgn, In the South
Atlantic lengtie. will not romp Into the
Southern league with the ('hattunuoga elnb.
• dinger baa been *old to the AUuiiy. N. Y..
elnb, and will «*> more grace the pltrher**
Ih»x of Southern league diamond*.
Along with dinger has aleo gone another
old-time Southern ftirorlte, Joe Itlekert.
Joe played with Atlanta anil New «»rl©ttUM.
and w:t* a great player In his day. II© also
goes to Albany. • A
Tim Flood Is another woo will not be
seen on the Southern league diamond this
season. Johnny Dobbs could not use him fu
Id* line-up. ninl Tim will go with Mike Finn,
up In I'onucyflcut.
Herrill I’mit Is going to play third base
for .Montgomery Just beraii*© President Jo
seph, of that rtub. Iieat Atlanta mid Nash
ville to the youngster.
Both Jordan and Bernhard declared that
they were nnxlou# to get this young player
of whom thev had heard mueh.
Pratt is ft nirmlnghstit fit%orlfe. amt If he
can deliver the goods lu baselmtl aa be does
In foothnll the name of Perrell Pratt might
na well lii* put In th© hall of baseball
fame right now.rnHHHHiliSBMMUH
make gr**d In the Southern league.
The several league managers sre busy
Another trade pulled off nvently between
in© Montgomery and Mobile club* concerns
the trsnsfer to Mobile of pan Kerwln and
the eomlng to Montgomery of Miller, a man
secured by Mol.Hw. lu the latter part of
last season.
Uockenfeld. of Montgomery, will play with
the Spokane team next season. Inasmuch
a* Mr. Joseph hag traded him to that
©tub for Burnett, n great outfielder, so the
report Is. jyk- **
Mr. Joseph declares that Korkin ami
Itnckrnfeld were hi* weakest player* last
season, mid be thinks getting rid of them
has l>eei* a wise wove.
Kd Gremlnger. of the Montgomery club,
wn* not nt the meeting. He Is not ex
ported to come South until the first part
of Mnrrb •
JERRY MURPHY WINS DECISION
IN GREAT BOUT AT ARMORY
By LEN II. GRAVES.
Manager Harry Staten pulled off a pretty
nifty bout at the Armory hall. In West
Mitchell st., Monday night, before an *u«
diene© more notable for approclatlon than
‘lion, and Jimmy Rushing U«»brr, Iho
clever Knvsnnnhlnn.
llefere# Ed t’lspp gire the derlalon to
Murphy on point, after the hsttle hnd gone
throughout, for Ms opponent hid bis hands
full to the very list.
The scrap wit fast and furious from the
sounding of the gong, and both finished
strong.
Barring the too frequent ellhebes, whleh
msde the going s trifle slow, ths bout was
one of the best that his been pulled off
In the Hslf-Mllllon City In many moons.
The preliminaries were not much and
only lasted shout s round each. One wns
between Kid Roast and Kid Sells and ths
other between Kid fleeter and Yonng Trai
tor. Kid Bells and Kid Hector were the
winners.
Emory Infants Are
Very Hot Players
Oxford, Ga., Feb. 22.—Emory's Infants
came into their own Monday afternoon good
and atrong. After many vain effort* they
their first basket ball game and that
from a good team—the Freshmen. Score:
8nbs, 20; Freabtuen, 12. The Hopba also
won. Score: Sophomores. 22: Juniors, 8.
That first game waa n corker front atart
to finish. The Fresble* made their 12 points
* l the ttrat half, while the Sub* got only 8.
At the start of the second the Sub* came
hack for on© more effort and held their op
ponent* to n tent score, while they made
12 points themselves. The gome, while not
n* Important trout the alotuipolnt of the
pqnumit race, wna one of the hardest fought
of the seanon, and euded amid shouts of
Save each
d the Subs ...
lag of challenging them for a accoud
trial, for the l»e*t two out of three.
The line-up:
Hubs. Freshmen.
Foster, rf .....Bottle, rf. <10»
Branhani. If. <5> Kitchens, If.
flnllemore, ©. <8; Clarke, e. <2»
Stevens, rg. t6). CoinJ, rg.
tlrlner, Ig. ...........Pryor, Ig.
on© (mint awarded Huh* on foul on man
Fouls—Freshmen. 7: Subs, 10.
Referee, Peeples I TO); halves, 26-15.
Second Game.
Th© Sophomore-Junior gnme belonged to
the lower classmen from the atart, and
only In the second half did the Junior*
manage to score. In both halve* they
missed a number of good chances to score,
while the Soph* made their chance* count.
Line-up:
Hopba.
Melton, rf. 16).
Evn ns. If. »9»
.©•Plotter, «*. <2)
'arh/nu. rg. (4)....
• •.•:•••*
Juniors.
.L.Burt, rf. »2)
.Trimble, If. (4)
....Stone, c. «2)
Bonne!!, rg.
..Thomas, Ig.
t^ne poFnt awarded Sophs on foul on man
throwing goal.
Field Hoals—Kvnna, 4; Melton, 2; Parham
Marist Team Will
Begin Practice
The next few daya will wltneaa baae-
ball extraordinary at Marlat college,
for Tueaday afternoon Joe Bean's pro
teges will begin active practice.
In addition to the old men, practi
cally every one of whom will return,
several promising youngsters will try
out for positions.
Physical Director Bean plana to or-
ganlxe a prep baseball team. In addi
tion to tho varsity team. The preps
hava already practiced considerably,
and promise to have a really flrat-claaa
team. '
Last year Marist turned out one of
the beat prep teams In the city, and
this year the prospects are exception
ally rosy for an even better nine.
? CONLEY AT EVEN MONEY X
+ TO WHIP MONTE ATTELL +
v Los Angslss, Cal., Feb. 22.—Ev- $
•b erythlng Is In readiness for the -j-
+ scheduled 45-round encounter be- -r
+ tween Frankie Conley and Monte *
v Attell. The little fellow, weighed •{*
+ In at 118 pounds at 10 o’clock this +
+ morning. 4.
t . and Attell are lighting +
•{• for the diamond-studded belt em- •!•
t blematlc of the world's bantam <•
T championship. Even money Is be- +
•r lng quoted. a.
* +
BIO SCRAP
IS SLATED
WoJgast and Nelson Will Go 45
Rounds and Match Should
Be a Wonder.
and Triable. 2 each; Ledbetter, Rtirf, ind
Plnne. 1 earn.
•InsIs from Foul—Evens, I.
Referee. Kitchens t'Ui: halves, 20.*.
BIG BOOST FOR GEORGE MONROE
DISHED UP BY BAT MASTERS0N
By BAT MASTERSON.
George Monroe, who a dozen years ago was looked upon as one of the
beet featherweights In this country. Is now running the Monroe AlhIMte
club In Atlanta. Ga. Mono* fought Terry JllrOovera A "twenty-round
draw when the latter was In his prime. On another occasion h.i«.ro
MrOovem In the 24th round of a battle scheduled to go 25 rounds.' Both
flnHh"'* “ Pre charac, * H,ed by u,e fltr cest kind of fighting froth atari to
Little George Is a New Yorker and has many friends here who will he
glad to learn that he Is doing well. He |, a decent, manly little fellow
who deserves to succeed In any venture In which he el rets to enn»—
New York Telegraph. engage.-—
•MHMOMOK
•U»l»„l«l„„a.„f
Bv W. W. NAUGHTON,
San Frgncisco, Feb. 22,—Predletln*
that he will knock Battling Nelion cut
In less than thirteen rounds. Ad IVnl-
gast will enter the ring at Point Rich
mond this afternoon with all the confi
dence of .a veteran.
Nelson on the other hand while ad
vising his friends not to bet on the
number of rounds. Is Just as certain
that he will retain the lightweight
championship.
The fighters are In excellent phyalcu
condition and a splendid conical H
looked forward to by tho fans.
Nelson and Wolgast are schedule!
to fight 46 rounds at 133 pounds. Th'f
will enter the ring at 2:30 o’clock. The
big fight will be preceded by s ten-
rotund go between Hobo Dougherty smt
Abe Label.
The betting, which has been hravf
on th* championship event. Is 2 to 1»
favor of Nelson.
The attendance ts expected to rears
19,000 and a S40.000 house Is predlotr-1-
Los Angeles fight followers alnmat to *
man have backed Wolgast nnd th"
money has had much to do with Itwp-
lng tho odds from going to better tha»
2 to 1. Tex Rickard and Jim M»>'. JJJ
Nevada sporting men, have placed M
commissions on Nelson and the latter»
the favorite of San Franciscans. Manf
wagers have been made at even tron'T
that Wolgast will stay 26 rounds. He"
are statements, by the principals;
By BATTLING NELSON.
There will he no change so far ”
the rhamptnnahln ts concerned.
gast may contrive to go quite a..
tance, but he will meet the same flni
as the others that tackled me at TO
own game, to wit. the Marathon rott ■
I am glad that Wolgast Is In auch %•
shape, for my conscience will not a
me when It Is all over. I will l<n0 "'v.,,
I disposed of him when he was «
best. Ho caught me out of co«jB»
and I guesa he gained some repu
at my expense. But, that Is the luck .
the game.” „
By AO WOLGAST. J
Nelson Is In for a surprise. H
find that an old, old story Is
told. No man comes back after
good licking and makes good ”'' .y. J
man who whipped him. 1 n h T?21f..r-
son once and I will whip him ,
noon. It was only ten rounds sye
Angeles and I won by a mne.
time t will knock him out. _
“Nelson has had quite a j < |t!l
champion, but he will know b f ^ „
day Is over that It ts folly ' »
hold a title forever. He has'been #
the game thirteen years B t ni * ' h ' r „i ( d■
my lucky number. I think h» »
lapae before tile thlrteeuth r-iunJ
BABAf AS TO DISCOS* * TI J*1?J’f
Th?re*ll be s roll ■eetl"*?!., Jt.,-- 1
Bscara union at the Capitol tte.
church Tuesday night SI S p m. 1 " j.ny *
nf athletics Will be discussed. '«P
renrd to the baseball Ictgnc of H „1
It ts esmcstly hoped th*t •” '
tend » large represratstimv t"^^, p