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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1910.
4 "RABBIT" PLA88 WILL
+ MANAGE IN YAZOO CITY
4- ■ .
4 Jackion, Mi**., Nov. 29.—Ynzoo
*1* City Is tho ft rut franchise holder
4 In the Cotton States league to em-
T Ploy a manager for next season.
4 The Yaxoo City association has
4 Just concluded terms with "Rab-
v bit” Plass, one of the best known
4 minor league players In the eoun-
4 try. who will take charge of the
4 work of organizing the team and
4 carrying It thru the season.
4 The last appearance of Plass In
4 the South was with the Memphis
4 team, of the Southern league.
4 Since that time he has had con-
‘r slderable experience as manager,
4 and It Is believed that Yazoo City
+ has made a good selection.
4 Yazoo City has on her reserve
4 list several of lost year’s players,
4 Including all of the pitching stare.
+ With the practical certainty that
4 the league wilt not be enlarged to
4* an eight-team circuit, the several
4- associations will immediately go
4 to work getting managers and
4- perfecting other plans for next
4- year. Jackson has already
4- picked up two or three new pluy-
4 ers.
HUNTERS AND SPORTSMEN WELCOME COLD WEATHER
EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
4* JONES QUITS AS
4 SPORT EDITOR '
4*
4* . Yerner M. Jones, of Nashville, «
* Tenn., has retired as a sport 1
*!• For moro than two years 1
4* -h? as held down the sport desk -
A Jhe Banner in a fashion that '
lit.* :n&de It one of tho best in •
tho country. — , '
Mr. Jones lias opened offices in •
Nashville as a special correspond- '
cnt and will go-special and feature «
work. Ho Is well known In At- •
lanfa, whero he worked for sev- *
eral years. •
SOME FAMOUS NAGS ARE IN THIS LOT OF THOROUGHBREDS
4*
4- SIX-DAY RACERS GATHER. 4-
i t
4* '• 4
New York, Nov. 29.—With all 4
4* tho foreign rlddrz who will taka 4*
4- part In the zlx-day bicycle race at 4*
Madison Square Garden on the 4
v ground, tho nlng-up process 4
4- started today, ‘he tlrelesa wheel- 4
4 men set up their racing bikes and 4
4 unllmbered their legs preparatory 4
4 to the big show, which will start 4
4- on December 4 and end on the 4
4 9th. The preliminary work Is be- 4
4 which arrived were Walt* Rutt, 4
4 of Germany; John Stoll, of Hoi- 4
4 land; Leon George, Julian Pou- ■'
4 rhols, A. ChlUe, Germain and ■
4 Francois Verilnden, of France. 1
4 Rutt, In addition to being entered 4-
4 in the big event, will take part In 4
4 a three-cornered race against 4
4 Frank Kramer, of America, and 4
4 Jack Clarke, of Australia, on Sat- 4
4 urday night 4
4l"l";-H-l-H-H-I-t-M-H»I-H"H-4 , }44
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By PEBOY H. \
YHITING.
Poor old Auburnites. They have indeed had a terrible
time with a schedule this year. They couldn’t get a game with
Sewanee and. didn’t get a game with Vanderbilt, and have had
a terrible time of it generally.
We suggest that they go right ahead now and clamp right
down on a schedule that will give them the games they want.
The talk of horse racing and open betting at Charleston
proves to have been a joke, of course. The gamblers banked
a lot on the fact that when Governor Bleaso was put in of
fice there would be a general “loosening up.” The governor-
elect, now comes out with a declaration that when he was
state'senator the bill to incorporate the South Carolina Jockey
club was brought up, and that it was ho who proposed the
umendmfnt thst .no betting. should be allowed. He.states that
‘ his views now are unchanged. So there will be no betting in
Charleston.’
The poor old gamblers have a wretched time of it. They
are forever being driven from the respectable communities, and
they are everlastingly trying to dynamite or to jimmy their
way into others. Some day they will learn that America is not
going to tolerate open betting on horse racing. Then maybe
they will turn honest and go to work.
Tulane is trying to abolish football.
It isn’t definitely announced whether this movement takes
rise because football is so brutal or because Tulane football is
so rotten. ,
But we have our suspicions.
Columbia was always a great college for abolishing foot
ball. And, judged by the kind they usually had there, it was
better abolished than otherwise.
Nobody ever heard of a college with a winning team
abolishing the game. This abolishing business is' usually a
poor form of hard losing.
PLANNING FOR
ATLANTA TRIP
NAVY COACH MARRIES.
Annapolis, Md., Nov. 29.—Ensign How
ard, a coach of the Navy football team,
was quietly married yesterday to Miss
Bowyer, a daughter of Superintendent
Bowyer of the Naval academy.
Diamond
We call attention right now to the good work that the
Atlanta Prop league is doing in getting up a cross-country run.
Of course, it isn't exactly “cross-country,” for it is to be run
out .Peachtree-st. and back. Nor will it be exactly a “run,”
for of some of the contestants there is sure to be a sprinkling
who will run out and walk back.
But, all in all, it is a good proposition. • To those of us who
blow like a cart horse with the heaves if we chase a half block
for a street car there'is something intensely painful about the
thought of a three or four-mile run. But to well-trained boys
this is a mere exercise gallop. ,
The contestants in such a race should bo well trained, but
if they are not, they should get nothing but good ont of such
exercise. These runs get them out in the fresh air and com
pel exercise of tho wbolo body.
If we were managing this, we wonld be much inclined to
make, a real cross-country of this race, starting from the end
of some car line and rnnning right out in the open country,
with turf underfoot, an occasional fence to swarm over, an
occasional stream to ford, now and then a hill to pull up—ia
fact, a real cross-country run instead of a city run. However,
the disadvantage of such a run is that it is hard to wind it up
in town, and unless the finish comes near home, the boys who
take part are liable to become stiff and chilled before they
'an get to a shower bath and to dry clothes.
This cross-country running is a game that has been sadly
neglected in the South. It should be one of the grandest of
"inter sports for the school boys and college men of the
South. If it is taken up, it will givo them much pleasure and
no far toward physical development of tho right kind.
If for no other reason than just one, these races are worth
while, and this one reason is that they demonstrate most viv
idly the dangers of excessive cigarette smoking.
Boys see by example and from experience ^ that the smok
ers have no chance in such a contest—that their wind and us
ually their heart action are impaired. And such examples teach
* more powerful lesson than a year of daily sermons on the
evil* of smoking.
Tha horMs htra shown ara Fir*.tone. Prlnc# Ahmed, Gretna Green,
Fitxharbert, Ballot and Alfred Noble. In the center ia Jaok Atkin.
Nashville to “Can” Kuhn and
Abolish “Tight-Wad” Regime
Fans Sore Because Bernhard
Was Let Out and Will
Take Revenge.
„ ... „ 29.—An early
shAke-up Is predicted In the affairs of
tho Nashvlllo baseball club. Involving a
new man Instead of former President
Ferd W. Kuhn. Title move has been
brought about thru public dlsaatlefaetlon
over tho sad failure of laet eeaeon, cli
maxing In the dlsmlesal of Manager mil
Bernhard, who, during three years of
service, had brought one pennant hers
and another near-bunting.
... —— • ,t season there was an
dlesatlafactton'locally. a.
evidenced by poralstent poor patronage,
combined with known friction between
Manager Bernhard and the dominant
spirits among the board of directors.
Tho managerial attitude was that finan
cial conditions were forced upon him that
rendered It Impossible for him to compete
with certain other clubs.
s, or at Irast some of them.
their beet efforts, and other
Internal troubles developed.
When the seaeon ended so disastrously
. - - - - —— Sis.
tt.
AMUSEMENTS
At tho Forsyth.
Burke, not "Billie." charmingly
mystified the audience that gathered at
tho Forsyth theater Monday night with
her act, "The Maid of Mystery." Tho
act is a Grecian worship dance. Scantily
draped In tho flimsy garments of the
ancients and with her face half masked
ments are to tho effect that the more en
terprising minority of tho directors, with
some other public-spirited citizens, have
the oppooltlon to President Kuhn
point of making Ills retirement
on early guaranteed assurance.
It Is understood that W. O. Hlrsig, a
popular and progressive business man*
will M named as his successor. This
assured situation Is looked
upon by former Manager Bernhard's
friends as a popular vindication and by
pubilo generally as a t
on of reviving interest
putting public spirit above the apparent
purpose of exploiting the purely com
mercial side of the sport.
Johnny Evers Is
The Hold-Out Kid
out” aftsr a short conference
with President Murphy.
The result was not satisfactory so far
as the Trojan was concerned, for the boss
of the Cubs refused to give Johnny a def
inite answer ae to wehther or not he
would be granted a leave of absence until
June 1, but left the matter for Manager
Chance to decide. The reaction: a tittle
peevishness and a i
boa Angeles, Cal.,
leader la wintering.
"I will give Chance until Thursday Jo
answer my wire," said Kvera. "and Iff
receive none I will go ahead and arrange
my plane for early spring. I have not de
termined definitely whether or not I will
accept the Annapolle coaching-offer If I
am not granted a leave of absence, but
one thing la certain. I will not go South
on the training trip and I will not sign
with the Cube unleae there Is a clause
inserted In the contract excusing me from
reporting until June 1.”
JOHNSON SAYS HE’S ALL RIGHT.
Chicago, Nov. ~—— *
•rms that It was
go to a sanitarium. —,—.
cause of a nervous breakdown and Bant
ing ho was In perfect health. Jack John
son, tha heavyweight pugtUst, has arrived
home from New Vork. and. aside from
showing In a few nearby towns, will re
main at his south side home until the
first of the year, when he will go West to
that time the achednle will be deflrttely ffi*jKrimKSBs?be
adopted. tween Chicago and the coaet.
WILL ADOPT SCHEDULE.
The schedule committee of the At
lanta Basket Ball league will report on
Tuesday night at 7:45 o'clock to the
board of directors of the league. At
tween Chicago and the
imagination. The graceful movements
delight. The unnatural contortions bring
cold chills by their evidence of supersti
tion and religious fanaticism. It Is the
dance of a maid who comes to tne gods
after finding her lover untrue.
The remainder of the i
and entertaining, except
bottle.
The Geo Jays have produced a real nov
elty. On a miniature stage they at
tached doll bodies to their heads—the Jays
manner.
y and creat<
sentlng six seaside re*
was first a summer girl, then a French
count, then a suffragette, then an urchin,
then a policeman and last and best a
parent purpose of shifting upon him the then a policeman nnd last and best a
blame for the failure. The local baseball iothlng girl. "A Night In Naples" by
public, however, failed to accept this ver- the five Armanis was beautiful because
four of the five sang so well. A number
of tbe most popular selections from Ital
ian operas were given. The act was the
most enthusiastically received of any of
the night. Clark and Bergman, as the
baseball fans, sang and told jokes that
were catchy and bright. Theirs was a
new line of talk and Tt
And last came the Lit
comedy acrobats that
^ From a sophomore to a
tne
prudel
laugh.
Ins*tons gave It, fast and furious and ...
such a funny manner that the dearest old
s in. the house could not li
—ARCHIE
At the Lyric.
"The Man of the Hour," a play by
George Broadhurst. dealing with present-
day political grafters, opened a week's
engagement at the Lyric Monday night.
The play is too well known to admit of
any outline here, haring been variously
lauded as "tbe best play of tbs times r ’
and "the Ideal American drama." So
far as the play goes. It ia about all that
could be desired, but the cast would ad
mit of a bit of strengthening In some
parts. Felix llsney as "alderman from
the Eighth ward," did considerably the
best work of the evening. To begin, he
looks the part of the well-fed politician,
and his Irish accent and smile fitted the
been ruined by the system, was
* made the best of a rather
. The rest were fair. The audience
Ived the performance with consid
erable enthusiasm, and, at the conclusion
T the play, the orchestra struck up
Tammany." INNIH BROWN.
Mrs. Fltke st Orpheum.
In the history of/ the stage In America
certain characterisations have been asso
ciated In the public mind almost exclu
sively with their original creators, and
of these there Is no example more con
spicuous than the "Becky Kharp" of Mrs.
Fiske. Temperamentally almost Ideally
suited to the role, Mrs. Fiske has brought
to its delineation that keenness of analy
sis and that photographic fidelity of reali
sation of which she Is so complete a mis
tress, with the result that "Becky Hharp"
as a stage figure will ever stand side by
side with the "Becky Sharp" that Thack
eray draw. Mrs. Fiske will niay this famous
role at the Orpheum next Friday and Sat
urday evenings, with matinee on Satur
day.
"The Servant In the House."
Ftw Hays reach this city as widely ad
vertised as "The Servant In the House."
which begins at the Orpheum theater on
Jim McAleer Secures Trainer
for Next Year and Arranges
for Spring Work.
When Jimmy MeAlesr’s Washington
players land In Atlanta early In March
to do thslr spring training, thslr phys
ical condition will bo placed In tha
hands of Jo* Quirk, trainer.
McAleer closed wrlth Quirk shortly
after leaving Atlanta and he will report
here with the team.
When McAleer waa In St. Louis hs
had Quirk, and when the manager was
transferred to Washington he brought
the trainer with him. Last year Qulrk’a
work was so satisfactory that when
the leader of the Nationals reached the
capital early last week he sent for
Quirk and closed the deal.
Quirk has long been Identllled with
sports. He first came Into prominence
as a driver of harness horses and later
earned fame as a fancy skater. He haa
made a study of conditioning athletos,
and ons of his most successful ventures
the
ten days
and brought
the playere up to the kickoff In such
grand shape that not a single one was
foroed to leave that hard-fought gomo
because of Injuries
Before leaving Washington McAleer
obtained the address of every veteran
member of tbe club, and It Is his Inten
tion to write to each one of these an
order to go to Hot Springs about tbe
middle of February for two weeks be
fore reporting at Atlanta.
One of the chief objections to send
ing players to tho Arkansas resort has
been the cost, but so determined is Mc
Aleer to have his men primed for the
opening that all of the older players
will be compelled to take the baths
for at least ten days before they join
the general squad at tho training camp
here.
One of the players—probably Me-
Bride 1 —will bo put In charge at Hot
Springs, and his orders will have the
same effect as will those of McAleer at
Atlanta. All of the Natlonale will be
required to work out regularly twice a
day, so when they get to Ponce De
Leon park they will not be behind tbe
younger men.
Wednewlay and Thureday. November *0,
December t. and matinee Thursday.
Produced In New York city a year ago
last March, It Immediately leaped Into
fame ee a result of heated newepaper dis
cussions ss toi the propriety of presenting,
directly or Indirectly, a representation of
Christ
tbs leading
States began a d]
ant In tbs House” that has „
the present time, and during the pest
few weeks cib.v dl.palcnee from the Old
World have told of the play's success on
ths other side of tbe Atlantic.
>’Ben-H>ir» - Next Week.
-Hur" comes to the Orpheum the-
I Monday, December I, to charm,
te and elevate us with Its beautiful
Ben.
ater on _
fksettle.
story. In dramatization I,ew Wallace’s
novel hes lost nons of Its splendid quali
ties. It Is well for people that ouch a play
as "Ben-Ilur” comes once In a while. It
...JUtty that mors like It ere not pro-
Be.ale Abott’s Conductor.
Slsnrr Giacomo Hpadonl, concert mas
ter of the Bessie Abott Grand Opera com
pany. and who has charge of tha entire
production of ths operas, both of the
principal, and chorus,, and. who. visits
America f
dent progress that during ths season of
IM'J the society was classed as tbs hast
of Its kind In Italy.
■‘Olrls’’ at ths Grand.
Clyde Fitch’s cleverest comedy, "Girts,"
will be the attraction at the Grand Thurs
day, Friday and Haturday. This original
and gently satirical comedy which treats
of tha question of the eternal feminine
‘ her relation* to man haa probably
' ‘aeghter and sympathetic
any play-ataged la years.
I a run of ill ronsecutlve
caused more Ian shier and
attention than i
Olrls" enjoyed
Have you ever noticed how- many rumors of trades there are each off
season and how few trades?
In the last Jive years this has been the score:
Rbmors of big trades Involving famous players 8,762
Big trades made Involving any old sort of players 7
Rumor that Pittsburg woo to trade Wagner 63
Number of times Wagner was traded 0 ■
Reports that Cobb couldn't get along with his club mates and was to
to be let out 97
Number of time* Cobb his been let out 00
Miscellaneous rumors 8,696
Joe Jackson is expectod to put Cleveland back In the running. That’s
rather a large contract for one man, but then Joe won the pennant for the
New Orleans team and ia willing to attempt anything.
If Joe Is as good ss New Orleans and Cleveland think, then the ques
tion arises:
Is Connie Mack developing paresis?
And clearly ho Isn't, unless you can prove It by the Jackaon deal.
We shall get tho answer to this one by waiting. So here goes for a good
long waib '
Joe Tinker's love for President Charles Murphy Is becoming 'something
overwhelming. Joe calls hie boss "the tlght-wad club owner,” the "fat ex-
reporfer" and like endearing terms. And apparently they aro getting ready
for a neat run-in.
Here's a tip: ■ Unless Murphy shows an Inclination to be liberal with
hla players and to win their friendship, then good-byo pennants for tho
Cubs! Neither Frank Chsnco nor any man can make a team play, when its
members feel that they are being robbed.
Eddlo' Collins and Bob Beecher learned thslr base-running stunts while
playing college football.
Yes, dear reader, the Covaleskle (old by Louisville to' the St. Louie
Amcrleans is a brother to ths roan who pitched so well for Birmingham .
and so poorly for Cincinnati.
Harry Howell, formerly of . the St. Louis Americans, Is boosting that he
is a free agent
To call a man a "free agent" In baseball Is usually a doubtful complt-’
ment. They seldom get to oe free agents until they are so punk that no
body wants them. *
Joe O’Brien, who wae once president of the American association, may
succeed “Mr." Horace Fogel os manager of ths Philadelphia National*.
"Mr." hasn't run things exactly to suit his boss, Charley Murphy, reported
controlling owner of the Chlcago-Phlladelphla syndicate.
John McGraw seems to have made good with John T. Brush, president’
of the New York Giants Recently "Muggsy” was tendered a contract for
five years and signed It. When that explrea he will have been manager of
the New York Nationals for thirteen years.
Big,Aviation Meet
For San Francisco
San Franclaco, Nov. 29.—The local avia
tion committee announces that more than
half the 1100.000 for an eight days meet
haa already been subscribed. The com
mittee also reports that contracts have
been made for the services of a dozen of
the foremost bird men and that there will
other desired notable* of
Itoy Knabenahue. manager for the
Wright brothers, has signed an agree
ment for the services of waiter Brookins,
Arch Hoxaey, and Philip Parralee. who
took the place of Johnstone, who was
killed In Denver.
McCurdy.
Among the other blrdmen who have
ngreed to fly at the coming meet are Hu
bert Latham, of the French Aero club,
and James Radley, of Kngland. /
tits group,
j. c. r
night;
_nni|h which uwiuuw uiwiii viwiswi
J. C. (Bud) Mare, who arrived here laet
; J. C. Willard, and either Ely or
ORPHEUM
Wed. and Thur*., Nov. 30 and Die.
1. Thurs. Matin**
“THE SERVANT IN THS
HOUSE”
Pr*t*nt*d by th*
H*nry Millar Associate Players
Prices—Mat, 25c to $1. Night 25c to
11.60.
Scalsi Frl.-Sat. I Prlcas
NOW ] Sat. Matinee 50clO$2
MRS. FISKE
in "Becky Sharp”
Fix Nights Pr.cl.ely et I P. M.
December 5 to 10
tfatlnee Wednesday and Saturday
at 2 P. M.
Klaw * Rriangeris Greater
DEMUR
Seat Bale Thureday. Price*: Low-
tLM: OL_ r ..
laid aside. No phone orders
taken. Mall orders filled when sale
LIEBLER A Co. PRESENT'
WILTON LACKYE
IN HIS GREATEST SUCCESS
THE BATTLE"
Prices—Night, 25c to $1.60. Mati
nee, 25c to $1.00. Seats selling.
DECEMBER 1, 2 AND 3.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Saturday Matinee.
Clyde Fitch's Satirical Comedy
u
GIRLS
ATLANTA'S BUSY THEATER
MAT. tad MIGHT
sTHE MAID OF MYSTERYr
Five Armanis — Clark Sc Bergman
EvaMudge, A.O.Duncan and Others
I YRir! THIS WEEK
L A Mat*. Tun.. Thur*.,Sat
WM. A. BRADY'S PRODUCTION OF
THE
MAN-HOUR
WITH FELIX HANEY.
amcno
Without Pain
A Specialty
OR. H. JENSEN, 23 1-2 Wlitlllll It
TEETH