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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: TUESDAY, DE< 'EM BEK a, 15III.
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Two Games Played Monday
So college will ever be great in athletics thru any extended
Period which has not learned to lose gracefully.
1 There is such a thing as losing too gracefully. But for one
team that gives way to that fault a thousand lose too hard.
A rather clever expression of the Yale attitude toward
defeat, after the defeat has come, was expressed in that enter,
.staining serial. “Stover at Yale,” which is running in Mc
Clure's magazine. In the story the Yale team has just re
vived an expected heating at the- hands of . Princeton. In the
,.|ub house, after the game, the conch makes this spil'd:
Vo«- bovs, tlia game's over. We've lost. It's our turn; we've got to staml
I, one thing I want you to remember when you go out of here. Yale teams
lake their medicine:
“ do you understand? Yale teams take their medicine! No talking, m» reu-
Minr no explanations, no excuses, and no criticism: The thing's over and
We'll nave a dinner tonight, and we'll start in on next year; nml next
nothing under the sun's going to stop us! Go out: take oft your hatt! A
Princeton team licked you—licked you well! That's all. You deserved
•I.core Vou didn’t. Sard luck. But those who saw you try for It won't
turret 111 We're proud of that second half! No talk, now, about what might
k«« happened: no talk about what you're going, to do. Shut up! Remember—
win and take your medicine.
This little address ought- to be printed in large type, framed
and hung in every college club room: “No talk—no excuses—
grin—take your medicine,” That's the true sportsman’s way
of taking defeat. There are many times in a man’s career
when it is well for , him to close his month and keep it closed.
Never is this any truer than in defeat.
There are a lot of colleges in the country which, if they
would learn to lqse more gracefully, might stop trying too hard
to win. And trying TOO HARD to win leads to most of the
abuses of present-day athletics—anti especially pWsbnt-day foot
ball.
“Down with secret baseball meetings” is the policy ex
pressed,by Charles TV. Murphy, of the Chicago Cubs, in a re
cent interview. It is a mighty, good policy, too. Savg the re-
doubtahlc “Charles Webbi”.
I am first, last and all the time heartily In favor of the open door policy,
tnd decidedly opposed to any move tending toward gum-shoe methods and *e-
Pr *S5MJhe* meeting .board form a convention, with Invitations to old-timers,
new-comers, press and the like, so that all may have the opportunity of making
surgestlons. .....
It seems to me that dark-lantern methods are no longer necessary in the
conduct of professional baseball. If all. the cards, are to be dealt .above .the
table, no one should he ashamed of his, actions at the meeting of the National ,
lM8 The game belongs to the people. Then lot the people know what Js going on
it the meetings. I say let the members of the Baseball Writers Association of
America into the rooms. Yes, and let them participate In the debates.
— , •; ~ •* ' • f
Murphy was a newspaper man himself' in his good day,
tnd he knows well the idiocy of secret meetings.
It is pretty hard to understand why anything should
come up at a baseball meeting that the papers aren.’t entitled
to write about. Nothing in the world speaks so loud of hon
est motives as open meetings. Nothing arouses- deeper suspi
cions than secret meetings.
The Southern league has gone in strong for secret ses
sions of late—and it is but fair to say that President Knva-
naiigh has been an opponent of tho gumshoe stuff fr.om the
sfarf. If |ie had his say. the doors would be wide open and all
(he cards would be on'the'table. Yoil have to hand it to ICava-
naugh for directness of method. But some of the “wise” mo
guls have been insisting on the executive session stuff, (tnd
they have prevailed. -
Surely there seems nothing to hide from tho public about
the Southern league doings. And .if there isn’t “closed” moot
ings are a joke.
EM
STATEN BEGINS WORK ON
BOXING CLUB
All plan* of the Atlanta Preparatory
Athletlv association tor baaket bail
have been completed anil the first
,’.anies of the prep league season have
neeii played. Not all teams have'bfen
definitely picked yet, but In n few days
all will be In fine shape.
The school, which are furnishing
teams are Boy* High school,. Mari,t
college, Georgia Military academy, Tech
High school, Donald eraser and Pea
cock.
Here I* the schedule up to Christ
mas:
December 1—T. H. 8. vs. Marlst. at
Marlst. \
December 4—G. M. A. vs. Peacock; at
Peacock. . .
December 4—B. H. S. vs. Donald Fra.
ser. at Decatur.
Only two of these games were played
Monday. B. H. S. vs. Donald Fraser
wss postponed until Tuesday.
December S-—Maris! vs. Peacock, at
Peacock.
December 8—T. H. S. va. B. H. B„ at
T. H. S. St
December 8—Donald Fraser vs. G, M.
A., at 0. W. A.
December IS—Marlst vs. G. M. A., at
Marlst.
December IS—T. H. 8. vs. Donald
Fraser, at T. H. 8.
December IS—B. H. 8, vs. Peacock,
at Peacock.,
December ll—Marlst va. B. H. S., at
December IS—T. H. 8. v». G. M. A.,
at 0. M. A.
December IS—Peacock va. Donald
Fraser, at Decatur.
December 18—Marlst vs. Doriald
Fraser, at Decatur.
December IS—T. H. 8. va. Peacock.
St T. H. S.
December 18—B. H. 8. vs. G. M. A., at
B. H. S.
The games to be ployed after Christ
mas will he announced later.
Hoy, High achool la putting out a
representative team under ihe man
agement of Fox nml Lester. These men
have been working hard ifnd hope they
have developed a pennant winning live.
The B. H. 8. team will probably be
picked from the following men: John
ston, Bell, Hussey. Thompson, Davis,
Lockrldge, Fox anil Lester.
Soccer Football Enthusiasts
Will Hold Meeting Tuesday
New Entrance- Is Being Built.
Seats Will Be Put in Place
and Ring Pitched.
MADDOX, OF GEORGIA.
This man was selected by Innld
Brown ay an all-Georgia tackle and
Is unquestionably one of the best
players In the South.
Dr. Owsley Manier
Has Left Nashville
Nashville, Tsnn., Dec. 5.—Dr. Owsley
Msnler. who' has been assisting Dan
MrtJugfn this fall with tho Vanderbilt
football team, has left for Philadelphia,
sbere he will spend the winter In tho
lllrerslty of Pennsylvania hospital. Dr.
Mauler ha, made a great reputation
Oils year helping McGugln, both as a
coach of the Reserves and varsity, and
>• a trainer. H'lth his practical medi
cal knowledge, lie hns been able to keep
•he men In excellent playing condition,
•von When ,omo of them had bad In
juries.
Msnler was two years all-Southern
fullback from Vanderbilt, nod afier
•Bending on, year at tho University of
ther added to his great football reputa
tion. ' ’
Dr, Manier has not decided whether
lie -will be back next year.
J. HOWARD KNOCKED OUT.
Fond Du Lac, Wit., Dsc. 5.—Eddls
McGorty knocked out Jimmy Howard
In the second round of their match here
last night. - Howard, tho taking no
credit from his opponent, sets up an
alibi that ho would have done better
had he not slipped on the ropes, thus
enabling McGorty to hit him and knock
him Into a groggy state. Howard sny*
ho will start all over again, fighting
seml-wlnd-ups until he feats back Into
the first division.
Lawyer “Harvard Eddie" Oram, the
eds' third baaamai
to the effect that
ases to file In the l-
luslness Is booming.
First Baseman Ed Koiietchy, one of the
Cardinals' few stars, has declared him-
the Penn, team In 1908, where ho fur- Manager
BAY TO LEAD
BLOOMINGTON
“Deerfoot Harry” Will Quit the
Nashvijle Club to Take on
Managerial Job.
Nashville, Term,, Dee. 5.—Harry Bayi
,\vho tor three years has played out
field on the Nashville baseball club, has
been elected by the board of directors
of the Bloomington, 111., baseball club
•to manage that team In 1912. Bloom
ington is In the Three I league, and
Bay will Immediately take up his man
agerial duties.
The first year Bay was In Nashvllla
he played In the outfield under Manager
Bill Bernhard and again In 1910 he
played outfield for Nashville with Bern-
hard as lender. In 1911 with Bill
Schwarts at the helm of the local club
Bay was retained. '
Bay's ' work In Nashville has been
consistently good, altho there have been
many who thought that ho ought to
have been behched during the pnst sea
son. The reason for this was that Bay
did not play the ball on the home lot
that he was capable of playing else
where because he was often hooted and
Jeered by the rooters. But at that lie'
batted an well as tho average, was fast
on the bags and often made Ills base on
sn Infield crack, where-no other mem
ber of the team could have made 1L
Bay Is left-haridca and also hits left-
handed. !
At otto' time' Bay was the fastest man
In the American league.
M*1 ItWI lU HTMlrt
+ JEANNETTE TO FIGHT v *
•b IN CHATTANOOGA RING +
Soccer football enthusiasts are Invlt.
ed to attend the meeting which will be
held at A. G. Spalding * Bro.'s store
on Broad-st. Tuesday night at 8 o'clock.
There have been a few scattered out
breaks of soccer football In Atlanta at
various times, and n few games have
been played here. But now there seems
a possibility of putting the game on :i
secure bp si«.
Soccer ha, gained a wonderful foot
hold In many American cities end Is
gaining strength rapidly throughout the
United States.
This sport Ih an Ideal one for South
ern colleges to bridge over the athletic
gap between football In the fall and
baseball In the spring. It could be
ployed virtually all winter aqd should
furnish Ideal outdoor sport.
HARRY STATEN.
This veteran boxer will soon open
a sparring Club In the Stelner-Kro-
ery building.
GR1FFETH IS
CLUB CAPTAIN
Chivington To Stick
In the Association
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 5.—Thomas M
Chlvlngton can and probably will hang
on as president of the American asso
ciation for one more year.
Hls friends count as surely hls the
votes of four clubs—Louisville. Kansas
City, Minneapolis aitd Toledo. These
four could deadlock the election, and
thereby retain Chlvlngton ,lji ofilce. It
will be seen that he has gained the vote
of the Minneapolis club, which opposed
him two years ago, and apparently has
lost the support of the Indianapolis and
Columbus clubs. Toledo, which Is
owned unblushlngly, and used by the
Cleveland American leaguo club as a
farm, will support Chlvlngton, If Som
ers keeps the club, and there seems lit
tle doubt that It will be so retained.
It now seems probable that, seeing
they are unable to cleot a successor to
Chlvlngton, tho four clubs which are
opposed to hls retention will accept de
feat as gracefully as they can, and will
not openly oppose hls re-election for
one year. However. It Is likely that the
magnates will exercise their preroga
tive and dismiss at least two of tho
“near" umpires that drew salaries from
the association lost season.
trip thru the Maine woods.
JUST NOTES
Fred Tenney ha* — .
manager of the Boston Xatlonajn by Pr#*-
“ yarn
ftlier
Inflelder Miller llugglns, of the <-ardl-
nala, has gone to hunt with First Base
man Ed Konetchy. near hls home at La
crosse, Win., for a few weeks, and will
then return to Cincinnati for the winter.
the later-season j
J
Third Baseman Billy Byrne, of the PI- i
rates, believes that Maangcr Clarke will
make up the Pirate Intleld for next sea
son with Miller at first base, McCarthy .
at second. Byrne at third and Wagner at.
short field. I
St. Louis Is excited over the well-de-1
fined rumor that Manager Bresnahan con
templates trading Ed Konetchy. the Car- I
dlnnls* big first baseman, to either Chi
cago or Pittsburg for a good pitcher and
a good outflolder.
Puckett, the Wabash college p
signed by the Philadelphia club, has writ
ten to Manager Dooln for permission to
continue hls studies so he can be grad
tinted in June.
The Kalamazoo club, of the South Mich-
d two promising
Baseman Burke
young pie
and Catcl
Cm
attanooga, Tenn.; Dec. 5.-—Joe 1
The men wljLflghteight rounds for
•P a purse of $1,000.
THEY SAY REVELLE SHOULD
BE GOOD ENOUGH TO STICK
Dutch Revelle, who was recalled before the beginning of the drafting
season from Richmond by tho New York Americans, has been released by
tho Kilties to the Atlanta team, says Sporting News* Lynchburg corre
spondent, and If he recovers fully from the severe attack of typhoid fever
which gelzed him In August he ought to make a rattling good man for the
Crackers next year. If he can get In good condition he ought to give a
good account qf himself in the South next season.
Revelle has pitched more games in the Virginia league than any
. other man who has ever toed the knoll In these parts, for he spent almost
f all of six seasons *ns ft member of the Portsmouth or Richmond clubs.
* Starting with the Portsmouth club in 1906, the first year of the league, he
remained there with a tail-end team until sold to Richmond during the
laat half of the 1907 season. Altho he never worked with but one pen
nant-winning team, Revelle has managed to make considerably more than
an even break In hls work, for he was winning 106 times, while he lost
85 games. During this period he pitched 200 games. In addition to play
ing nearly all’bf the positions on the team aside from backstop.
WALTON GRIFFETH.
This former University of Geor
gia player has been named cap
tain of the Atlanta Athletic club
basket bail team.
The .screech of the saw and the stand v
knocking of the hammer are beirnr
heard on .Wall-at. these days and slow
ly but surely a fligHt of stairs Is push
ing Its way from the west entrance of
Harry Staten's cafe toward the Mq
room in the Stelner-Emery building,
which Is Boon to b« known as Ham
Stttteri’s club. The latter part of next
week the first boxing bout offered to
I Atlanta fans, will Tae staged there,
i In ,(be .old days the* fight fans who
j patrqniseed > the doings In the Steiner-
i Emery’building used tho main stairs.
I But In so doing they passed right by
the- entrance of the Young Woman's
I Christian association. Naturally thu
was an i«i*atJirfaetor>'. arrangement. T«>
get around It, Staten is having a special
tail-caste built.' It .will extend from th
street up to the' second story- of tho
building. This stairway will be parti-
itloned off from Staten's cafe and will
• open right on’the. street. The building
of this stairway will mean that the Y.
W. O. A. patrons will be freed from any
annoyance, while the patrons of the
boxing bouts will have a more conven
ient entrance to Staten's club. It will
aleh mean that there will be two ex in
possible In case of fire’or panic, which
will make the place materially safer.
Inside of a Couple of days Staton will
begin work in placing hi a seats and
pitching the ring. It Is hls Intention t"
fix the place in first-class condition and
to give hls patrons the best fitted and
neatest club Atlanta has ever known.
The location ox this place Is Ideal for
: boxing events. With a direct entrance
.from W*Jl-8t., It jean be reached with
the greatest convenience. And, situate f
•as It Is In the very heart of Atlanta. It
j Is vastly more accessible than wer-
some of Atlanta's earlier boxing clubs.
Including Armu.ry hall and the Whfte-
)ial}-at. club.
Hardage Elected to
Lead Vandy Eleven
Nashville, Tenn,, Dec. 5.—-At the an-
! nual banquet given by the Vanderbilt
Athletic association'to the Vanderbilt
j football team, tho following players
( were awarded "V’s:”.. Morgan. Cov
ington, Metxger, Curl In,'Martin, 8tl<s.
! Hardage, C. Brown. Freeland, T. Brown.
' K. Morrison, Ray Morrison. E. Brown.
Robbln and Collins,
j These men unanimously elected Low-
! Is Hardage to captain the team of 1912.
| Many speeches were made* at the ban
quet. among them one by Mr. Newell.
I now president of tho Tennessee Centro!
I railroad, and formerly a member «f
Yale's football team and crew. He
spoke briefly and to the point, stating
that the North knew nothing of tho
power of the Southern football teams
He said If he were picking an all-
American team, Captain Ray Morri
son, of Vanderbilt, would be hls first
choice ns a quarterback.
A handsome loving cup was present
ed Coach Daniel E. McGugln by tho
team of 1911. ,
Former University of Georgia
Man Will Lead A.J\. C. Bas
ket Bail Five This Season.
A RESUME OF THE 1911 FOOTBALL SEASON—By H. B.. Martin
At a medtlng of the Atlanta Athletic
club ba,ket ball team, he|d Monday
nlfht, Walton Grltfeth, former star of
the Univeralty of Georirln banket bull
team, wu elected captain of the A. A,
C. five for the 1911-12 aeuaon.
Sixteen men were out for baaket boll
practice Monday night. The aquu.l thl,
year la far larger and vaitly bettor
than any the club ha, over had before.
The local »H»n will open Saturday
night, when the A. A. C. five tackle
the team of the Athena Y. M. C. A.
The remainder of the achedule of the
local team, aa prepared by Manager
Luther Hmiaou, follow,:
•..December 15—Athena Y. M. C. A., In
Athena.
December 22—Mercer univeralty. In
Atlanta.
December SO—Vanderbilt’ univeralty;
Basket Balt Plans
Made at Sewanee
-Univeralty. of Georgia
in Atlanta.
January
(pending).
January 12—Mobile Y. M. C
(pending).
January 20—Auburn, In Atlanta.
January 35—Cumberland college or
Charlotte Y. M. C. A.. In Atlanta.
January 27—Columbu, Y. M. C. A„ In
Columbus. \
February .1—Birmingham A, C„ I,
Atlanta. -
February l(M-Columbu» Y. M. C. A.,
In Atlanta.
. February 14 or 15—Beaaemer A. C'„
In Atlanta (pending),
February IT—Birmingham A. C„ In
Birmingham.
February 24—Wake Foreet, In At
lanta.
Two gained under consideration are
with Mercer In Atlanta and Georgia In
Athena.
J. M’GRAW "GETS HIS. 1
Sewanee, Tenn., Dec. 6.—Contrary to
the precedent, of former year,. Sewn
nee expect, ( to put a good basket bull
team In the field thl, aea«pn. For <
while It wu a question on the moun
tain as to whother the Tigers would go
In for basket ball this seaw>n at all, but
exceptionally good material In school
and renewed Interest In the sport has
aroused a good deal of enthusiasm on
the part of both the students and th”
athletic board of control, and now all
signs point to a winning five.
One man, Captain Armes, has n—
turned from Inst year’s five, and also
one substitute. However, the freshman
class this season Is wealthy In new ma
terial. Among those who give promise
of making the team are: McClannahan.
center last year on Castle Heights:
Eckert, a star player on the Memphis
University school team; Parker, an
other prep school star, and several
others who have made good at the game
In prep schools. About 25 men are out
for the team, among them McCallum,
Janakln. Ham, Staton, Wrenn, Sanders.
Gillespie, Morelock, Greene, Sparkman,
McClannahan, Meadows, Ossman,
Parker, Thomas, Eckert, Hagan. 8wig-
getf, Tolley, Bowden, Armes, Dcxlndm-
er, Craeraft, Gailor and Gerhart,
Godfrey Cheshire has been sleeted
manager of the teum and has already
arranged games with several collet—
athletic clubs and Y. M. C. A.’s through,
out the South. Monday afternoon the
first practice was held, amt from noti
on the mefi will be out every day, as
the first game Is only about two weeks
off.
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KELLY IS CHAMPION.
, The singles handball chumpin
Me *1+ * h| P °f the Atlanta Athletic club,
" IC 7 • A tint, 1 fee hv Xt TT k*V
■b Graw hus frequently been accused + J ' “ to the^fands of Fain
+ of talking too much, but seldom | : l ! a "i’ , !.' , * € d J? the hands of Eiigc
t has
+ d«y"n!ght when he and Umtrtrc -t-lT 7BS5.S Bg.5gWW "?"g- , ,,
+ Rlgler were put under arrest on + J ?, « ™ K ^ ‘ 11 9 ' 11 *• 1 ' 1 ' .
b the charge that they had made •:< V ll ""' :
+ the statement that' "all Cubans T
•!• were merely negroes." Each was *b| • t-h. . M
b fined.820 for the offense. v .... , n«. ■ i —
"accusation been brought X't B - Kl ' lly ' The P«" lri K tool; pl.u .
him as It su henPikfS- +i+ Monday In the A. A. .C. gymnasium
h? hen hs „„d Urnmre lit when. In the challenge round, Kelly +
Tam i
Ctittt ■'
Chicago advices are to the effect that
•resident Murphy trill not trade or sail
Shortstop Joe Tinker, but may make a
leal tor Johnny Evers’ release to Cin
cinnati.
If the plan of giving an automobile
to the player proving moat valuable so
hls team Is continued fora few -years.
Ty Cobb will have to have a special
garage built to accommodate all hls
cars.
Ing second baseman In young Mr. Msecs,
who platted that bag part of the time Tu u
ion. Roger's opinion Is shared by a
good many who saw Magee play ascot u
tbe latter part of tbs season.
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