Newspaper Page Text
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER (1. 1911.
ilspo
tor-=
R~1
FSl THIS SPORTING GAME IS vIrY EXCITING IN VENTER |
EDITED BY { !
| PERCY H. WHITING j 1
PRINCETON PIGSKIN EXPERT EXPLAINS “INSIDE” FOOTBALL WHICH ENABLED TIGERS
TO DEFEAT YALE AND HARVARD AND WIN THE 1911 GRIDIRON CHAMPIONSHIP
By PARK8 H. DAVI8.
O'lneeton Member of the Intercollegiate
P Football Rule. Committee,
thf chief puzzle to the gridiron
vi.ivet In the closing days of tho sea-
o( 1911 la the problem of asceruiln-
whether the two victories of Prlnco-
,nf the one against Harvard and.the
..th'er against Yale, notwithstanding the
^Whelming yardage gained by each
l.inH the Orange and Mack by rosh-
the ball, 1» duo-to luck or to the
' • ration of new conditions, or perhaps
.Cold condition* made more available
recent changes in the rules. ~ —
There are some who ascribe Prince-
achievements .slnrply to luck,
rhere are some who credit them to the
marvelous activltlea of Sanford - B.
White. Thefe are some who *ay that
Princeton won because of the efficacy of
,he old-fashioned ikicking game, and
There are some who perceive beneath
ahe coincidence of these two victories
t-ertaln new conditions fraught with
Victory for that eleven which systemat
ically'plans to employ an Independent
■rftem of offensive play
Experts'
The equally Interesting problem as to
whether Princeton designedly planned,,
followed and wotj^ln a campaign care-
fully based upon these conditions, or
whether It was catapulted Into a cham
pionship by the automatic operation of
these new force#, must be loft to the
speculation of the experts outside of
Old Nassau’s corps of coaches. Thu
object of this 'discussion Is to demon
strate that the old-fashioned method
of rushing the, ball, the familiar line-
breaking, line-blunging and line-buck-,
l D g play, which Came into vogue In
U80 and lasted year after year, ac
cumulating victory upon victory,
passed with the adoption of the-rules
of ms, as an Independent winning sys
tem of nffenalvn, play, and can not re-
iuni until (fie. Invention ot tome In-,
senlous, highly powerful formation th|it.
Jin overcome tlij heavy handicap’im
posed by the-present rules upon the
rushing gapie. j
To solve this problem one must go
back to the sessions of the' rules com-,
only was quelled by several radical in-1 teams to result In 'scoreless or tie
-novations'in the game, among which | games,
was the doubling of the five-yard rule. With the arrival of the pi'aving sea
making ten yards the minimum dls- son of 1910 It was found that the tlrst
tance for a first down in three at
tempts. The still, vivid recollection of
<>'" ‘n 1'ni. i m the Season of 1909
proves Itfiat these, modifications. in the
game failed tp accomplish their object,
the-lessening of accidents.
Pledged to Modify Game.
At the session of the. rules committee
In 1910 few members assembled who
were not under the strict Injunction
of their ooltege faoulty. either to re
form football to Its core and reform It
rightly or to see It 'Abolished from col
lege sports, hbf after‘another season's
trial but on the face of the rules which
the committee presented. The salva
tion of this game In Its very citadels—
Harvard, Pennsylvania. Princeton and
Yale—was placed In that year ‘Square-
ly and Irrevocably upon their repre
sentatives upon the rules eommlttee.
This committee, after a specific In
vestigation of every major Injury of
the preceding- season of 1909, after
much experimenting In actual play and
after thrashing debates thru sessions
that occupied* eleven days, finally pro
duced as the remedy for the existent
roughness bf the game the following
rule: »
No player of. the side in possession
of the hall shall use hla.hands, arms or
body to push, pull or hold upon his
feet the player carrying the ball, nor
shall there be any Interlocked Interfer
ence. By Interlocked Interference IS
meant the grasping, of one another by
or encircling-.the body to any degree
with the hflnds -or arms by the players
of the side In possession of tho ball."
Revolutionizsd the Game.
.Tha wisdom pf Jhls rule how has been
justified by the complete eradication of
the Intolerable class of. Injuries. The ef.
feet of the rule taOUcally, however,
revolutionized th« game. .Even during
.the spring and rumrprr'of 1910 It was
freely predicted thht the .Imposition of
a gain of 10 yprtis to.constitute a first
down, accompanied by a prohibition of
the us« of aid to the runner, would
part of this prediction was vcrlded.
A.'sllghtly superior eleven not' only
could n*t gain copiecutlvely between
the 25-yard lines, hut within them It
could not gain at all. Nevertheless, at
the close of tho season it was found
that only two of the’country's major
garn.es had.resulted In sQTjreless and,tie
games,, namely, the battle between
Michigan and Pennsylvania and the con
test between Harvard- and Yale.
Touchdowns War* Few.
A critical examination of the decisive
games. disclosed a startling condition.
Not In one of them had a touchdown
been scored by the rushing the ball:
not In one of them did the rushing
style of play appear to have been
either a main or even an intermediate
faotor of victory. Yale defeated Prince
ton by a forward pass with a ball
recovered from a fumble. The Navy
beat the Army by a goal from the field
with a ball rdugltt from a punt. Penn
sylvania broke a 6 to 6 score with
Cornell by a forward pass, and Michi
gan defeated Minhesot'a by two forward
passes'In succession.
But most surprising of all, a careful
study of the course of the ball In all of
these games could find only one in
stance In which an 'eleven had made
three first downs In succession by rush
ing the hall, ahd only three Instances
In which two first downs had been so
made. To tile student of the game's
statistics. It therefore was clearly ap
parent that the rule.forbidding'aid to
the runner had rendered wholly Inef
fective In close games the rushing style
of offensive play, that between elevens
approximately matched neither team
could tnke thp hall and match steadily
down the field in a succession of first
downs, and that the rushing game at
last had been brought to a level, If not
actually subordinated, to the so-called
"outside plays” as a scoring means.
By "outside plays" are meant a gi)al
from the field, a forced safety, an open
field run with a ball caught from a
punt, recovered from an onslde kick, a
forward pass, a blocked kick or a fum
ble. Altho the fumble Is plased
Inst In this category It really Is equal
In Importance With any other "out
side play." for statistics prove that fyom
6 to IS fumbles occur In every football
game.
Develop "Outside Game.”
In the face bf these data there were
two tactical pOHcfcs for elevens In 1911
to follow: Flfst to devise a formation
ao powerful that lb would overcome the
19-yard rule and the hobble of no aid
to the runner anfl with It play the rush
ing game: second, to devise a sub-
td develop,, abnormally the "outside
game."
To piny the latter style of game re
quired an exceptionally strong defensive
rush-line from tackle to tackle, an able
pair of ends and a strong punting de ;
partment, for It Is obvious that no team
can be beaten so long as.It can stall and
stand off Its opponents from a score.
Offensively such an eleven must be un
usually fleet of foot, swift In all other
Physical action and especially quick and
accurate In wits. It must develop the
blocking of kicks to tho limit and It
must cast aside the old-fashioned law
of football, "Fall on the hall."
It- still Is good football to fall upon
a bail that Is loose behind your own
line of scrimmage, but the "outside
game" requires a player behind his
opponents' line of scrimmage to pick
up, tne bull from the ground ami run
with It.
In the Prlnceton-Yale game
Princeton one year ago Yale fumbled a
punt hnd a Prlfiteton pluyer fell upon
the ball on Yale's 10-yard line, altho
he had a dear space behind him of
throe yards. That player was the same
Sanford B. IVhlte, but the law last
year nt Princeton was "Fall on the
ball." Pendleton, It will be- recalled,
soon after kicked a goal from the field,
but Princeton later was beaten by a
touchdown which failed of a goal. If-
stantlal repertoire ot rushing plays butlWhlte had been permitted to pick up a
QUITS BREEDING
mlttee of 1906. ft will be recalled that.prevent rushing the'ball forward by a
in this year an agitation arose against I series of first down* and would cause
mass play and the game Itself, .which | all contests between evenly matched ,
(MOSnX THE LATTERj\
This amusing matter ot all-American teams Is drawing a snicker from
( the most sober-minded and a loud laugh: from those easily'amused.
The big experts, as usual, are contenting themselves with selecting their
sll-American teams from a few Eastern colleges, They-entirely Ignore the.
h'est and South. #».' r : ■
Grnmiahd lube has sprung a few e'nrjftidnlng chirps In regard to the
! situation. ftere they are: ' . z..
l’p to the hour of onslde kicking tn press. tonlX 921 had made the all-Ameri-
esn team for. 1911. ,# ■ - , ■
Chadwick’s all-American stopped at the Alleghenies and the - Pennsylvania
horder line. It mar be of some Interest to Mr. Chadwick to know that football.
In a crude, unwleldly manner. Is still played In certain Isolated epets thru other
tevtlong.’ -
led Coy, for example, who saw.Vanderbilt play, ranks Morrison upon a par
. with any -back In the East. Morrison Is a irlfie faster tpan Pendleton and as
bird tp throw aa Wendell—a combination ealculutcd'to be of fair value In rush-
In* the ball from spot to spot.
. FOOTBALL'S "900 HITTERS” (In Part).
' Cent®-*—Ketcham. Yale-: Bluthenthal. Princeton; Morrell. Minnesota.
Guards—Arnold, West Point; Fisher. Harvard; Duff. Princeton: Branstad,
Wisconsin; Scruby, Chicago; Howe, Navy: Belting. Illinois.
Tackles—Hart. Princeton;- Devore, Army; Brown. Navy; Scully, Yale: Buser,
Wisconsin; Redemacher, Chicago. . _ ,
Ends—White. Princeton: Bomclsler. Tale:-. Smith, Harvard; . Avery, Yale;
.Ghbaugh, Brown; Dsna. Dartmo’tth; Hoeffel, Wisconsin; Ofstle, Wisconsin:
Oliver, Illinois: Wells, Michigan. V '
Quarterbacks— Morrison. Vanderbilt; Howie. Yele: Spracklln. Brown; Butler,
Cornell; Moll. Wisconsin; Capron. Minnesota; Hyatt. Army; Olll. Indiana: Llew
ellyn. Dartmouth: Huntington, Colgate *' ’ ' ‘ „
Halfbacks—Dalton, Navy; Wendell, Harvard: Thorpe, Indians: Dewitt.
Princeton; Morey, Dartmouth: .Rosenwald, Mlniwsota: Sauer, Chicago; Hardage,
VendcrbUt; McWhorter. Georgia. . „ ■
Pullbacks—Mercer, Penn; Keyes, West Point; Hudson, Trinity; Tsndberg,
Wisconsin; Thompson, Michigan.
Some day the wise folks will drop out of this all-Amorican butlneae.
No system can be devised by which any one man or group of men can
Inform themselves sufficiently to pick an all-American that will be tn any
way representative. The time must come when we shall have no all-Amer
ican teams, tho, of course, there will ever eb a slather of nlDEastern. all-
Snuthcru, all-New England, all-conference colleges and the like.. And ali
en# thing team, picked from a territory sufficiently limited so that one man
i in see all the Important teams In action, Is an entertaining affair.
Any team that is purported to represent a stretch of territory like Amer
ica must, for mere geographical reasons, be a farce.
G0REE PICKED
FOR CAPTAIN
• . t \ 1 i-'v • -'*••. ■
He Can Have Leadership if He
Comes Back—If Not, It Will
Be Cook or Leuhrman.
AN ALL-AMERICAN
, JAMES R. KEENE.
Castleton. James R. Keene's famous
thoroughbred stud near Lexington, Ny
han been sold to D. N. Look, New York,
and from now on will be devoted to the
breeding of trotting horses. .The farm,
according to the terms In the' sate, con
tains 1,070 acres and many buildings,
' located upon what Is considered the
best bluegrass land In Kentucky. Mr.
Keene several days ago announced his
retirement from the turf, where he was
a prominent figure for many years, on
account of Illness.
VANDY AFTER
HARDER GAMES
Commodores May Take on
Minnesota and Virginia in
Addition to Michigan.
The annual "official* picture of the
Tech football team will he taken Sat
urday afternoon. Only thirteen men
will be In the picture, as only that num
ber made their letters this year. Only
! two subs were lucky enough to get In
| long’enough tn:wln the coveted honors.
) They were Alexander and Thomasson.
The men who will be given sweaters
are: Captain Phttersmt, Cook, Gore,
Coleman, Sanchez, Black. Elmer. Sin
clair, Means, Leuhrman, Loeb, Alex
ander and.Thomasson.
Next year's captain will be elected
out of this bunch. If Gorec would re
turn next year he-would be sure to get
the place. If he does not come back,
however, .Leuhrman or Cook will get
the JoK Leuhrman Is the most likely
candidate as he has played on the team
for the last three years. .
Leuhrman plays at guard and altho
light I* a valuable man when It comes
td running. Interference or'' getting
down the field tinder punts,#
, h
HUFF NOW THE BIG CHIEF 4#
4- Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. #.—The 4#
+ engagement of George Huff as 4*
fumbled ball one year ago. today, he
might have had two Yale victories to
Ills credit.
White Practices on Fumbles.
Last spring White began to practice
picking up bounding .footballs from the
ground, rolled and kicked at him from
every possible angle, Just-as he prac
ticed picking up baseball grounder* ut
his position of shortstop. Thus he
demonstrated to hls couches that a
player could acquire such skill In ptek-
Ing up a loose ball that the chances of
a fumble would- be no greater than If
the player fell upon the ball, whereas
the chances of accomplishing something
with the ball were Iimltleas,
In the games against Princeton, Her-
card and Yale employed the rushing
style of offensive play. The Crimson
made five first downs for a total of 12J
yard# and the Blue made four first
downs for a total of 121 yards. Each of
these totals Is larger than the corre
sponding gain made by Princeton, but
neither total amounts to more than an
Incident because neither Harvard nor
the possession of the ball. Princeton
nullified this as far a# possible by re
peatedly kicking on the second down
nnd by the frequent.use of a quarter
back run. which eliminated a rehand
ling of tin- hall when a line plunge wa#
essayed. A kicking game, of course, al
ways Is offensive as well as defensive.
It Is defensive because' It erases by a
single play the yardage gained hy mnin'
plays; It,Is offensive because it canto
the Opportunity for a fumble, the most
dangerous fumble In the game. ,14
In the game against Princeton, Yalo
muffed seven punts, of which White
recovered four. Hart- on#, Bluethrntha!
one nnd Howe one. that Is Princeton
recovered six out of the seven. On one
ffumhje White scored and on another
he barely missed getting away for an-
Iter long run.
Yearn Must Follow Ball.
With the possibilities of the ploaent
game, therefore, it would seem from tlm
actual outcome of these two games that
rushing or straight scrimmage ptaj be
tween the 20-yard lines Is yalti
Yale wne able td make two first downs chiefly for furnlshlng'a base from which
In succession. . - 1 —- ——*— — —
The chief value of the rushing game
to these elevens appear* to have fallen
fo Harvard, which, having reached
Princeton's three-yard line by a . for-
tu ,launch a’long gaining play,
range Into position foi en attempt
field goal; that within the 20-ynr(
it Is valuable for punching out a ti
down thru the line. Against this
wart .pass, punched out a touchdown by of play, notwithstanding, the "outside
game’, gt’nil Hines, still stands tn win.
To play It u team must everlasting!c
a straight line plunge. The superiority
of Harvard and Yale over Princeton at
the rushing game, of course, Is credit
able. but Inasmuch as It does not In
clude two auoressive first downs, and
while this superiority was being achiev
ed Princeton ran away with each game
In another fashion, any elation there
over Is not liable to become unduly Im
moderate.
Object to “Outside Gamo.'i
It Is objected against the' "oufshle
game" that It Is playing for uncertain
ties. but the history of every close gams
ever played discloses the certainty tha:
not less than six opportunities 4rr pre
sented to each eleven to' win bv an ex
ercise of wits and quick action. “
only uncertainty Is how, when an*?
where these opportunities will occur.
And an "outside gnme" Is not predicted
upon possession of the ball. .
The moat dangerous asset at New
Haven between Princeton and Yale was
follow the ball and follow. It closely
must exercise sound and quirk Judg
ment In the sudden emergencies, of the
gnme, turning to account ■ the mlstnk* #
and mlspla.vs of opponents and making
♦he-most of th*'advantages -whloh arise
from Its own plays.
The eleven Which employ* the rush
ing gaine'at mid-field or near mtt-field
will have the satisfaction after the con
test of pointing to a greater number f
yards gained and of arguing wliat
might have happened, but their oppo
nents will ihave the greater satlsf-i -
tlon of contemplating a greater number
The I of points scored, and a* for arguing,
"well, when one can also contemplate
two new footballs hanging In the trophy
room one can leave the arguing to post
mortem participants. The score will h.i
the Same when these arguments are
concluded. ' • t
LOCAL BASKET BALL LEAGUES
TO GO INTO ACTION THURSDAY
Atlanta City League Is the Fastest Sort of an Aggregation,
and Is Organized Along Substantial Lines — The Fulton
County League Is a New Organization.
chief scout for the Cleveland club v
means the passing of veteran Jim +
+ McGuire, who Is booked for re- 4#
4* lease. McGuire Joined the Cleve- 4*
4* land club in 1908 to assist Man- 4*
4* ager LaJole/aa scout. The fol- 4#
‘I* lowing year Lajoie resigned and 4#
4* McGuire assumed the. managerial 4*
4* task. . 4*
4* When McGuire'gave way to 8tn- 4#
4* vail last spring ho was retained 4*
as the club * sleuth, together with 4*
4* Sam Kennedy, Bob Gllks and Tom 4*
4; Daly. All ot these men must go. 4*
4* as Huff Is anxious to do the work 4#
himself, with the possible engage- 4#
By LEN GRAVES
Thursday night marks the opening
of two basket ball leagues, of this city,
the City of Atlanta Basket Ball league
and tha Fulton County Bsaket bull
league. Both organisations have some
qf the best and most scientific player*
In Atlanta, and the lovers of this game
JACK DALTON. • will be treated to some classy exhlbi-
Brllllant captain of the navy eleven .... ...
who beat the army with his wonderful The City of AHanta Basket Ball league
place kick field goal. Dalton did the "tame now on Its second year, and ihe
same thing last year, hls -boot scoring promoters claim that th* 1911-12
4- ment of Bill Armour a* an asslat
4* ant. Huff picked up many valu- 4#
Nashville, Dee. 6,-Foolball funs of 11 « b ' e f? u r bl ' h n e d t
Nashvllls are making a general howl tor + ^V .t fhe lmri of the scSit ?
FRENCH AND GERMAN TEAMS TO
CHALLENGE IF AMERICANS WIN
I rar.o l,.is Already unofficially stated
[hat that nation will challenge for the
Davis International cup, provided it Is
■'"‘paraid from tho holding of the Aus-
r ra - la ns in the challenge matches by the
Americans this month. The contention
i n often been made before that "with
;h# nip either In this country or In Eng
land Uiere would surely be an abtind-
am a of play, ^ *■ V v' • * • ., .
Hie German emperor nnd the crown
I lnee, both of whom are ardent lawn
’ nnle players, are said within'the past
> f ar or twio to have Inspired Frults-
the loading German player, and
"inns of hls class, to Ire ready, bo that
M Gi lmans might also have their try
,or the great trophy. Becauso of these
tans it would appear likely that with
'h i moeess,of William A. Darned. Mau- 1
K. McLaughlin and Beals C. Wright,
age inst the Australians this month
Wt> Is sure tn he a series,of Interna-
" I contests In this country next
"11,11,
. The news that France would chal-
,8" was received by mall from Lon-
this week.
had It from A. II. Oobert last
1 'hat In the event of America,wln-
;.‘T l,a ck the Davis cup the entry of
trance for next year’s competition Is . _ . „ ..
practically certain. It would give usraest formidable, with Rice following.
great pleasure to have the same as
surance from Germany, who would bo
most welcome and popular competitors,
while it Is to be lioped that South Af
rica will sec Its way dear to repeat the
challenge which unavoidable circum
stances compelled It to withdraw this
year.”
As will be remembered, Andre Oobert
Is the wonderful French youth who has
performed so remarkably In England
during the past season. He has defeat,
ed nearly all of the ranking English
men, Including the great Anthony F’.
Wilding. >1. J. G, Ritchie and F. G.
Lowe.
The puaxle as to the personnel of the
Australian defending team has now
been cleared up, ahd the players of
this country and city are as sanguine
as ever-of success. Norman E. Brooke*.
Is to captain the team, but h* will miss
hls fsmous old partner. Wilding. The
other three members of the team are
A. W. Dunlop, R. W. HSath and Horace
Rice. The last named has been sub
stituted for LycctL
Rice I* fairly well known to the play
ers of Ibis country. He formerly held
the Australian championship, and Is
considered the third string of the team.
Brookes being the leader, Hesth pie next
Soccer Club of-Atlanta Is
Organized by Local Players
. By’LEN GRAVES.
, -y, inthuilastlc milling of those Intsr.
.'ke.Pri’i sl'-jon of ploying soaerr
t„. *** Atlanta thS winter, was held
' esdey eight nt A. G. Spalding A Co?*
i Broad-st. About tt men.
»,!►. over w ith enthusiasm snd
'■th different zertr "( suggest**)* were
present. After electing * temw>r»ry
chairman tha soccorlte* got husy. lt was
Vanderbilt to put on a stronger sched
ule, next year than they had this sea
son. There seems to be a tendency
among the people here not to patronise
the smaller games at the beginning of
the season, and tits' fact Is that, with
the exception of the Mississippi game
and the Bewrfneo affair on Thanksgiv
ing. no game this season hts drawn
half as many people as It should have.
The Vanderbilt Athletic association
liaa. come- out worse financially this
season than It has In several years,
and It hag been due to Vanderbilt’s
greatest showing on the gridiron. It
Is a peculiar and deplorable fact that
the better the team the worse the
crowds are, yet that Is truly the con
dition that has arisen since Dan Me-
Gugln has been developing such won
derful scoring machines.
Several people In cloee touch with
Vanderbilt have suggested that the
University of Virginia'he taken either
for Thanksgiving or for some other
date toward the close of the season,
when both of the teams would be In
top form. There is no doubt about the
fact that Virginia would be a big
drawing card and that It would create
much more genuine Interest than the
Sewanee game here, despite the long
period of time which Vanderbilt and
Sewgnee have been playing.
ttholficlal negotiations were begun
some tlma ago* to get Vanderbilt and
Virginia to sign a three-year contract,
one game to be played In Naahvtlle.
another at Charlottesville and the third
In Louisville.
Minnesota Wants Gam*.
Indirectly, word ha* come from the
Unlveretty of Minnesota that they
would like to arrange a series of games
with Vanderbilt for the seasons ot 1912, i
1912 and .1914. That series would bej
a big thing for Vanderbilt. and for!
Nashville. Michigan want* a return |
game with Vanderbilt on Dudley field
and the chances are that the Wot -1
verines Fill get IL but there are a I
number of footbatllsts here who are|
opposed lo the game, saying that tho
Vanderbilt has nothing to lose In play
ing Michigan, they have nothing par
ticularly to gain.' That, however. I*
class, barring Arthur Irwin,
4- the Highlanders.
H-K-i-d-H-:-
HE HAS TOUGH JOB
not u-ue., Vanderbilt lias much to gain
In playing amt defeating Ann. Arbor
this season shows.
the only points made by either team.
He Is a sure thing for tho all-American.
Dreyfuss Takes Fall
Out of Chas. Murphy
Pittsburg, Pa„ Dee. 6.—Barney
Dreyfuss, of the Pittsburg club, is keen
for Charley Murphy’s open door policy,
"I am heartily In favor of an ’open
door' If Murphy will ngree to take off
hls shoes before entering th* meeting.”
says Dreyfuss, "Murphy wears mors
gum on hls shoe* than do all the club
presidents together. He has been gum
shoeing all fall; has been around St.
Louis, New York. Philadelphia. Brook
lyn, San Antonio and Milwaukee."
"What has been the occasion of thla
gum-shoeing?” was asked,
“Npbody knows for certain," replied
Dreyfus#, "although I bstleve a certain
Joe O’Brien, of Milwaukee, could an
swer the question. O’Brien Is Murphy's
candidate for some office. I don't think
he would accept the secretaryship, and
It Is known that Murphy Is opposed to
Tom Lynch’s re-election.
"Indications *re that there will be a
warm battle when Ihe question of a
president Is approached ut tho league
meeting next week. 1 know that Lynch
1 will be opposed. Murphy will almost
j certainly bring up O'Brien's name, and
It may he that In Ills gum-slioelng he
I lie* succeeded In lining up other club
| presidents for the Milwaukee, man."
| Dreyfuss thill charged that Murphy
ha* been suspected of giving out league
, secrete to the Chicago newspapers, and
i points to an Instance when the story
of the plan to pension Bob Entsllc was
I made public prematurely. He con-
• tln'ues:
i "The present plan for publicity has
worked admirably In the past. Murphy
! however wants an open door, altho
| he has had much to do with th* closing
of the doors. But If he Insists, and
' will play fair, I will go along with him.
It I* up to Murphy to lay down hi*
hand.”
ganlxatlan will far outshine th* success
of last season's experlmept. That will
be going some, for last season the six-
team outfit furplshrd Atlanta with
some fine exhibitions of basket ball,
The city league Is composed of the
following teams: Wesley Memorial,
Fifth Infantry, Grant Athletics, Knights
of Columbus, Wesley House Athletic
club and the Young Men's Christian as.
sociatlon The only new team In the
organisation Is the Young Men's Chris
tian association quintet. This club took
the place of The Atlanta Georgian team,
the members of which are now with
the Wesley Memorial wrecking crew. „ _ . . . - .
The Wesley Memorial boys wero tho |M.-C. A., at Y. M. C. A. court; W. II
champions last year, nnd from the dope <-._vs. K. of C., at Taft hall,
handed out are booked for that position
this year.
The league lagt season was notable In
that not a team showed a yellow streak,
and not one wanted to quit after all
chance of winning was gone. Much
nt** Hls* tA’ft ■ D’lvnn th* U'nslnv '
lion teams. These games will be play
ed before and between the halvs .,f
the City league games. Some lino and
promising talent will be found hi this
new league.
Here are the opening games of both
leagues:
, City League.
Weeley Memurial v*. Grant Athletics,
at Wesley Memorial court; Knights of
Columbus vs. Fifth Regiment, at
Knights of Columbus court; Y. M. C. A.
vs. Wesley House Athletic club, at Y.
M. (.'. A. court.
Fulton County League.
Weiley Memorial va. M. Rich &-Brns.
Company, at Wesley courts.
Compuny C vs. Boys club, at Knights
of Columbus courts.
Agogus vs. Young Men's Christian as
sociation, at Young Men's Christian as.
poulatlon courts. ’ ,
City Lesgue Schedule. ,
December 14—Wesley Memorial vs.
Fifth Regiment, Wesley court; Y. M.
C. A., vs. K. of C„ Y. M. C. A. court; W.
II. A. C. ve, G. A. C., at Taft hall.
December 21—Wesley vs. Fifth Regi
ment, at Wesley court; O. A. C.
December 28—WcBley Memorial vs.
W. H. A. C., at Wesley court; O. A. f.
vs. K. of C., at K. of C. court: Fifth
Regiment vs. Y. M. C. A., at Y. M. C. A.
court. ,
January 4—Wesley Memorial vs. Y.
M. C. A., at Wesley court; W. H. c.
V*. K, of O,, at K. of C. court; O. A. C.
vs. Fifth Regiment, at Taft hall.
January 11—Wesley Memorial vs. o.
A. C., at Wesley court; W. H. A. C. vs.
Y. M. C. A., at Y. M. C. A. court;
Fifth Regiment v*. K. of C.. at Taft
praise was given the Wesley Houso
Athletic club, team for the apunk It
ehowed. Thee* boy* lost all ten game*
played, but were there et the finish
good and elrong and th* teem that
whipped them bad to put on full steam
to do It.
To "Irew" Dockstader, who was pres-. "“J 1 -
Ident of the league last year and uhan- > January 18—K. of C. vs. H. A. f
Itnously re-elected this
office,' Ja given much ,
Ihe fine ehowlng last season. .
Dockstader la a' fin* believer of clean! „ Janu » r Y 2n—Wesley Memorial v
sport* and thru hls efflrlency the or- [ H. A. f., at Wesley court; K, o( C vs.
ganlaatlon was such a brilliant sue-: V M. C. A., at Y. M. C. A. court: (:. a.
cess. He goes Into hls work with heart;klfth Regiment, at Taft hall,
and soul and It lakes that sort of a man February 1-rG. A. C. vs. K. of C\, at
to be a leader. Paul K. McGrew is vice E of C. court; Wesley Memorial
st year and unan-1 i»—n. ot u. v* u. a. < . at
s year to the same I 9f *T.*court: G. A. ('. vs. Y. M. C. A.,
of the credit fori* 1 ». M. C. A. court; Wesley Memorial
last season. Mr. i vs. Fifth Regiment, at Taft hall.
president this year, as a result of hi* re. IM. < . A., at Y. M. C. A. court: W. II
election to the office he filled so well <Va*. Fifth Regiment, at Taft hall,
last season. Mr. McGrew Is a muni' February 8—
capable of handling all that comes hls *t W esley cour
way. He Is also manager of the Wes- | at R of 41.
last season. Mr. McGrew Is a muni 1 February 8—G. A. C. vs. W. H. A.
" court; Y. iL.C./A/vs. K. „f
manager of the Wes- j>' ■ at n of 4'. court; Y. M. C. A. vs.
ley Memorial tram. Henry Taylor, who, *' d'h Regiment, at Taft ball.
Is manager or the Knights of t’olum- ——
bus squad, I* secretary add treasurer I f 11 111 I'll HI III || |[ M i; ; . i
Reds May Train on
Jacksonville Field
MfitlM torn manager.
nrf wwf The rtm^combat wHKUe waged ©u ih© •lteUr*J
i -r>
Mmrlat rampOs Saturday 'afternoon, be
ginning et i o'clock.- Two trams will be
gotten up and some lively doings Will be
on tap. The two trams’are composed of
good pleyra*. The edmlsslon-WIti he free
and the general public I* Invited.
Tho*,' dnterested In soreer football
should either write to the Pnever Foot
ball club. 74 North Bm*d-*t.. or phone T.
W*. norland. Mein MX*. Already there
have been some Inquiries from out-of-
towVi I,layers und a big season Is pre-
HARRY OAVIS.
Erstwhile that baseman cf the Phila
delphia Athletics, who will menage the
Cleveland-Americana next season. He
Is Slreari>*getl!ng busy In mapping out
hit plan of action, getting u line on
young players and doing a dozen other
odd Jobs upon Which the success of hls
club will depend. Davis succeeds Georg*
Stovall. w|to did great work as tempo-
rare leader lint year, after Deacon Jtm
McGuire stepp'd down and out.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. fc—Garry
Herrmann, of the Cincinnati Red*. I*
considering Jacksonville as a 1912
training camp for hls rlub. ,
The local hall club will erect a hand,
some park on the city side of the St.
John* river, on which work will start
Immediately. According to the plan*
It will be one of the finest baseball
plants In the entire South. ‘
The Jacksonville board of trade, one
of the strongest commercial bodies In
the state will extend a formal Invi
tation to the Cincinnati club In train
here. When Frank Bancroft wee re
cently In the city with the New York
club he expressed himself a* favoring
Jacksonville as a training ramp.
The Newark
of the league and Is a hustler.
The manager* of the six teams In the
league have been working some weeka
getting their men In the pink of con
dition for the opening stanzas. All re
port most favorably, on their respective
squads.
A Series Of ten games will be played
this season. Each tram will meet euch
other team for two games. The night
set apart for the fray* will be Thuri:
day. The game* are free and the pub
lic Is Invited to attend. I-aaf year hun.
dreds attended each encounter and all
were well pleased with the classy ex
hibitions.
President Dockstader has been work-
Ing for some time trying lb get a line
on a good string of competent, arbitra
tors and has landed three of the most
capable’ men available. They are:
Wahoo,: who was of laet year's staff of
referees; Dick Jemlson, a man of. long
experience both at playing and refer
ring basket ball games, and Professor
Jamison, of the Young Men’s Christian
association.
The Fulton league Is sort of a first
cousin of the City league. It will abide
by the rules and use the tame referees
SB the City league. The officers of this
new organisation are Carter, of Com
pany C, Fifth regiment, president; liar,
per. of M. Rich Bros., vice president,
nnd Ed Thomas, of Weslty Memorial,
secretary and treasurer.. The, »** teams
that compose this league are Weil >>■
Memorial. Fifth Infantry (Company V)
4- BENCH MANAGERS WILL +
4# PREDOMINATE IN SOUTHERN +
Memphis; D«C. 6.—Baseball ,mls +
4# who direct diamond doings from 4-
4# the bench will predominate In the 4-
4# Southern league next year, the 4-
4- gentlemen holding sedentary sine- 4-
4# cure* being Blllyam Bernhard, 4.
4- Chawle* Frank. Mlque Finn, Hill 4-
4# Smith and, In all probability', Carl- 4-
4# ton Molesworth. The active trio 4-
4- will be comprised of Bill Schwartz. 4-
4# John Dobbs and Charley Hem;,- 4-
4- hill. 4.
4# Blllyam Bernhard can be right- 4-
4# fully regarded as a bench pilot, 4-
4# tho he will probably take hls turn 4-
4* on the slab when the big tent 4-
opens next spring. Frank. Smith 4-
4# and Finn have been regulating -I-
4# their club affairs front the nun- +
4# agerlat throne for years. Carlton 4-
4- Molesworth Is toting the burden 4-
4# tit time, and Ineldeptally mi ner- 4-
4* ous pounds of excess baggage, and 4.
4# rumor Ls rife that he will sum 1 ,nt 4-
4# hlmseirln center field in 90 and 4#
4# would direct hostilities from the 4-
4# sofa. Thus the office managers +
4# will outnumber their lots,ting 4-
4- brethren by two. 4-
4- 4#
„„ . rim* r iKii iiiitiiiirj 1 s.uiii |i.t ii\ \ ff DtrtleiMRt tun
(totfatinig with the Chhjijro National© for club, M. Rich & Bro*., Affogas, a ujy sum
First Baseman ••Kilty’* Bransfleld. anU the Young Men » Christian astforla- dered.