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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1911.
MOGULS MAKE A NOISE LIKE A BASEBALL WAR
PERCY H
REDS WANT
CHAyOOIN
All Herrmann Would Give for
Former Phillie Manager Is
$10,000 and McLean.
MIKE MURPHY.
This man, who la undoubtedly the
greatest trainer of athletes In America,
baa been chosen to handle the Ameri
can Olympic team.
Cincinnati, Dee. 14.—"I’d give Larry
McLean and 110,000 to boot for Charlev
Dooln If Horace Fogel cares to let him
go."
This waa the confession made by Gar
ry Herrmann, president of the Cincin
nati Reds.
He also announced that he had again
asked for waivers on Larry McLean and
that Chicago was the only club to re
fuse to waive. He will try to make a
deal with the Cubs for Larry, whose
habits are such as to prevent perfect
discipline on the team. '
“I don’t for a minute believe that the
Philadelphia club will let Dooln go,”
added Herrmann. "He Is too valuable
a player to toss on the market.”
Prank Corrldon, violin virtuoso andj
former Philly player, Is placing Ills so
los In a minor key. Buffalo has asked I
for waivers on the distinguished must- ‘
clan.
With seven clubs of the Central as
sociation In favor of Increasing the
maximum ealnry limit for new players'
from 4100 to 4125 a month, consider-1
able indlgnatlop was aroused through-!
out the league circuit on November 24 ■
when Tom Hayden, president and own
er of the Burlington club, In a letter!
sent to the various clubs, refused to I
Join the majority and sanction the
move. Hayden’s negative vote defeat
ed the change several months ago.
6-DAY RACE
ENLIVENED
BY_A RIOT
Attepipt to Clear Out “Night
Hawks” Camping in Garden
Results in Large Doings.
New York, Dee. 14.—A riot followed
an attempt to eject between 300 and
400 ’'night hawks" from Madison
Square garden, tho scene of the six-day
bicycle racers early today, and It was
necessary to call the police reserves to
restorp order. This was the only Inci
dent to enliven the early morning. The
thirteen teame In the race were pedal
ling away In a montonous way, still
I BUT ON THE
I OTHER HAND
atuTsTtetBS
W r^Ogfjy^THE;LAT.TER)Y
.the decision Is thoroughly bad In every way," he eald emphatl-
not know whether further legal proceedings are contemplated,
htng I am certain. The present course of action will never succeed
Savannah and Chattanooga are preparing to fall for that
least juatifiable forth of “sport”—the athletic club football
game. In both burga they arc getting up teams of former
itars to play ono game.
This whole scheme is ludicrously bad. Anybody who
knows football knows that it is impossible to train men or to
master even the rudiments of team play in the time allowed
for practice b.v such teams. The result is that the games arc
slow, stupid-exhibitions of the sport—like a game of polo
played with draft horses. That is not a matter of great im
portance. Tho harm may come from serious injuries to the
performers. Football is no game for half-trained men. Sta-
iistics show that many of the football fatalities each year can
be traced to athletic club and all-star games.
Therefore, why have them T
A good word for boxing, the noble art of self-defense, was
recently said by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. After the Birming
ham (Eng.) stipendiary had refused to sanction the Owen Mo-
ran-Jem Driscoll bout for the world’s championship, Sir Arthur
wrote:
"I think
tally. ”1 do
But of ono thing
(n exterminating ooxing m r J ,i*,»i,u. , , , . . .
"The only eucceat that tho enemlaa of aport can hope for la to drive box
ing down—to force It Into tho Interior of our national life. At tho present mo
ment boxing la on tha aurface. It Is more Popular than ever-look at the recent
army championship. when there waa something like 250 entries—and boxing con-
* "’Boxing—the love of'boxing—ShfI'n'the blood of the people; It la part of our na
tional character; and ao long as that character remalne as It !■ at preaent, you
* *** ’’You will* never atop 'these 'prlxe lights' In England, alt ho tha action at Bir
mingham would seem to be an avowed attempt to prevent the beet boxers meet
ing each other. and the only question the law has got to coiutder la whether
loch contests shall take place, as now. with tha press and tha police present
u well aa the public, or whether, on the other hand. It la preferable to hare
lueh contests taking place at the back of a wayside public house.
"The attempt to make boxing secret may be successful, but, aa I have said,
you will navar succeed In exterminating It. If such an attempt were successful
It would be bad for the manhood of the country—bad for the nation atJarge.
Qur own personal wish is that, there were more boxing in
America instead ’of less. It may verge on the brutal, hut its
good points arc so many and so good that they overbalance
the bad ones. Every man ought to know how to box.
If there were no reason to favor boxing but this one it
would be enough: '
That boxing discourages the carrying of pistols. This isn’t
a theory; it is a fact. A man who can protect himself in any
ordinary* scrap doesn’t find much need for a gun. And if a
man doesn’t carry* a gun he isn’t likely to get in trouble for
shooting somebody. If there were more interest in boxing in
America there would be less killings. And goodness knows that
would be a blessing in this country where life is held so
’•heap.
FRANK KRAMER,
Who Is one of the contestants In tho
annual six-day bicycle race now in
progress at Madison Square garden.
Kramer Is teamed with Moran, who,
with Eddie Root, won last year’s grind.
many miles behind tho record.
The trouble started when attendants
tried to put out the men who have
By L. C. DAVIS
When a rootress and a rooter go to see a
g&fne of ball.
Does the roQtresn raise a rumpus and set
.up.an awful squall?
Not so—-she sits as dignified and frigid as
can be—
For the. she-male of the species is less
rabid than the he.
When you hear a cry of "Robber! Oh.
you Jimmy Valentine!
You second-story artist! You’re a lemon
and a shine!"
You’ll know it is a rooter of the thirty-
third degree-
turmoil and
Tha attention *of"tho rootress will be cen
.tered on a hat:
"Oh, isn’t it a darling?” she will gurgle
in her. glee— . .
For the. she-male of the species Is less
rabid than the he.
Wheh the home team has been beaten and
the rooter's feeling sore
And the rootress, ail in innocence, in
quires: “What’s the score?
He’ll grab his hair in anguish and Incon
tinently flee— ,
For the he-male of the species hOa no pa
tience with the fe—.
Hard on Hunters j
: ;
Profane hands heve been laid upon
even tho lachry’/nose classics of Irlah
pong. Some sassennch on The Pitts
burg Pont has twanged the lyre and
passes out the following slight altera
tion of a well known poetic offense:
Katleen Mavourneen. the horn of the
hunter.
The amateur.hunter. Is heard on the
hill. '
You’d better be doing a getaway stunt
or
Your person with buckshot he's like
ly to (111;
For'amateuh hunters have somehow a
habit
Of shooting too soon, and, dear Kath
leen. they may
Mistake you, alas! for a quail or a rab
bit
And leave you a mass of Inanimate
clay.
Kathleen Mavourneen, you’d think we
were Joking
If we should relate half the talcs that
are told
Of nlntrods half-baked that go aim-
lesply poking
About thru the foreata and over the
wold..
A farmer bohs up. and they think he’«
a pheaaant.
Rung! hang! He's shot thVu the
lung or the Jaw.
Now, If you'd avoid such a prospect
unpleasant.
Dear Kathleen, you’d better stay
home with your ma.
TROUBLE IS
BREWING IN
HI SOCIETY
American League Jolts the Na
tional-Latter Also Ripped
by Internal Dissensions.
GEORGIA TO
TRYJBOXING
Athens College Will Be One of
First in South to Take Hack
at the Ring Sport.
New York, Deo. 14.—Still “officially"
In Ignorance of the hostile resolution
framed by the American baseball league
club owners, the National' league mag
nates assembled at' the Waldorf for
the final session of their meeting today.
TJie baseball skies were ralm and un
troubled to the casual observer, but
there was nothing to show that the
threatened war between the two leagues
Athena, Ga„ Deo. 14.—T. P. Regan,
champion middleweight- pugilist of tba
navy, who entered the university laat
fall, has started. a class in boxing at
Georgia. Notice has been given to stu
dents desiring to Join to register their
names with Professor R. E. Park.
" , — . ■ , , , uuiiiti is lutjnr,
been using the garden as a sleeping j£e keeps up his reckless performance
Prep Leaguers Play
3 Good Contests
The third aeries of games In the At
lanta Prsp Basket Ball league was
Pulled off Wednesday In three lively
‘Tlmmage*.
The Boys High school won over Pea-
rn <’k with a score of 2* to 8; Tech High
Knool beat Donald Eraser to the tune
to 14, and Mattel made a walk
away over Georgia Military academy.
_ Lively, But Not Clots.
The B. H. S.-Feacock game was a
lively one, altho the High school lads
'*n up a tall score.
r ox and Lester played good ball f} r
Hoys High. Fox threw four Held goats
*no Letter made three field goals and
t*o fouls. Knox pitched several field
weals.
R'lllet, of Peacock, played a good
•ante. He threw four fouls and one
"' d goal, making all nf Peacock’s
points.
Here Is ths line-up. '
. 8- H. 8. Peacock.
wnox, f. Brown, f.
""Il and Thompson, f. Wlllet, f.
'»». c. Goldin, c.
R'taaey. g. Crenshaw, g.
‘•water, g Oliver, g.
- r f ' r «' Hardin; timekeepers Daria
and Fleet. Time of halves, 15-15.
_ Tech H*gh Is Winner.
Tech High and Donald Fraser fur
nished another good game. The High
■” Wool won, 24 to 14.
Rhodes, of T. II. tv. and Phillips, -f
D. F., put up good games for their
teams.
The line-up:
D. F. T. H. 6.
Phillips, f. Rhodes, f.
Daniels, f. I. ...Jackson, f.
Jernigan, 0 Fox, c.
Brown, g. Newell, g.
Kellog, g. Myers, g.
Referee. Professor Culver; time
keepers, DSntei and Brown. Time of
halves, 16-15.
Jack Dunn's Baltimore Birds of next
scaeon will carry with them a Buffalo
lad nrho made a splendid record laat
season with the Lansing club of the
Southern Michigan league. Norman
McNeil Is the lad, and he caught In
eight games, batted for .411 and flelded
.442. He is only nineteen years old,
Is tlx feet high and weighs about ISO
pounds i
Manager Cockllt of the Reading club
of the Trl-State league has signed Joe
Logan, a Bucknell player, for next sea
son. Logan, who Is eighteen years old,
is a center fielder of much promise and
was the star of the Bucknell team last
season. He Is a great hitter and fielder.
Frank Carman, a Maryland pitcher, rec
ommended by Hansen Horsey, has also
been elgned.
The Keokuk (Central association)
club's Hat of amateur and aeml-pro
ball players who will report for train
ing In the spring was Increased laat
week, to 24 when Manager Art H. Quels-
srr snnounced contracts with Inflelders
Charles Sumner, of Indianapolis, and
Frank Ilunscr, of Huntington. ImL
g lace since the race opened. Angry at
elng aroused from sleep the “night
hawks" resented being put out. and
fought vigorously. Bottles.were thrown
and the private police patrolling the
garden had narrow escapes from se
rious Injury. ,
Some of the sleepers hid beneath the
seats and others pretended that they
had Just entered the place.
In the fighting several had nearly all
the clothing torn from their bodies..
At 8 o'clock eight teams were
atilt tied up at 1,541 miles, six
laps, thlrten miles nine laps behind the
record. Four other teams were run
ning a lap behind, and one team two
laps behind.
Kathleen Mavotlrneen, oh pray,take this
warning.
And don't take a chance while the
hunter It loose.
from morning
Till night; so to venture abroad Is
no use.
Don't try It. fair maid, or ypu're bound
to be swatted.
He'll think you’re a turkey, a* snipe,
or a swan;
And unless you desire to be foully pot
shot tort,
. Oti, Kathleen, stay at home till the
hunters are gone.
Buffalo will have a star fllnger In
Brockett next season If Ills salapy wing
BAN JOHNSON.
He Is iloubtloKs the man who
started all the rough-house In the
major leagues. .
comes around alt right. Manager Stall
ings regards the "King” as an Invlncl- . .
ble curve dlsponacr when In condition, schedule meeting cpmea up.
ha<| been averted.
Strife In the National league was
Imminent as a result of a break be
tween Charles H. Ebbetta, of Brooklyn,
and Charles W. Murphy, of Chicago,
over the re-election of Thomas J. Lynch
to the presidency of the National
league. Ebbetta claims that Murphy
had promised to oppose Lynch, but
failed to maintain hla agreement.
In the meantime the American leagua
magnates have already disposed of their
business and practically all of them
hare left the city, leaving behind the
material for a great deal of trouble In
the shape of their defiant resolution,
which promises war against the Na
tionals.
The opinion was expressed In the
corridors of the Waldorf that unless
tjie factions of both leagues get to
gether In amicable agreement the world
series will be wiped out for good. The
schedule question remains to he settled
later and the National league magnates
are preparing to make peaco overtures
the American league before ths
• CLA88 BASKET BALL WILL t
• SOON BE PLAYED AT TECH
ja - ■ -- ,|g
■ The Tech Athletic association +
• will soon lit up the old foundry 4-
■ Into a basket ball court, which 4*
■ should be as good as the best 4*
■ In Atlanta. Nothing hut class baa- 4*
■ ket ball will he attempted at this 4-
late date, but next year Tech will 4*
have a basket ball team. If they 4-
lose money and all tha games. 4*
•H-I-i-I-i-:-!-i-H-l'4-H-l-H-H-4^-4-H--I*
VIRGINIA LEAGUE MU8T ?
HOLD ANOTHER ELECTION +
4* +
T The national board of arbttra- 4*
4* tlon has handed down a decision 4*
4* that neither of the two elections *
+ of president In the Virginia league 4>
4- hold recently were I legal and or- 4*
4- dered that another election be
4* held. 4-
-H-I-l-t
Princeton's new football captain,.
Talbot Taylor Pendleton, star halfback;
of the team for the last two years, who
was elected unanimously to- succeed,
lie Hart. ,Pendleton, an AlI-Amcrt-t
halfback last year, 1a almost car-)
tain to recelvs that honor again fort
this season. If he does, and la again!
awarded the honor hext year—his last]
In football—he will be one of half a,
dozen men In history who’ have baenj
on the All-American three years. Pen-;
dleton Is a native of Berkely Borings,.
Va., and "propped" at the Episcopal,
High school, Alexandria, Vs. Hs M
twenty years old.
CALLAWAY IS GOING;
HEMPHILL IS COMING
President Frank Callaway, of the At
lanta Baseball association, will leave
Thursday night for Nashville to at“
tend the annual meeting of the South
ern league.
Manager Charles Hemphill, who hnn
been In New York at the major Irsgun
meetings, looking after tho Interests
of the local club, has left for Youngs
town. Ohio, bis home. Ho and his fam
ily will soon come to Atlanta,
City League Teams Will Play
Their Second Games Thursday
KID VITTUR THINKS HE HAS A CHAMP
"Red" Rozzen, who will bo sprung Friday night in tho semi-wind-up against Young Nel- j
son, is a newcomer, but his trainer believes he will go to the top—never entered the ring before,
but watch him!
That Young Nelson has an unpleas
ant six rounds ahead of him, la the
opinion of Charles Vlttur, who as "Kid”
Vlttur, won fame In local ring annals
and who la now training "Red" Rouen,
the local lad who will take on Nelson In
the second preliminary at Harry Stat
en’S c|ub Friday night.
Local fans will probably be surprised
to know that Staten ts putting on in
his seml-wind-up a man aho has never
entered a ring In hla life—the before-
mentioned Rouen, to wit. They will
get over their surprise, tho, when they
ace Rouen.
This lad blew Into Atlanta a couple
of years ago and went Into business
here. He has a brush factory, which
la located near Vlttur's hay-motor em
porium. and after a bit Rozzen began
to attend the Queensberry seances that
ere so frequently held at Vlttur'a.place.
He had never boxed any, but he was
not slow In picking up the trick. And
for nearly two years Rouen has been
acquiring science and agility. At first
he had no other object than to keoff his
wonderfully powerful body In good
physical condition, but when Harry
Staten annsunced that he wanted pre
liminary performers the boxing bug bit
Rozzen hard and he was one of the first
on the scene. Staten looked him over,
"RED” ROZZEN.
Local man who will meet Young
Nelson Friday night before Staten's
club.
heard his story and signed him forth
with. If he wins Friday night ho will
try to continue up the ladder. And If
there Is anything In superb health and
mountain lion strength Rozzen 1i aimed
for the top.
Rozzen weighs 136 pounds and la
short. In height he Is about the equal
of Ira Spangler, who appeared so often
in local rings, hut he Is about twice ns
broad, "Red" Rnzzen's most Important
physical characteristic, next to hi:
strength, Is his hair. Aa may be In
ferred. It Is rosy In hue—not the fine
brick red of the leverage pug, but a
deep shade of Ingrowing auburn.
Young Nelson, who meets Roszen In
the seml-wind-up. Iz a big, tough, hard,
working lad. Ho halls from Phlladel
phlo, where he line battled In a lot of
preliminary things. On experience and
weight he will have It on Rozzen. But
the local amateur will make up for It In
health and condition. And there should
be some scrap.
Jack Dalton, the’ famous kicker of the
Navy football team, ,1s a brother of
Thomas Percy Dalton, tha professional
baseball player, who waa with Brook
lyn and Newark Inst season and goes to
Toronto next year. Thomka Percy Is
not so sensational a kicker as hla
brother, but does very well In a pinch,
as several Eastern league umpires can
testify.
OH, YES; IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
;Ofc PLEASURE
r>i-
SU3IN&SS
By LEONARD H. GRAVES.
The second aeries of games in the
city and Fulton basket ball leagues
will ba pulled off Thursday night, and
Ilka the first string of games, all will
be warm numbers.
A lot of Interest Is helng manifested
In these games. They should bs faster
and claaaler as tha season goes on, for
the boys ara not quite In “mld-aaason"
form yet, but In a few short weeks
they will be In their prime.
The first gamss of last week wero
witnessed by large crowds.
The most talked about game sched
uled for Thursday la the scrap between
the fast Wesley Memorial team and
the Fifth regiment Both trams arc
claiming victory and both squads will
have to go some to win. Another good
game should be the Grant Athletics
against ths Wesley House A. C„ nor
will the fur fall to fly In the Knights
of Columbus va the Y, M. C. A. en
gagement.
In the Fulton league there will be
played between the halves and after the
played betwn the halves and after the
city league games, and some of the best
young timber In Atlanta la to be found
In the line-ups of this newly organized
club. Below are the standing of the
clubs and ths schedule for Thurs
day:
Wesley Memorial va. Fifth regiment,
at Wesley courts.
Y. M. C. A. vs. K. of C, at Y. U C. A.
courts.
W. H. A. C. va. Grant A. C„ at Tuft
hall.
The standing of the clubs In the.city
league Is as follows:
Teams. 1 Won. Lost. P. C.
Grant A. C. .. .. .... 1 0 1.000
Fifth Regiment .... I 0 i.nno
Y, M. C. A, ,« .. „ .. ] o l.Ouo
K of .... 0 1 .non
W. H.A.C. 0 1 .ooo
Wesley o 1 ono
The games scheduled In tho Fulton
league aro os follows:
Wesley Memorial va Company C, at:
Wrsloy courts.
Y. K. C, A. vs. Boys club, at Y. M. C*
A. courts.
M. Rich vs. Agngaa at Taft hall.
Fulton county Tearue:
Teams,
Wesley
Boys Club
Y. M. C. A
Company C, .. ..
M. Rich
Agogas .. .. .. ..
Won. Lost, P. C.
l o looo ;
l o i.ooo :
l o i.ooo;
0 1 .000
o I .nool
o I .000'
Prize Kicking” Stunt at Tech
Is Stirring Up Much Interest
The action of the Tech Athletic at
sedation In offering prizes for the best
performances In kicking thn football
has aroused much Interest throughout
the South. This Is a new scheme and
tnanv football coaches of Dixie will
watch cloeely to eeo how the experi
ment pant out.
This action In giving a prize waa
taken because Tech has at last realised
the vast Importance of a reliable kick
er. During the football season the men
trying out for the team aro generally
so green that the coachee can Spend
very little time developing punters.
At the prceent writing there aro only
two men In college who can kick well
enough to count. They are Captain
Patterson snd Alexander. As both of
them leave college next epring, It le
up to Tech to develop two or three
klckere this winter.
The public does not realise the !m-
C ortance of the kicking game. Kicking
ns won many a game where the gen
eral public thought that superior team
work or superior ability to rush the ball
won. ,
At the present time, whtro ten yards
have to be gained In three triale, good
punting Is half a team's offense. If
two teams aro evenly matched, the of
fense of neither will be very effective—
that la. neither team trill be able lo
advance the ball by rushing for any
great distances. If. however, one team
has a superior kicker hla punta will
gradually, almost Imperceptibly, gain
ground till finally hie team Is within
striking distance. They then have
some chance of puahlng the ball over
for a touchdown.
Tech's team this year had three
splendid chances In both games they
lost to try drop kicks. Any good, ordl-'
nary drop kicker could have won at
least one game In this way. Also Tech
gained more ground rushing than any
team It met. but Tech waa whipped
twice. Time and again the team would
rush the ball 3D to 40 yards to within
20 yards of the opponents' goal, only
to lose on downs. They delivered their
punch In the middle of the field and
distance; yet the team had to use those
tactics as It did not have more than an
average punter.
Look at Princeton this year. Tho
Tigers had a splendid defense nnd a No.
1 punter. They are champions of tha
country.
LATE BIKE RACE SCORE8.
$
+
4- New York, Dec. 14.—The scores v
4* of the six-day bike riders at II 4-
4* o'clock, the 83d hour, were: 4-
+ Kramer and Moran, Fogler and 4-
4* Clark, Halated and Drobach. Py. 4-
4- and Collins, Cameron and Mafrln. 4-
4- De.Mara and Lawrence, Palmer 4-
4* and Wells, and Lorenz and Sun- 4*
4- dow, 1,421 miles four laps; Thom- 4-
4* aa and Stein, L. Genrget and Broo- 4-
+ co. and Laplze and Van Houm.u
4> 1,421 miles three laps; Galvin uml 4-
4* Wiley. 1,821 miles two laps; HUl 4-
4- and Bedell, 1,621 mile* three lap, 4-
+ The record Is 1,628 miles an;! 4-
4- eight laps, made by Halated and 4-
4- Lawrence in 1409. a-
-X-X-X-
Umpire "Jocko” Halllgan of the East
ern league staff, a man who played the
game for years and knows a real hall
player when he sees one, ranks Atilt a
Brennan as the best southpaw ‘
minor league circles.
The national board hat dismissed ..
Rochester club's appeal against the lino
of 51,348.32 Indicted by the !.torn
league directors for refusing to let
Rochester team finish the post-sa
series with the All-Star team last ;
tember. It Is now stated that Fre -i
Chapin of the Rochester club bl
President Barrow for the Inflict*
the fine.
President McCaffrey ol
club has refused the Canadl
permission to locate a club 1
lacked strength when within, striking In place of the Berlin club.