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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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ILL-SUBS
SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
Now They’re Off; the Mrs. Takes a Hand
Both Teams on Edge for Final
Game of Season at Poncey
This Afternoon.
T HE local football season will be
brought to a close this after
noon when Lewie Heritages
all-stars ami I he Seventeenth Infan
try clash at Ponce DeLeon ball park.
Everything Is iearly for the strug
gle ami the two teams should put up
a great fight. Twelve of the all-stars
are already here for the game. It
Is still doubtful whether Hob Mc
Whorter. the famous (ieorgla back,
will be in the game. Hob wants to
come, but Professor Sanford, of the
university, does not wish him to play
Majors will till McWhorter's shoes
In case Bob does not arrive for the
battle.
Outside of this change the all-stars
will line up as advertised. Garden
and Conklin will be at ends; Lamb
and Meadows will take care of the
tackle positions; Everett and Means
ere to be the guards, while Majors
will be at quarter. The backfleld is
to be taken care of my Cook, Morrison
end Newell.
Soldiers Average 175.
Against this team the soldiers will
line up an aggregation that will weigh
JS9 pounds from tackle to tackle, IS;,
pounds from end to end, 155 pounds
in the backfleld and with a team av
erage of 175 pounds.
Devore's players will rely on the
wide-open football attack, with the
forward pass their chief reliance. In
this way they hope to (down Har-
dage's picked team.
In Schwartz, their quarterback and
captain, the soldiers have one of Hie
best butlers of the forward pass that
has ever been seen in this section.
Single and Lancaster, at ends, are
splendid receivers of the forward
pass.
The soldiers will present another
formidable asset In Bingle, one of Hie
best place kickers that ever stepped
on a Southern gridiron. Not ft game
has passed this season that this fel
low has not managed to boot one or
two across the liars.
Devore in Game.
Lieutenant Devore, coach of the
soldier team and an all-American
tackle while a member of the army
eleven at West Point, will play one
of the tackle positions. His expe
rience should be a great help to the
arm?
Lipke, at center, weighing over 200;
Slater and Stock, two smashing
guards, complete the soldier line. The
guards weigh 190 each.
Moore, at full, and Arcan and Brad-
burv, at halves, gives the soldiers a
splendid backfleld to work with
Schwartz.
The line-up:
Soldiers. Position. All-Stars.
Bingle L. E Gardner
Bee L. T Lamb
Slater L. G Moans
Lipke C. Loeb
Stock R. G Everett
Devore R. T Meadows
Lanc&stsr .. .. R. E Conklin
Schwartz (c.)...y. B Majors
Bradbury ... R. H^B. .. McWhorter
or Morris m
Arcan R. H. B Cook
Moore F. B. . . Hardage (c.)
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
According to Newark newspapers the
International league champions will en
deavor to schedule a couple of spring
exhibition games here with the Crack
ers
• * •
TTm Newark manager, Harry Smith,
is said to be anxious to secure training
quarters at Columbus. Ga.
• * *
If Fred Clarke should happen to se
cure Tinker, he will play Joe at short,
move Wagner to first, use Miller at sec
ond and Viox at third. Quite some in
field it would be.
• * •
In ease Otto Kn&be is offered the man
agerial berth in Cincinnati, the Philadel
phia club V-iir not stand in his way.
• • •
Ban Johnson is peeved because of the
stories being syndicated under McGroWe
name B Byron declares that McGrow
is not writing them and that they are
“yarns*’ of the worse kind.
• • •
Bill Smith is confident that Wally
Smith wTil make good with the Senators.
“There isn't a chance in the world of
Wally coming back to the Crackers.’*
declares William
• * •
Garnet Bush, released as umpire in the
Pacific Coast league, expects to land a
berth in the Texas league. Care not
we.
• • •
Buddy Ryan, outfielder, sent to Toledo
by the Naps, is trying to have himself
assigned back to his old hangout, the
Portland club of the Coast league.
* * *
When they start down the toboggan
they go fast. Back in 1905 Doc Newton
was one of the best hurlers In* the
American Deague. Now he isn't good
enough for Memphis, and next season he
will be cavorting in Texas pastures in
and around Galveston.
• • •
The Mcs. by acclamation and unani
mous consent, have the field sewed up.
In the National it's McGraw; in the
American it’s McOtlllcuddy; In golf Its
McDermott; in tennis It's McLoughlln
And. we might add. McFarland, is quite
a name in the boxing world.
• • •
Just because Jake Daubert took a
bunch of Brooklyn players to Cuba and
gave them a good time his teammates
have presented him with a cluster pin
containing sixteen diamonds.
» • *
A New York scribe-wit suggests that
Tom Lynch could make Garry Herr
mann a good manager Hasn’t poor
Lynch been buffeted around enough by
the National League?
000
Whether Wilbert Rohlnson wins a Rag
for Brooklyn or not you have got to
hand it to him for nearly always being
with a pennant inner? He war a mem
ber of the old Oriole flock that won
e.ghl gonfalons In ter. years.
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Dutchman Helped Form Southern
Circuit and Was a Good
Manager and Magnate.
By O. B. Keeler.
\ \ JlTH the passing of Charley
\/\/ Frank, the Southern League
loses a pioneer ball player
and manager, a wise old head, and a
baseball politician who had much to
do with forming the present organi
zation. and at another time nearly
disrupted it again.
For ten years Frank has been *h<3
leader of the Pelicans, and last sea
son is the only one of the decade that
didn't see the Pels up and lighting for,
if not actually winning, pennants, lie
has been a good manager, as he was
a good ball player.
* * *
T HAT was quite a long time n?o
when Charley was a ball nlayer.
More than twenty years a?o Frank's
playing with the Memphis club in the
old Southern League attracted atten
tion, and when the league disbanded
on account of a yellow fever epidemic
Frank wont to the St. Louis team of
the old National League.
The Southern League was reorgan
ized In 1895, and Frank returned to
Memphis and lecame manager of the
club.
The following year, however, found
him back in the big show, playing .1
crack outfield game for the Columbus
team of the American League.
• * •
PRANK played several seasons with
* Columbus, and then returned ?o
Memphis, where, during the winter of
1900-1901, he worked out the proposi
tion of reorganizing he Southern
Longue. Newt Fisher, of NashvilTb,
and Abner Powell, then of New Or
leans. aided the Dutchman, and the
present Southern League stands
largely as a memorial to their sound
ideas and sensible management.
♦ * •
FRANK took charge of the Pell-
* cans the year after they had fin
ished a frightful season under the al
leged management of three different
men. In a single season he made a
ball club out of a near-minstrel
show, and had it up and lighting for
the pennant at the end. being beaten
out by a narrow margin.
Since then the Pels always have
been a factor. It is true they fin
ished in the cellar last season, but,
finishing in the cellar, they decided
the championship of the league by
beating Mobile in the last game of the
season.
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what?
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FIRST
TEAM.
SECOND
TEAM.
Player.
College.
Position.
Player.
College.
E. Brovyn
.... Vanderbilt . .
.... End
. Carroll . .
Robinson
Auburn
End ..
.Vandergraff Alabama
T. Brown
Vanderbilt . .
. . . Tackle .
. Dobbin* .
Sewanee
Dutton
. L. S. U
T ackle .
. Schiletter
Clemson
Pitts ....
. Auburn
.. . . Center .
Morgan
Vanderbilt
Thigpen
Auburn
.. . . Guard .
.Putnam .
Vanderbilt
McCaiium
.... Sewanee
.. . . Guard
Bayer . ..
Tennessee
Boensch
Vanderbilt
.. . Quarter .
..Paddock .
Georgia
McWhorter . ..Georgia
Half ..
. Rainey ..
Tennessee
Newell ..
Auburn
Half . .
. Cook ....
Ga. Tech
Sikes . .
Vanderbilt . .
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. Harris ...
Auburn
Russell Ford May Be
Traded to Cleveland
NEW YORK Dec. 6 -Russell Ford,
for several years one of the most ef
fective pitchers in the American League,
may be found In a Cleveland uniform
next season. A deal is pending which
will give Chante George Kahler and
one of the Nap youngsters In exchange
for the famous spltball artist. Ford has
not been a world-beater in the last two
years, but. although handicapped by be-
pelied to pitch for an unusually
poor team, at times has showed flashes
of the form which caused him to be
come known as one of the American
League's best pitchers.
President Somers, of the Naps. is
seeking two pitchers and an outfielder.
Russell Ford is a right-hander, and a
spitter Somers and Birmingham think
he will be a winner if added to the
Naps’ staff With a gang of swatsmen
behind him like Blrmy’s boys It is fig
ured Ford would win as many games as
he did In the days when the Yankees
were a fast team.
Kahler, who is mentioned in connec
tion with the deal for Ford, had all the
earmarks of making a great pitcher
when he first <ame from the minors.
But he has not improved to any extent.
Until six weeks before the last season
closed Kahler did not have anvthing
which resembled a curve ball. After he
had added the twist to his pitching re
pertoire Manager Birmingham gave him
another chance to show what he could
do against reai -tilers George failed
to make a favoraw.V atopression with the
fans.
Kahler is weak with men on the bases
He seems able to go very well until a
man reaches first Then when he is
forced to cut out his swing he loses ef
fectiveness.
Athletic Club Five
Plays First Game
Of Season To-night
The Atlanta Athletic Club will open
its basket ball season to-night when
they stack up against the Bessemer
Athletic Club on the local team’s
floor.
The Alabama boys were defeated
last night in Columbus, Ga., by the
Columbus boys, the score being 59 to
13. They, however, expect to give
the Athletic Club boys a tough argu
ment. The game starts at 8:30.
The line-up of the two teams will
probably be;
Bessemer. Positions. Atlanta.
B. S. Clay (Capt),L.F. Forbes
Donaldson R. F Smith
Houston C..DuBard (Capt.)
1. Clay L. G Carter
Edmondson R. G Weaver
'Hobby’ After Job as
Red's New Manager
CINCINNATI, OHIO, D*c.
Richard Hoblitzell, lirsl baseman of
the Cincinnati baseball team, to-dav
made formal application for the man
agership of the club to Harry Ste
phens, its secretary.
Although there have been other ap
plications filed with Mr. Stephens, lie
said that Hoblitzell’s would be tlie
only one of these to receive consid
eration.
SEWANEE PLAYERS’ LETTERS.
SKWAXEE, TEXTS’.. Dec 6.—Yes
terday afternoon the football players
received their sweaters and then the
picture of the 1913 varsity squad was
taken The following men were
awarded their "S” this year: Captain
MacCalluni. Magwood. Barnwell, Dob
bins, Hamilton Moore, Parker, Tol
ley, Thomas, Ward. Hammond. Pal
mer. Myers. Fort, Seott. Hagan and
Manager Cass
BELL IS HONORED.
B UIXKSVIU.K. GA., Dec. 6 — At a
meeting of the football team yester
day R. S. Bell was elected captain
for the 1914 team. This is Bell's sec
ond year on the team. He lias played
guard and tackle respectively, for tne
past two seasons.
RINGSIDE NOTES
Willie lfitehie. lightweight champion
of the world, says that he will agree to
give Joe Rivers a. return match at Ver
non. Cal., providing Promoter McCarey
guarantees him $15,000 for the bout.
Ritchie is now training for his match
with Tommy Murphy at San Francisco
on December 10.
* * *
Milwaukee fans refuse to become ex
cited over the Packey McFarland-Jack
Britton go in tlie Brewer City Monday
night. The fact that both boys have
agreed to fight at catchweights lias
taken much interest from the fray.
Packey will probably weigh around 145
against 138 for Britton.
• • *
“Kid" Williams was handed a neat
trimming from the club that promoted
his scrap with Lodimen In Milwaukee
on Thanksgiving Day. Williams claims
that he was guaranteed $800. but that
the promoters refused to part with more
than $500 after the scrap. The bantam
weight scrapper has put in a complaint
with the Wisconsin boxing commission.
• * *
Jem Maloney, manager of Bombar
dier Wells, wmites that there is consid
erable betting on the Wells-Carpentier
fight in London on December 8. Ac
cording to Maloney, Wells has been
made an even money bet against the
Frenchman. “I expect Wells to win
Inside of twelve rounds,” says Maloney.
• * •
Sam Langford is on his way to Eu
rope. where he hopes to get a bout with
Jack Johnson. Langford left New* York
Thursday night.
• * *
Johnny Coulon. bantamweight cham-
C ion of the world, has been matched to
ox Young Sinneif. in a scheduled ten-
roud bout on January 4 or 5. Racine,
Wis.. will probably get the match.
• * •
Cauliflower ears and mushroom. noses
are badges of prize ring inefficiency.
So says Jack Root, one-time prominent
middleweight and now theatrical man.
Root is out of the ring game, but can
not refrain from roaming about places
where gloves fly.
• • •
Root thinks pugilists of to-day have
forgotten all about the art of clever
ness and fail to study the finer points
of the game. Outside of Willie Ritchie.
Johnny Kilbane and Mike Gibbons the^e
is not a boxer in the game to-day who
can compare with the stars of former
years such as Jim Corbett. Kid McCoy.
Abe Attell. Tommy Ryan and a score of
others, according to Root.
* » *
The middleweight division is the owner
of some high class material at the pres
ent time. Chip, Dillon. McGoorty,
Klaus, Clabby and Gibbons are all good
158 pounders. Chip at the present time
seems to have the best claim to the ti
tle, due to his knockout win over
Klaus. Clabby, however, is a close sec
ond.
* * *
Billy Gibson, the New York promoter,
is about tired of putting on heavy
weights. The poor scrap put up the
other night by Carl Morris and Willard
was enough to discourage any promoter.
* * *
Frank Baker may be matched to box
some boy In New Orleans before long.
Baker has asked T. I). Tortorich, the
Pelican Ctiy promoter, for a match
there with any boy weighing from 122
to 130 pounds. While w r aiting for an an
swer from Tortorich Frank will prac
tice tango dancing. He claims it im
proves his cleverness.
‘Big Six' Should Be
Kept in Game’-Tener
NEW YORK. Dec. 6.—Here are the
six cardinal view^ of Governor John
Tener, of Pennsylvania, who has ac
cepted a four-year term as president of
the National League at a salary of $25,-
000 per year, upon the great national
game.
1. The game must be kept absolutely
clean.
2. Baseball needs no doctor. If ev
erything else were as healthy as base
ball physicians would go out of busi
ness.
3. Present day ball players are no bet
ter than the old-time players, but they
give more attention to detail
4. Mathewson should not be allowed
to tiuit the game. A man who has his
ability in playing the game should get
a club franchise when his playing days
are over
5. Umpires rule the field, but at the
same time should consider the public.
6 I am proud of having been a pro
fessional baseball player.
In an interview published h^re to-day
Governor Tener. who will be the highest
paid man in baseball when he is of
ficially chosen to head the National
League pointed out what he will try to
do when he takes office.
“I will not try to assume the role of
doctor." said Mr. Tener. a big. robust
six-footer. "It wil be my purpose to
see that the game is kept sanitary and
avoid the little things which might
tend to bring on disease. Baseball is
healthy."
Packey Turns Down
Offer to Box Clabby
In Long Go on Coast
CHICAGO, Dec. G.-—Packey McFarland
to-day turned down an offer of a 20-
round battle on the Coast with Jimmy
Clabby, Hammond’s crack middleweight.
The offer came from Jimmy Coffroth.
Clabby and Packey are very popular
out West and "Sunny Jim" picked Jan
uary 16 for the date. According to Cof
froth, Clabby is dead anxious to battle
the Chicago speed marvel, but since the
very best the Hammond boy can do is
148 pounds. McFajland passed it up.
The stock yards lad is on edge for his
Britton fight Monday night and will
wind up his work to-day.
GOLF AT PINEHURST.
PINEHURST N. C., Dec. 6.—Two
rounds were played here yesterday in
the Country Club’s annual autumnal
golf tournament. The survivors were
C. L. Becker, Woodland, and H. V.
S?ggerman, Englewood, in the first
division, and A. A. Stagg, Chicago,
and F. D. Wilkerson, Youngstown, in
.the consolation flight, first division.
Final play will begin to-day.
M'ALLISTER VS. DONOVAN.
NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—Bob McAllis
ter. the clever California middleweight,
is expected to display special boxing
skill w’hen he makes his first appear- i
ance here in a mix-up with Young Mike '
Donovan, at the Fairmont Athletic Club
next Wednesday night. McAllister is !
working up at Dal Hawkins’ quarters. !
and those who have looked him over J
say he will prove an agreeable surprise.
BASEBALL SCRIBES TO MEET. |
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6.—Secretary |
Weart to-day announced that the an- I
nual meeting of the Baseba'l Writers’ '
Association of America will be held at I
New York on Tuesday, December 9.
Stein Stone Picks All-Southern
v • v • v v • v *!*•'!* +•+
Boensch Gets Place at Quarter
Bv Stein Stone.
(Vanderbilt Line Coach and Former
All-Southern Center.)
X TASHVILLE, TENN., Dec. 6.—Se.
lecting an All-Southern foot
ball eleven is never an easy
task, since primarily it becomes nec
essary to have had an opportunity of
seeing all the S. I. A. A. teams in ac
tion. which conditions make it prac
tically impossible to do. But this year
it has been my privilege, in the ca
pacity of official and as a scout Tor
Vanderbilt, to have followed all the
big elevens with the exception of
Georgia and Louisiana State, so that
1 fei 1 1 have obtained a very fair es
timate of the ability of the candi
dates for the coveted honor of a posi
tion on an All-Southern team.
in choosing the above eleven. I have
kept before me always the idea of
picking the be^t player with respect
to position in the line up, which is
my theory of an All-Southern selec
tion—the best men in those particular
positions, and not simply eleven good
football players. Only in the case of
Sikes and Dutton, whom I have
shifted to fullback and tackle,
have I moved a man out of his
position, and as for that matter
Sikes has had much experience at
full. In my opinion, Sikes is by long
odds the most valuable player defen
sively in the South to-day. He is the
fiercest and surest tackier in the
game, never failing to stop his man
and very seldom is he fooled on a
play But for his fumbling Sikes, in
my opinion, would be easily the most
valuable all-round player in the game.
Brown and Robinson at Ends.
Picking a pair of ends is easy, for
Brown, of Vanderbilt, and Robinson,
of Auburn, spread-eagled the field on
the flanks. Both were reliable in
stooping sweens around their wings.
They also possess a whirl of speed in
covering kicks. Carroll, of Tennes
see; Vandergraff. of Alabama, and
Taylor, of Auburn, were good ends,
but stood little chance against Brown
and Robinson.
The w^ork of Tom Brown, of Van
derbilt, despite the fact that he was of
no use to his team for three games on
account of a fractured ankle sustained
in the Michigan game, stamps him as
the best tackle of the year. He was
without a peer backing up the line.
Dutton, of L. S. U., would make an
excellent runping mate for Brown.
Pitts Picked for Center.
Pitts, of Auburn, is mv choice at
center over Morgan, of Vanderbilt, his
nearest contender. Pitts’ passing was
at a.l times above criticism, and * he
use of his hands on the defense was
one of his best qualities.
This season’s crop of guards was
nothing out of the ordinary. Thero
^vas not a man who played the
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slashing, fighting style of gam© as
did Metzger for Vanderbilt in pa«t
seasons. Thigpen, of Auburn, an 1
McCallum, of Sewanee, were best of
their class. Both were bulwarks of
defense, not only checking opponents,
but Thigpen was able often to break
through and pick off one of the sec
ondary defense w’hen his team had the
ball,
Boensch Best Quarter.
The selection of Boensch at quar
ter will occasion no little comment
and doubtless much criticism, proba
bly on account of his mediocre gen
eralship. Running from his position
Boensch is undoubtedly the best quar
ter in the South, having advanced the
ball farther than any other backfie’ci
man. not excepting McWhorter an l
Newell. He is by long odds the best f
punter who appeared on the Southern
gridiron this year, is hard as nails
and a hard man to stop.
Backfield Looks Good.
Even though there was a wealth
of backfield material to select from,
McWhorter, of Georgia, and Newell,
of Auburn, were so far ahead of the
field at the halves that no question
can be raised over their selection.
They were fine end runners, went
in fast and low, stood no end of pun
ishment and yet performed in a cred
itable manner at all ti nes. Sikes I
have discussed at some length abov*.
This team would have a stonewall
defense, aggressive forwards, an ex
ceptional punter in Boensch and plen
ty of drive and scoring power in th®
backfield.
Federals to Quit
Chicago; May Put
Club in Milwaukee ’
NEW YORK, Pec. 6.—If th» report
that gained circulation In baeelwO
quarters here to-day is to be believed,
the Federal League will abandon Chi
cago next season. Milwaukee will be
taken Into the circuit. James Gilmore,
who backed the Chicago Federal League
club last year, believes, It Is said, that
it Is useless to try for the White Sox
and Cubs patronage, and furthermore (
that there Isn’t a park In Chicago large
enough fflr the Feds.
The promoters, it seme, gradually
steering away from a conflict with the
major leagues and are scheming t
make headway against the Class A A
zUmerican Association. "
Milwaukee. In their opinion, can mw
port two teams ndth noneonfllctlng
schedules, and for that "Month,
league is ready to transfer the Chicago
franchise to Milwaukee, where tne
American Association had a penannt
winner this year.