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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, WEDNESDAY, .SEPTEMBER 26, 190®,
FOOTBALL PRACTICE GOES ON
SPORT NEWS
—EDITED BY—'.
PERCY H. WHITING
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GOLF MATCHES POSTPONED
Will Jim Jeffries Fight?
Still the Burning Question
Son Francisco, Oil., Sept. 2*.—When
James J. Jeffries reorhe<1 Ix»s Angeles yes
terday. It Is nlleged that he gnve out a
statement to the effeot that he hod no
Intention of returning to the prise ring.
BUly Delaney made the following state-
meat when shown Jeffries' statement from
Los Angeles:
'•Jeffries will light, there la no ques
tion about It I don't care what he snys
In Los Angeles, he Is going to fight ngnln.
9 Why, he wants to light, and If let alone
will take no urging on the part of the
friends from New York to California to
get him back In the gnme.
“I can not understand bow he ever came
to make such a statement, and I t>ellere
that something was Influencing him."
Asked what this Influence was, Delaney
admitted that he thought Jeffries' wife
had been pleading with Jim to leave the
ring.
"But let me tell you that Jeffries wants
to fight again. He admitted In Hnn Fran
cisco before a half down of his lu»*t
friends that he was willing to go hack Into
the ring. He was willing to try his
strength, and there Is no question about
the fact that be Is the greatest fighter
In the. country today.
•There Is not a man between here and
New York that has the ghost of a chnnee
j to whip tho ex-chnmplon. If ,the In-
j fluence can I* brought to bear with suf
ficient weight, Jeffries will soon be In bis
old-time fighting trim, and willing to meet
the l*o*t man now In the game In this or’
any other country.*’
"What! What do you think of him?"—
Billy Delaney.
"What do you think of him?"—Eddie
Graney.
"What do you think of him?"—Jim Cot
froth.
••It must be that climate."—Cslonel Mar
tin llrndy.
"Bet he never said It!"—Morris Levy.
"What’s the use?"—Hurry Cdrbett.
These are just a handful of remarks grab-
lied at random from the expressions that
tripped from the Il|»s of sports today when
It was noised around that Jeffries dis
claimed all Intention of getting back Into
the fighting game.
If Jeff had said on his arrival In Los
Angeles that be had simply put up a little
Joke on Delaney, Graney and a few others,
as punishment for stringing him about fight
ing again,'he might have gotten away with
It, but to enter a denial of any declaration
of doing so was too much. The select few
who were privileged to hear Jeffries de-*
clare that he Intended to take up pugil
ism ngnln are fully persuaded that he
meant what he said. They are posited
over his refutation of the published re
ports.
Tin
Ran
sounds
Hard to Find an Opponent
For Big James Jeffries
By TAD.
New York, Hept. M.-Now that Jim Jef
fries has slgulfled his willingness to meet
’ the best there Is for the championship of
' the heavyweights wo are wondering who
: this best man Is.
There are three, however, who nre In the
legitimate class sad until the best of them
la found there should l» two bottles.
The best men In the ring today In the
heavyweight division are Jack O'Brien, Jack
Johnaon and Tommy Burns.
Jack O'Brien beat Bob Fltaslmmons, glv-
Ing him a atandlng In the big division.
Tommy nurns beat Mnrvln Hart, who had
claimed the title, and therefore Is entitled
to notice.
Jack Johnaon has beaten all the black
men who have tackled him.
The man who beata the other two la tht
man who wo would want to ace meet tho
big fellow. -
Al Kaufman and Berger are young, ambi
tious and big. They are the youngest of
the heavyweight*. A battle lietween these
men should put either one In the rnnks of
the contestants, but Berger does not want
anything to do with Kaufman, strange to
say, and would rather try and bluff bla
way into a big loser's end with one of the
It Is to be hoped tho managers will make
these men show before matching them with
Jeffries.
Bight now there nre sports who would
liet that JWT can lick any two meu In one
night, and If we had a general trylng-out
the situation would lie cleared a whole lot.
Jack Johnson Is the first mnn to make n
challenge. He will meet any heavyweight
In the world, any rules nnd winner take all.
Would any of the others risk their title
unmet with auch an offer? Not yet—and
never.
PICTORIAL FOOTBALL NOTES
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IF BftAiN
INSTEAD of
BRAWN
CONTINUES to
BE THE ORDER
O* 7 TH/N65
I WE LL SOON
HAVE THIS
HARVARD^
VATEST
UNIFOUM
IDEA
MIMHIMIIHMIII
League Standings
Cumberland Will Not Have
Football Team This Year
Cumberland University will not have a
football team this year. Athletes at the
university will have to content themselves
with liasketball and tennis and watching
Caatle Heights, a local preparatory school,
play the great fall game. The Cumberland
Weekly, the college paper, aaya In Its Inst
faaue:
"For good and sufficient reasons. It has
been thought best by the faculty, as Is
well known, not to have any football team
at Cumberland University this fall, but the
prospects nre most excellent for hnsketball
j and basebrfll. The tennis court, too, Is now
'■ very popular, showing that Cumberland
* University students still (relieve In healthful
f exercise. Castle Heights will, however,
• have a series of games ou Cumberland Held,
i which, we trust, will receive the most lib-
i era! patronage and support possible from
»• the studeuta and Cumberland University."
Just whnt the "good nnd sufficient ren-
i font" are can only be surmised at this dls-
* tanee, hut there are several happenings of
the past well kuown here that have proba
bly contributed toward putting an end to
the game at the Lebanon college. The
financial situation la doubtless the rontroll-
, ing factor. It takea money to get n foot-
♦ ball team atarted. and It takes still more
! mosey to keep It going. In a small place
( ■>Uke Lebanon gate receipt* are naturally
light The Cumberland teams In the pant
for that reason have played nearly all their
games away from home, meeting the col-
' legea In tha larger cities where good crowds
could be Mwa. Their ahare of the re
ceipts,' after paying traveling expenses, hna
on but few occasions left a balance on the
right side of the ledger.
During the past few years, or since Cum
berland hna forged to tho front In the
football world, the athletic department of
the school lias had a financial backing It
had never before enjoyed. It la understood
that this support cannot be given this year,
and the students cannot rnlse enough mouey
among themselves nnd by (>opn!nr subscrip
tion to put a team In the field.
Flnnelnl affairs were not alone responsi
ble for the decision not to put -out an
eleven. There were other considerations
that might have kept down football even
had ample ninuey been available. The new
football rules alone might have done so, ns
the changes made hnvo caused a good many
colleges to withdraw until conditions be
come more settled, nobody knowing juat
wlmt Is going to be the finnl result of the
hig changes made, it Is well known, also,
that t'nmlterlnnd hnn not hud tnuooth sail
ing on the score of professionalism. There
have !>een charges more or less openly made
of professionalism every year ngnlust the
Lebanon t>oy*. This has caused considera
ble frirtlou nnd It umy be that Cumberland
would rather gqt out than have this con
tinual. Rome of the hard fooling engender
ed lm* been carried Into the Southern Inter
collegiate Association, und It mny have been
thought heat to let that quiet down.
At any rate, whatever the reason, Cum
berland is out of football for at least this
year.
CANT FINISH.
GOLFMATCHES
TRAWICK TOURNAMENT P08T-
PONED FROM DAY TO DAY
FOR VARI0U8 REASONS.
Between mobs, alarms, rumors and bum
weather, the Trawlck golf touruameut Is
having Its troubles and la advancing very
•lowly to Itgrtermfnatlon.
The only match played Tuesday was la*-’
tween J. G. Darling and J. H. Cothran. This
match was won by Mr. Darling, nnd he Is
now In the finals for the second dtp.
All other matches were postponed Tues
day, and It Is not likely that many will
be played off Wednesday.
Kid Murphy, the former 10k-pound cham
pion, finding It Impossible to get any one his
Weight to meet hiui, has started to n*ek
toatrhes with heavier boys. The first one
Murphy would like to meet la Alte At tell.
The Kid aaya he j* willing to let At fell
weigh In at 122 to 124 pounds and is satis
fied to split the money any way Attell de
sires.
L«t Brotman, The Tailor, Dreaa You.
Watch this space for announco-
iuc.it of additional place where be
will operate.
BROTMAN 18 GROWING.
G. STALLINGS
WONPENNANT
Georgo 8tnlllng*. tin* Gi'orgla uiauag,*
lm. won t!ii' Kn.torn I.oitguo prunant for
Buffalo.
■For a tlmo tho tight in tho loaguo for first
place waa very hot. Jerwy city forging to
the front ouly a few week. 0 g». But the
Bkeetera were unable to hold their winning
alreak, and went to piece, at the critical
moment.
La«t year this pennant wn* won hy the
ITovldcnco team. The Bison, ran well to
the front early In the inniaan thl. year nnd
got a lead that the other teania could not
ercomc, with the ekccptloti of Jcrncy
City. The Providence Gray, were well out
ot the nice.
A poat-enuon aerlca of ganiea will be the
portion of the BI*ona, their opponent* he.
Ing the Colmutma team, wlnnera of the
American Aaaoclatlon pennant. Hlx gnme*
111 be played, three In Buffalo and three
In Columbua. An extra otte, if needed, will
he played later. All receipt, wilt go to
the player*, and the winner* of the ecriea
receive 60 pew eent of the receipt*,
e 40 per cut will be turned over to
the /neerw. The rtr.r three game* will tie
layed In ftuffnlo on September 27. 2a nnd
». The next three will lie d,elded on the
three following day* In Colnuilma.
The dual league .tending I* a* follows:
Won. Iej*t. p. c.
Baltimore.
Uochcater.
Xcwark. .
rovliletjte.
Montreal. .
Toronto. .
Chicago . .
Now York .
Pittsburg . .
Philadelphia
Cincinnati .
Brooklyn . .
St. Loula . .
Boston . . .
Club,.
Chicago . . .
New York .
Cleveland .- .
Philadelphia .
HI. Louis . .
Detroit . . .
Washington .
Boston . . .
Played. Won. Lost P.C.
144 110 <4 .7(4
143
142
143
146
141
144
143
.629
.611
.475
.431
.419
.347
.121
Played. Won. Lost P.C.
141
141
141
119
140
140
141
145
.610
•60S
.681
.539
.607
.479
IB
TUESDAY’S RESULT8.
American—
Bt. Louie 5. Washington 4.
Chicago 3, Boston 3.
Cleveland 6, Philadelphia t.
Detroit 6, New York 6.
National—
Boston 4, St. Loult t.
Philadelphia 4, Pittsburg t.
Chicago l, Brooklyn 0.
New York 2, Cincinnati 1.
FELL IN
Hli fall hat ai aoon aa Bussey bad
cleaned and reihaped It 2IH White
hall St
WITH THE SPORTS
The Chicago National* have
won fifteen of fh« twenty
game, played with Flttatjurg
this aeason.
York, the winner of the TrbState League
pennant this year, won the flag also In
1904.
Birmingham, Cleveland's new outfielder
from the New York State League, has
been doing fine work for the Nape.
Dave Altlxer, of the Washington club,
In a product of the United States army,
and hie career on the diamond la a mat
ter of pride with the whole regular es
tablishment from general down the line.
The Brooklyn team hna won nine ont
of twenty-two gamea played with the New
Yogk Giants this year, which le the beat
■bowing In several eeifaona
In n recent Boeton-Phlladelphla game.
Manager Mack used fifteen players. In
cluding fire pitchers, hut the Athletics
couldn't win. Boston won the contest In
the tenth Inning hy tht score of 4 to I.
narvard In not the only American col
lege taut hnn lost n rowing race on the
famous Thame* coarse In England. Yale,
Cornell and Pennsylvania are also In tht
Hat.
The pro*pact* are-reported excMdlngly
bright for e good football eleven at Car
lisle this jeer. Ttlrty-five red men are
practicing twice e day, trying to make the
team.
Coach King, of Holy Cro*. expects to
have Cerrlgan. of the Boston Americana,
back after the baseball season closet, to
help get the college plgakln chasers In
condition for the gridiron campaign. Out
of laat yenr'n elaven at Holy Cross, ten
o( the player* have returned thl. fall.
BASEBALL DOPE
HOW KELLY COACHED THE TEAM
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. ffi.—Now (hat
tho bnaclmll season la over, It will got
hurt t» let tho public la on a little Joke
that the ball players have been laughing
at wince August 22.
It It on Joe O'Brien, president of the
league.
After the InquUltlon at Milwaukee In
Augiiat, O'Brien left Kelley, aa he thought,
high and dry. He had banished him from
the tH»nch, and naturally Joseph thought
ho had chaaed him off the grounds.
Then Kelley drew the club carpenter to
one aide, and the *two ascended the pen
nant pole In center field to have a talk
where It waa quiet.
They came down. The carpenter dug
up hla saw, hatchet and soma planks, anil
Michael hied him away to a department
atoro and bought several rolla of heavy
wire netting.
The carpenter cut out a nice panel Just
back of the players' bench ou the Minne
apolis aide of the grandstand. It was a
panel 18 Inches deep and 7 feet long. Then
Michael had his wire screening tacked up.
Tho carpenter built a house around alwut
tho ntmoaphore and the hole, ami put on
a door and lock. Then he constructed a
bench for Michael and the king of Nlcol-
let park mounted hli throne, ft worked
nicely. It gave a splendid view of tho
hall park In the whole, and the manager
could whisper to the players aa they oat
on the bench, and they could hear him.
Ills head waa not 10 Inches from their
cap*. He could signal them when the
team was on the field, or to the baao
runner by changing the position of
hand on the screen. He was complying
with Joe’s ultimatum that be could not
alt on the bench, but hla compliance with
the rule made Joe a smile all over the
circuit. Not a player In the league would
tip It off to Joe, although It la a safe wa
ger that every bne of them knew of Jr.
Out-of-town scribes wondered how the
miller team could keep on playing win
ning ball so far removed from Kelley's
advice and counsel. They were not. They
had It all the time. Joe was circum
vented completely and "the coop" came
to !>e a laughing post all around the dr*
cult.
It wua _ w
gave Minneapolis the benefit
services and kept him from running tor«
on the field and biting the umpires o
the calf of the leg when they were bad.
FRACTURED SPORTS
For a youngster with a tail-end team,
ritcher Glase has done great work for the
Boston Americans.
New York fans say that tioth Gotham
teams would have had the pennants cinch
ed had JdcGraw and Griffith cut out the
umpire-baiting.
Rome late dope on liasetiall managers for
next season: Duffy, Boston Americans;
Jennings. Detroit Americans; Armour,
Washington; Murray, Philadelphia Na
tionals.
Humor hna It that Jfrainy Collins will
buy n» Interest In the Buffalo Eastern
League dull and manage the dub next
seas4in. Jimmy's home Is in Buffalo.
Some of the veterans of the Pltshurg
team will have, to go If the Pirates expect
to do better than third position next sea-
Mutineer McClookey, of the Rt. Louis Na
tionals. changes his hatting order nearly
every day. But the Cardinals cau't win.
The Rastern League has l>een shy of .200
hitters nil season. Grant, of Jersey City,
nnd Gettmnn. of Buffalo, nre the only reg
ular men In the select dans.
Pitcher Ned Kenmi, of the Louisville
American Association team, has a batting
average of .347 for fifty-five games. Great
work for a sisbber.
In the series for the world's champion
ship, which will follow the close of the
two pennant r*Ce*, the Chicago Nationals
are hot favorite*. The average fan doin'*
nit Sfimiethfng like this: The Chica-
guc« halt Ul« Natioual League pcuuuut
cinched, and from now on all they have to
do la to take care of themselves, and they
will lie In great shape for the series. It D
money to tusrhles that the winner of the
American league pennant wl|l be busy
every minute to the close of the season.
Every Indication points to a heart-break
ing pace until the finish, and the team
that lands at the top 1n the American'
League Will lie pretty nearly all in. Moat
likely It will be a repetition of laat year’s
New York-Phlladelphla games. The Olants
had plenty of time to rest before the
series, bat the Athletics had to play under,
a full head of steam right up to the very
last. It Is probable that the two winners
will battle under the tame conditions this
fall. Have something down on the Cuba
If you want to cash la the tip from the
talent.
"Darkey" Haley, an English feather
weight champion pugilist, 1s coming to this
couutry next month. On his arrival here
. In the last meeting between "Cy" Young
and "Rube" Waddell, the pair exchanged
compliments, each disposing of the other
three times on strikes.—Boston Herald.
CborWy Baftb is a great admirer of game
chickens, and would rather fight them than
eat. When the team played In Montgom
ery for the first time this season, Charley
ran across "Red" Phil Ehret snd "Pop"
Frank Welkart In front of the Gienmore
hotel one night after supper. Red and
Charley started talking chlckeAs. Ehret
said there was a man near Montgomery
who bad the best gams cocks and as fine
a hunch of stags as there was In the world.
Charley dtiagreed with Red, and the argu
ment went on. Before they realised It,
the city lights had gone not.
"Gee! What time le It?" asked Charley.
They walked Into the hotel and looked at
the clock. It was half-past 2. They had
been talking chickens Just six hours and
thirty minutes.—Memphis News-Scimitar,
The campaign of 1906 has been choked
up with notablh records, hut the greatest
of all has been overlooked In tho dope
up to date. It doesn't include any great
ran of straight wins, bnt for all-round con
•latency, no major league club has ever
approached It. The matter referred to Is
the wonderfnl work of the Chicago Cuba
since Mrooklyn trimmed them three ont
of four In July. Coanting from that pe
riod, Chance’s men have worked out Juat
fifty-five games on the road and at home,
with fifty victories recorded and hat five
long defeafi. Their percentage of wins In
the last two months of play has been
about .91L Neither the National League
nor the American League contains any snch
record for consistent work throughout such
a lengthy spell of pinyExchange.
Every effort will he made to Induce
Manager George Stallings to reconsider hla
determination to resign and sell hla stock
In tho Buffalo dub.—Boston Herald.
Bucky Thiel used to play second base In
the Western League. Those who have aeen
him cavort around the keystone bag at
lied Elm park have probably wondered
where Buck got hla knowledge. "That
guy used to lie a peach In Omaha,"
vouchsafed Nick Carter, who was a team
mate of his there, "ne was the short
stop for fair, and helped them win the
pennant the last time they landed It." Buck
nodded modestly. "But I never conld
stand the base-runner coming nt me when
I-was fielding a ball,” he said, "and I
prefer the simple life of the outfield for
mine."—Memphis News Hclmttar.
"Not even one Inning of a game—not
one play—could be ’thrown’ without the
fans spotting It Instantly—and woe betide
any club op player caught In the act!"
writes Fred Barber, In The New York
Press.
New York, Sept. 26.—Billy Burke, the
Quaker City welterweight, la out with a
defl to meet the winner of the Joe Thomas-
Terry Martin bout, which took place before
the National Athletic dub of Philadelphia
Saturday night.
Willie Lucas, the fighting machine of
Southwlck. Is ready to meet any of the 120-
pounders In tho builneaa and would like
to meet wyilo Moody first.
'Wouldn't know
HIM, yCtOULD YOU?
Well THIS is
oua’owN qovSid,
AS.A.PIG-SKIM PL/VYER,
WALT MILLER
L0SESNERVE
ONCE FEARLE88 RIDER 00E8 TO
PIECE8 AFTER FREISHON’S
FATAL FALL.
Grave*.ad, Kept. J6.-FrtKht.nert badly be
cause of the frightful accident In which
Jockey Frelahon lost hla life at this track
laat week, Jockey Walter Miller, the most
wonderful lightweight rider of the year, dis
played a sure evidence of declining form
here yesterday afternoon. He rode Dolly
Spanker In the Occidental handlcnp at n
mile and n furlong and loat the event
through excessive timidity.
The Jockey's admirers declare Miller to
be under n spell of extraordinary fright.
Miller let! almost from the'start to the
turn for home with Dolly Spanker. lie
waa winning easily when challenged hy
Coy Maid with Garner np, an 8 to 1 shot,
at the final furlong pole. Garner com
menced to crowd Dolly Spanker a little and
Miller pulled up and this virtually lost him
the race. Coy Mild got up and won In n
drive bj half n length.
The tour of the all-American howling trio
throughout the United States, Canada nnd
Mexico, announced tome time ago to begin
October 1, hna been postponed until a later
date.
The prospects of the Carllale Indiana for
t good football team thl* year are reported
unusually bright.
THE
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As to the Major League Races
Chicago—First ta the National League and
first In the American.
New York—Second In the National League
and second In tho American.'
Philadelphia—Fourth In both leagues.
Boston—I*ast In both leagues.
They generally figure It out that the
team which stands the better of two teams
representing any city In different leagues
gets the patronage; nnd If this Is true It
must Ik* nn even break In four cities !u
the major leagues. .
St. Louis Is the only city which has two
hnsehnll clubs which occupy different pos|.
tlnns In the standings of the two major
leagues. The Bt. Louis Americans hare It
a little over the Nationals, but hot by much.
The Highlanders dropped back a peg
Tuesday, when they lost to Detroit. The
Michigan Man-Eaters mnde one of their
stretch runs, scored two In the eighth In
ning and two in the ninth, winning by a
score of 6 to 5. Al Orth got bis to the ex
tent of 11 hits. Bo likewise did Killian, but
New York made two cjrrors.
Chicago of conroe best Boston In the Amer
ican League. The Fragments made a pretty
good stagger, though, and loat by the score
of S to 2.
In the National League nothing particu
larly sensational happened, though Brook
lyn managed to make Chicago play ten In
nings before they could score the tingle
run which won the game. 8trlcklett pitched
for Brooklyn, pfelster for Chicago.
Busy Days For Football Men
be will try to arrange matches with the
best 122-pound men In the United States.
Conch W. T. Reid, Who Is at the head of
Harvard football this year, la probably the
highest salaried football coach In the coun
try. Reid laat year received 13,500 from the
Harvard Athletic Association for hia two
months' coaching, and then It waa admitted
be received 11,BOO from other sources, so
that his salary was 15,000 a year. The only
other conch who ever received this amount
waa Foster Sanford, the old Yale player,
when he waa coach at Columbia.
The candidates for the football team of
the Annapolis naval academy are to respond
to' the call for practice today. The S4)uad
this year Is said to he especially strong In
halfbacks, and It Is expecfal that the opeu
game under fhe*new rules will Improve the
nnvy’a chances against West Point and
other heavy teams.
den during the second week of
BULGER’S BASEBALL YARNS
HOW STEVE BRODIE CUT HI8 8HOE LACE8.
ruses that c-ver dug spikes Into « muiiimiii. am- uMUHi, minim iur wimn nirMf
waa relating ootne startling experiences of the diamond to a crowd of open-mooth-
e«l listeners hack In the home town.
"It was the highest hit hall I ever saw." declared Steve. "Willie Keeler
had met one under the tiottom. and from where 1 stood. In center field. It
looked like n JiftJe JJrer pill. Higher and higher It wen% nnd J etarfed to get
under It. Juat as I made the second step my foot w*nt Into a gopher hole In
the field, nnd 1 wan fasteneil. Try ns I would. I couldn't release my shoe.
"What did I finally go?" he asked. In astonishment that hla listeners bad not
heard of It. "Why. I simply reached down and cut the laces on the shoe, then
pullet! my foot out. and caught the halt."
"Yes, that's all right, Steve," remarked one (if the timid townsfolk, "hut
where did you get a knife out of. your uniform?"
"Of course, of course," stammered Steve, seeing that he was caught, "hut 1
did not use a knife."
"Well, what did you 4*ut the strings with?"
"Why. you chump." replied Steve, "I used a blade of grass."—Boxeman Bulger,
lu The NVw York Evening World.*
during the winter Steve
With the opeulng of Tech Wednesday
will come the final call for candidates for
the football team and the final rnklng
through college for all the material In
sight. Within two or three days now .the
footlisll squad will rise to about Ita top
notch, nnd there It will stick until the
chaff Is sorted from the grain nnd the grain
Is ruu through the mill, and the finished
product turned over to the public for Its
Inspection.
Just bow many good men will turn up
for the o|iening, time will tell, nml It will
not take a lot of time. The call for vol
unteers will lie followed by a dash through
college for all likely looking men, nml
within n few days Tech field will
fairly alive with candidates for positions
on the first nnd second teams.
8owly but surely the members of - the
team who have been out for practice during
the past week or ten .days ore lieglnnlug
to get u grasp on the new rules, snd while
nothing especially fancy Is expected In the
game Saturday with Maryville, the first
workings of the "forward pass," the "on-
side kick," the 10-ynrd rule" and the like
will lie seen, nnd uo doubt wondered at.
All the football people will lie out for
the o|i«»ner. There I* no real Intercollege
feeling or rivalry lietween Tech and Mary,
llle, hut there la plenty of wonder over
the new rules. And all those Interested In
football want to get ont /rad see bow they
work.
Few Southern colleges have games on
Saturday. Davidson Is due to tackle the
University of North t'arollnn In tip* open*
lag game for those two teams, Tennessee
will play the state deaf and dnmb team,
and Mercer plays the Barnesrllle team.
('lemson does no: play a regular game
until October 6, and then only a contest
against g high school. Vanderbilt opens
against Kentucky Stnte Octolier 6, and
Alabama plnyn Maryville on that date.
Auburn opens against Maryville the follow
ing Monday, hut colleges like the Univer
sity of Georgia and a number of others
through the South do not have their opeu-
era until October 16.
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15 Decatur 6L Kimball Houaa auj time wlthlu the next month.
KNOCK OUT DROPS
New York. Sept. 26.—Manager Lew Bailey
of the Broadway Athletic Club of Philadel
phia has nrrnuged a good show for Thurs
day night. It Is an all-star affair. It will
bring together Tommy Lowe, of Washing
ton, nnd Kid Klinger, of Southwark, Pa.
Eddie Fraction, thtf' lioy who baa been
knocking them oJ| out In Philadelphia of
late, says that he Is going after the best
In the business at 110 pounds. Fraction
states that a prominent sporting man of
Philadelphia Is ready to back him for $1.-
000.
Kbl Sullivan, of Washington, Is out with
a defl to nuy lightweight In the world,
barring Joe.Gnns.
Harry Edels, the Chelsea lightweight who
lost a decision to Arthur Cote at Haverhill
last Saturday night, is anxious to meet Cote
again. Edels says If Cote will meet him
be will box under the same conditions and
will give Cote a good bet on the side.
The fight lietween Fred Cooley of Cbicngc
and Mike Hchnvk of Cincinnati, which whi
to have taken place at Terre Haute on Sep
temlier 28, baa l*cen railed off, Cooley re
fused to meet Mchreck at the weight men
tinned. Hrhreck baa Increased bis forfeit tc
fight Sam Berger nnd says he I* ready to
get Into the ring with the Californian at