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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, THURSDAY OCTOBER, 4 1900.
GIDDY OFF-SEASON DOINGS
PIEDMONT GOLF CLUB HAS
ABANDONED OLD COURSE
I
Tbe niembsra of ths Piedmont Golf
Club held « meeting Wednesday morning
nt the ofPlcc of Milton Dargan. president,
nod after considering the mat tor for aome
time decided to disband the club and aban
don tbe golf house and links nt Piedmont
park.
This action was necessary. owing to the
fact that the building which they are nt
present occupying will. In n short time, be
dismantled. This will leave them without
a home, and. In addition to this, the golf
ers of Atlanta have found It more pleasant
to play over the links of the Atlanta
Athletic Club, nt Knit Lake.
The members of thrt l'Icdinont Golf Club
hare felt that the athletic club Is entitled
to all the encouragement which con be
afforded them, and they have token this
Step with n view to Increasing the nlreudy
growing Interest In the new course at
East Lake.
Notices will be sent out today to oil of
the old members of the Piedmont Golf
Club, requesting them to remove their
sticks nnd other golf paraphernalia Ini
mediately, nnd It Is hoped that the mem
hers will not delay doing this, since their
golf outfits inoy be misplaced If left for
n longer time in the old building ot I
mont park,
The passing of the old golf course nt
Piedmont purk is n matter of keen regret
to the inauy golfers In Atlanta, who
ed to piny there, and where so many good
tournaments and so many hard fought
matches have been pulled off. The course
was not tho best in the country by sev
hundred, and It had its limitations, but
It was n tidy little course and afforded
go*m! sport.
With the passing of the Piedmont course
will come a new era of golf for Atlanta.
The old course tended In no way to de
velop a good game, beyond enforcing ac
curacy nnd an ability to play straight.
On the new course, the pln>«n*N will have
lengthen out their games, nnd those
> learn golf nt East Lake will have
nothing to fear of any other courae in the
on n try.
A Dozen Atlanta Golfers
Will Play in Birmingham
The litre of tho multitudinous cupa has
proved too strong for Atlanta golfers, and
the largest team ever sent from Atlanta
wfll go to ftlrmlngham ami play In the In
vitation tournament there for the eighteen
prises—thirteen of them cups.
Already eight or ten men have positively
announced that they tho going for tin*
tournament, nnd probably the number will
ton as high us fifteen—poaalhly higher—be
fore the day of departure arrives.
Among those who will make the trip are
William P. Hill, who will captain the team:
F. G. Bird, winner of the Trawick cup a ml
local champion: W. J. Tllson, runner-up In
the recent tournament; Pulton Colville, Dr.
Holland, T. II. Payne a ml A. T. K. Brown.
This Is tho list of certain
biutics are even more no
Home of the players wl
next Tuesday night and wl
day practicing for the eve
the delegation will Join
Ing,
i*. The proba
tive Atlanta
pend Wed nos-
The rest of
i*iii Thursday
nt lieglu
With such a list of entries It looks ns
though the Atlanta golfers ought to take
away a prize or two—out of the eighteen.
Of course they will go up against the pick
of the golfers of the middle Mouth, but nt
that they ought to do their share In taking
down cups and trophies of various kinds.
The Birmingham Invitation tournament
promises to rank next in Importance to the
Southern championship and Is the big golf
ing event of tin* fall.
SPORT NEWS
EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING
IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS
i
FOOTBALL IS ON TRIAL
WHAT WILL THE VERDICT BE?
PREP. SEASON
0PENSM0NDAY
GEORGIA MILITARY ACADEMY
TEAM TRIES DONALD FRAZER
AT COLLEGE PARK.
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FACETIOUS ADVICE TO ASPIRING CATCHERS BY “MAT”
Disagreement Over Rules
Kills O’Brien-Berger Bout
By W. W. NAUGHTON.
San Francisco, Oct. 4.—The Jack O'Brlen-
Snm Berger match la off.
O'Brien wants n clean break nnd no hit
ting In tho flinches, while Berger held, out
for the privilege of working a free arm
At any and all times. They could not agree
and the 'Thanksgiving day meeting In the
green fields of Coinin'' la number«*d with
thlngn that might have been.
When, a day or two ago, O'Brien sent
word from Ix>a Angeles that he would sanc
tion an even split of the prise money, it
looked na though the big boxers were draw
ing together. There was still the clean
break against free hitting to lx* adjusted.
And a conference was called for last night
at Coffroth’s resort.
Jack Crlbbona was there to speak for
O’Brien.
"How do we stand?” naked Berger.
"O'Brien still Insists that the articles
•Igned lu Chicago bo lived up to," replied
Crlbbona.
"Then we may as well call the match
olT," aald Berger.
"All right," aald Crlbbona.
Coffroth, who was present, said that If
the men had agreed to tight ns per Chicago
agreement, he would not have handled the
fight nnyhow. There was too much hug
glug and not enough fighting lu a light
of Hint kind. He referred to previous
lights, and says they were all farces.
Crlbhoiis then struck as follows:
"J want i#» say for O'Brien Hint he aim
ply wants to adhere to the articles of agree
ment signed by Berger and himself lu C
cago. An agreement Is an agreement, a
those articles call for a clean break.
"If Berger has changed his mind, y
must not blame O'Brien. Jack has net
very nicely throughout, lb* agreed to
vide the money, In order to bring the match
to a head, but he will not give In In the
other matter. He weighs :tr* pounds h
than Berger, and will not tight under any
hut the clean break system."
It developed that. In addition to break
Ing away without punching, O'Brien want
ed It understood that there to lu* no hit
ting at any time while the men were
toughed up In anything resembling h
clinch.
Neither side would budge, and so theru
III be no tight.
SEVENTH N. Y.
WINS TROPHY
OUTSHOOTS QUEEN’S WESTMIN
STER TEAM AND CAPTURES
HOWARD VINCENT SHIELD.
ATLANTA MAN
IS ELECTED
•orgin, Athens, On., Oct.
In On* University
the Athletic Association
term ending February,
The folk
I'resldenl
of the lau
vlng offl.-.
Now York, Oct. 4.—Tho Sir Howard
I Vincent Shield will go Into the collec-
| tlon of trophies held In this country
won through the prowess of American
sportsmen and will be seen In the Sev
enth regiment armory for at least two
I years.
j It goes there through the success of
, the rifle team of tho Seventh regiment,
which defeated the team of the Queen's
I .Westminsters In the big shoot.
The Seventh men won In such a way
that there was no Question of their
victory'.
Their total score nt the four ranges
was 1.64S nnd the Westminsters scored
I 1,688. Tho record on each side Is a
\ remarkable one. The lowest score on
the Seventh's team was 270 and the
highest 278. They beat the score made
In the match at HIsley last year by 168
points.
BOY INJURED
AT FOOTBALL
Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 4.—The first se
rious accident at football In this vi
cinity Is reported from Alleghany. Wil
liam Brandon, aged 14 years, captain
of the Ninth ward school eleven, was
Injured in a game with the second
team of the school, and Is thought to
be dying nt his home >»n Ottawa
street.
Young Brandon was trying to get
through the line and then* was a pile-
up on him ami In some way he was
kicked In the stomach so hard that he
bad to be carried from the field HU
physicians fear that he can not live.
NO NAME-NO STORY.
If the press agent for the football
team of the Peacock School wfll sign
his notices they will probably be used
In The Georgian. Otherwise they find
the waste basket.
NAT KAISER & CO.
Bargains in unredeemed Dia
monds. Confidential loans on val
uables.
15 Decatur St. Kimball House.
Tnhnndgp,
Ident Frank Martin,
"••pOoinore class,
tar.v -John A. Hunulcutt.
CltlMH.
f these gentJem
>r Forsyth,
of Atlanta,
of Athens,
itffnln
prominent In
• life.
Is a relief to turn from the mad rush
for pennants and second places to the
calm consideration of tho aspirations of
an earnest devotee of the great national
game, says Mat, In The New York Globe.
It Is evident our correspondent desires to
shine ns a great back stop, and he Is Igno
rant of tho qualities that go to make up a
catcher. Naturally he turns to The Globe
for Information, nnd Ills appeal will not be
lu vain. Here Is Ids simple plea for en
lightenment:
"Sporting Editor Globe—Sir: Could you
glvo me a few points on catching?
- "ADOLPH.”
Why, Adolph, It affords me the keenest
delight lo give you some (mints on catch
ing.
First of all, got a catching glove about
tho sizo of a smoked ham.
Then buy a life preserver that looks
like the back of the biggest turtle ever
<71 light. A mask and shin pails complete
the armor, and you are ready for the
fray.
After the umpire has announced the Iwtt-
tcrlos by snylng: "Lndlsh nn* Gentlemen:
i Fer Noo Yank, Zumph *n Wssbwah; for
Snnthy, Dram 'n Witter.” You walk slow
ly down to tho home plate so tho crowd
can get a goisl view of yon. Then you
catch a few Imlls from the pitcher. Be sure
nnd catch them In the glove, for there Is
nothing so trying to a catcher ns to In
tercept a speedy out-curve with the un
gloved hand.
When the battle begins you must sign
the pitcher for the hnll you think Is sure
to fool the batter. This Is Important. In
making signals, you squat down on your
haunches nnd make a motion with your
gloved hand.
The pitcher will put his head on one
side In an Interrogative manner. You will
then repent the signal, nnd the pitcher
wll stare blankly nt yon. At this point,
you get Into tho limelight. With ati air
of extreme Irritation, you remove your
mask and walk toward the pitcher, lie
meets you half way, and you whisper to
him:
"Say, are ye getttn' daffy? If you can't
t’lnk of de signals, why put 'cm over the
pan."
Then you stalk majestically back to the
plate. The spectators will then say: "He
called him good and plenty," and you will
acquire a reputation for head-work.
Any time the ball comes within six inches
of the plate nnd the umpire calls It a ball,
hold the sphere In your hand some seconds
before returning It to the pitcher, nt tho
same time glancing nt the spectators with
an Ironical smile. This will settle the um
pire with the onlookers.
If you have a passed hnll, tuck your right
hand tinder your left arm nnd hop about
like a headless chicken. Tho spectators
will then sympathetically remark: "Isn't
ho nn unlucky chap?"
If the pitcher makes a wild pitch, go to
the box nud ask him If he Is getting woozy,
nnd the fans will say: "He's a great
catcher for steadying a young twlrler."
When a runner steals second nnd your
throw Is too low or too high, loll the um
pire that tho barter Interfered with your
throw.
If your pitcher Is effective nnd wins his
game, tell him that If you could work be
hind him n few times he would develop
Into quite a pitcher.
In fact, give the Impression that your
team would be In a minor league were It
not for your efforts.
Those are all the (mints, Adotph. that we
think of nt present, but If you desire more
Information do not hesimte to write for It.
There's a roller skating rink near the
I’olo Grounds, nnd when Cy S'eymour came
out of the grounds last evening he ssld he
would take a whirl on the rollers. Asked
If he knew anything about the game, he
replied that he was one of the best Ice
skaters In America. When he got the roll
ers on his feet he glided about the floor
with the utmost ease. Rut when he want
ed to stop he put his heel down like nn
Ice skater. Ills head bumped the floor
nnd the lights danced before his eyes.
"Looks ns though he was out," said Man
ager Pike.
Cy looked up nnd yelled:
"I ain't out. Never touched me.”
But he says he thinks he Is better on the
Ice.
BABB BACK IN MEMPHIS
AFTER BAGGING GOOD MEN
Glad to get back home In spite of wet
weather prevailing hereabouts, Charles
Habb, who managed what many peoplo
regarded as the best ball team In the
South iluiing the 196 season, march
ed Into Memphis yesterday, already
clothed In a smile nnd pleased at pros
pects for his future fortune In the
diamond fields, says the Memphis Com
inerclal-Appeal.
The Metnphll leader, who proved by
lint of hard work, clean cut methods
and sportsmanlike demeanor, on and
•IT the Held, that u successful ball club
an be conducted with all sorts of
rough nnd rowdy tactics barred, has
been scouting for material. He has
visited the hotbeds of baseball in nnd
mnd the Hoosler state of Indiana,
which produced Sugar Glen Llebhart.
Absent for more than two weeks,
Manager Habb bagged enough playing
timber for 1907 inspection to rest for
awhile, but he Is not satisfied yet and
Intends to keep his eyes and ears open
for all possible talent for next season.
Meantime ho Is keeping a silent tonguo
on the subject of some lookeil-on bur
led baseball treasures garbed in hu
man gulso for per se the drafting pe
riod is not yet passed and to enlight
en the mayor moguls on certain se
crets ho poHsesses might, In the opin
ion of Manager Babb, leud to some of
the nuggets being unearthed before
plucking time.
"Of course we will have Watson, tho
Texan,” said Sir Charles. "We bought
Galveston's claim on Watson when we
permitted Louis Habit to return to
Galveston and play second base. They
tell me Watson Is a good pitched, and
1 value him rightly from what others
have told me. Then we have bought
from Cairo a big left-handed twlrler,
who stands over six feet In his stock
ings. Ills name Js Wngner and I wit
nessed hint In action In Indiana the
>ther day. He comes from Llehhart’s
home and this may be considerable In
dorsement. I have also looked over
other pitchers and have on my tab
several w hose names will be given out
after the drafting season ends.”
Manager Babb associated pleasure
Itli business during his tour, his hol
iday being spent In helping Indiana
teams win games. How he smashed
Into a home run In Evansville, break
ing up a ten-inning contest with the
only run of the day, has already been
told In the columns of The Comm«*r-
clal-Appeal. His last game was plac
et! Saturday nud he again achieved
prominence by swatting a four-fur
long rap nt a erltcal period, thereby
closing his season ns he started, ref
erence being made to a home run Habb
erneked during the first game of the
Southern League year.
FLORIDA CANCELS DATE;
MAY GET ASHEVILLE TEAM
Tho Georgia Military ^Academy football
team opens Its season next Monday after
noon on the Georgia Military academy
grounds at College Park, In a game agniust
the Donald Fraser tenm.
The College Park team fa an unusually
light one, uvernglng, perhaps, 130 pounds
to the man, but It Is fait nud gingery to
n degree.
The men who are practically sure to
make the team nre Bird, Aiken, Merrlo*
Cooperhuih, Griffin, Forliei, Willingham,
Whlteley, Ilnughton, Dotcy, Clark, Wllifb
Summerlin nnd Bobertion.
Just which positions these men will play
has not l>eeu determined ns yet.
This gnine will mnrk the real opening
of tbe local prep school seuson, and will
lie a Inrge event in the local prep school
world.
The Georgia Military Academy boya art
learning "modified football” under tho .
coaching of Bob Patterson, Vanderbilt and
All-Southern center last year, and they ara
expected to do some McGuganlsh stunt*
which will surprise (he natives.
BAD ACCIDENT
TO BIG MOTOR
New York, Oct. 4.—At least fifteen cart
were on the Vanderbilt cup course yes
terday, and mnde trials of speed. Specta
tors nt the dangerous turns at Manhnssett
dip nnd Krugs corners saw what came uear
being two deutli-denilng collisions.
The UO-honepower Prayer-Miller car,
driven by Frank Luwwell, wns rushing up
grade nt Muuhnssett dip, wbeu Wagner,
In his 100-horsepower Darracq, making the
turns nt 50 miles nu hour, attempted to go
by nnd cut In front. Lawwell slowed hla
cur to Jet him pass, when the wheels lost
their grip on the rond, and the car slid Into
the ditch, throwing the driver nud his me
rlins Ic, Charles JCchort, violently ont to the
ground. The‘front nxle of the machine was
twisted, and the car Is probably out of
commission. Tho Frayer-Mlller people have
n second car, which they expect to enter
In the stend of the one which wns hurt.
Walter Christie wus yesterday granted
permission to enter his 200-horsepower
for the Vanderbilt cup race on Hntur-
day. The Christie car has greater poten
tiality than any other entered for tbe con
test.
The University of Florida has can-
polled the game which Its football team
was due to play hero October 13
The Tech authorities were In doubt
about this game Repented letters of
Inquiry fulled to bring out the fact
that the Florida team had or had not
decided to come to Atlanta.
Thursday The Georglun received a
communication from J. A. Forsythe,
Jr., physical director and athletic
coach of the University of Florida,
saying:
'Dear Sir: The game between Tech v.
Florida University has been called «»ff
by Florida, ns they cannot take the
trip. Sincerely.
"J. A. FORSYTHE.”
When shown this letter Conch Hels-
man said:
"I am glad to learn something defi
nite about the matter. We could not
find out unythlng from them ourselves.
'If Florida cancels tho game I do
not see but that we shall be obliged
collect the $100 forfeit which they
put up. We can not afford to have
teams dropping out on us at this stage
of the game.
Mr. Helsman will at once enter Into
communication with the manager of
the Asheville Athletic Club football
team and make an effort to till the
open date with that aggregation. The
Asheville team Is made up of stars,
and would undoubtedly prove a good
drawing card.
AUTO DANGERS
By JULIAN HAWTHORNE.
People nre not yet Inured to being run
over by automobiles; nnd (though this Is n
fnet less widely known) the nutonioblllsts
themselves nre not fond of running down
people. Several bad accidents of recent
occurrence, nnd the Vnnderbllt cup race,
which hikes place Mntarday, render reflec
tions of tills sort timely. The race Is to
be run on a circuit of Long Island public
road*, nnd of course on the day of the race
ordinary truffle on them will Is* suspended.
The trouble Is thnt. chiefly owing to the
lozen or thereabouts of sharp turns on the
purse, the competitors nre obliged to do n
great deni of practising, which menus that
Home weeks previous to the contest the
s In question can be traversed by or
dinary folks only nt the Imminent risk of
being swooped down upon by it ronrlug
Iragon wagon going a mile n minute. I*uli
ordinary folks
ide for the
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Yale, 21: Wesleyan, 0.
O Princeton. 22; Stevens. f>.
O Harvard, 10; Bowdoln, 0.
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O Mount Sterling, Ky., Oct. 4.— O
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New York. Oct. 4.—Tommy O'Day, the
Southwark featherweight. Is very much
put ont by tbe roasting handed him by
Willie O'Keefe, the protege of "Fnk”
ltussell. of Philadelphia. O'Day says he
has met some of the |*est featherweights
In the Quaker t'lty, nnd is willing to
meet O'Keefe nt any time for love or
money. He further says his manager will
back him against O'Keefe for $500.
SNAPSHOT OF ED RUELBACH, THE CUB’S GREAT PITCHER#
BROTMAN THE TAILOR,
of 3 E. Alabama street, has engaged
j rooms at 391-2 Whitehall street, to
use as work shop. In connection with
1 the Alabama street place.
WATCH BROTMAN GROW.
NELSON IS WORKING. THOUGH HE HAS NO FIGHT IN 8IGHT#
what Is to be done?
If ordinary folks keep on getting ruu
rer they are liable to arise. If not too
much hurt, nud cuuse laws to be passed
prohibiting practice spins; which W’ould
practically put nn end to rnclug too. That
would be n pity, for there Is some use, as
well ns n good deni of fun, In seeing how
fast nn nutnmohih* cun go. But It should
not be forgotten that racing Is one thing
nud nutomohlllng Is. or should be, quite
another. Automohlllsts themselves, Dow
er, sometimes forget this, with results
frequently disastrous. The limit of speed
thnt enn be reached Is probnb!..- already In
sight. No tunehlue is likely to he luado
thnt can travel more thnu 2 miles a .minute,
llaces would lack their chief reason for
being If everybody had seen beforehand
the best thnt could be done. Unreasonable
races might then as well be stopped, and
nutomohlllng proper Ite roanmed. And lu
this wny the problem would Ik*. In a meas
ure, solved.
Otherwise, courses ought to be mnde ex
clusively for races nud for practice. Thnt
would be costly, but so Is the sacrifice of
human life. It might probably be n long
time before the special courses will be laid
out and prepared, nnd mennwiyie accidents
would happen; but If n Iwglnnlug were
mnde tin* public nuxlcty would be relieved.
It Is also true thnt Ainerlcnn human un-
turn loves speed, and years mny pnss be
fore nutonioblllsts will cease from speeding
on straight stretches of road, whether for
the mere pleasure of It or for the snke of
passing some brother antomoblllst. For ths
cure of this nbuse we must trust to com
mon sense, experience nnd strict but not
oppreslve laws.
the moment the automobile is n new
toy. nnd we go to some excess In exploiting
It. And It Is not to be forgotten that the
races nre popular largely on necount of
the danger Involved. On October 6 you wilt
find the greatest crowd collecting nt the
sharpest turns, on the chance of seeing n
spill. All this Is n little barbarous; we lira
not yet quite civilized. \Vc shall reform
sooner or Inter; but the sooner the better,
ou all accounts.
I League Standings I
Clubs.
Chicago . .
New York .
Pittsburg . .
'hlludelphla.
Cincinnati .
Brooklyn . .
8t. Louis .
Boston . • .
Clubs.
Chicago . . .
New York .
Cleveland. .
Philadelphia.
8t. Louis . .
Detnptt . .
Washington .
Boston . . .
Played. Won. Lost. P.C,
. 151 115 36 .762
. 150 95 55 .631
. 151 92 59 .609
81 .473
86 .427
86 .427
98 .347
100 .324
150
150
150
149
149
145
146
146
149
.591
.584
.538
.607
.479
.367
.325
WEDNESDAY’S RE8ULT8.
American—
Cleveland 4, Detroit 3.
New York 7, Philadelphia 5.
Philadelphia 3, New York 0.
Washington 2, Boston 1.
Boston 2, Washington 1.
National—
Philadelphia 3, New York 1.
Brooklyn 13, Boston 4.
FOOTBALL RULES.
Carry your old (elt hat to Buney to
be cleaned and reahaped. 21 1-2 White
hall (treat.
