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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, TUESDAY OCTOBER, 23. 1906. EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING DOPE OF A DULL DAY WELL BOSS 'NHft.T -avm Can i DO FOR 'fOU ontuiis: Season Required to Show Fine Points of New Footbal The new rules In coll/go football arc an Interesting study, because upon their sue- cm> may depend. In large measure, the fu ture popularity of the game. If the col leges can b© made to believe this, and If the new rules themselves prove practicable, It la n question of time only when we shall see them In full operation. But so far as the experience of them n! ready Acquired Is a criterion, it seems like ly that the present season will hardly af ford opportunity enough to give them a fair trial. The oJd theory of the game has become fljted, and a conservative atti tude In football Is not a modified move more than a conservative attitude on any other subject An open system of play In comparison with the old system maintains points of radical divergence; the mental point of view of the players, as w*ell as the physical build and attitudes of many of them, must undergo changes. Time Is need ed for this, even assuming that there ls~a cordial desire on the players* port to bring the changes about, and as to that. It la, perhaps, natural to look for some diver gence of sentiment. The heavyweight men, who have hither to been the reliance of the team* finding themselves now In a subordinate position, might feel Inclined to favor the old meth ods o& play, which gave them their dis tinction, whereas the lighter men, who now see chances of glory heretofore closed to them, •will l»e ardent for the Innovations. Of course, n mile Is a mile and special In terests must perforce conform to It, but It happens that more than one of these new rules may, at the will of the players, bo simply let alone, though others must always Im» followed. The 10-yard rule, for exam pie, can not be disregarded, but the forward pass may be* and, as a matter of fact, after observing the practice of the Yale end Harvard football squads, 1 have no ticed that, while they have shown "a dlsposJ tIon to experiment pretty faithfully In the new direction, yet when they find them selves lined up against an opposing team In any degree formidable to play a serious game, they are apt to revert In great meas ure to old-fashioned football. The new rules In unaccustomed handa ap pear rather haxnrdous, and a team anx Iona above all things to win will prefer safety on tried lines to risks on new ones. A fumble In a hotly contested game may have oerioua consequences, and some of these new passes ore proven In the present stage of proficiency to generate fumbles. Upon the whole, therefore, I think that another season mar pass before we see the new foothnll not ouly heartily adopted, but played with such n degree of mastery ns shall be satisfactory alike to players to spectators.—Julian Hawthn— sew York American. Georgia Team Is Very Busy Preparing For Next Game Special to The Georgian. 1-nlverstty of Georgia, Athens, Os., Oct. 21—The Georgia football team Is pulling In • bard week's practice to prepare for North Carolina A and M., which team they tackle here next Saturday. Several of the men are pretty much bunged-up. and sore from Saturday a gatue with Cleibson, but they are nil out every afternoon working hard to get into shape as soon as possible. North Carolina A. and M. haa a very strong team this wear. Thear tied Virginia, neither side scoring. Bo that bunch will make a very tough proposition for Georgia to tackle with several, of the Georgia men In bod condition. EMORY SOPHS WIN RELAY Jmory College, Oxford, Gs., Oct. 21— Amldat great excitement, F. J. Wilson, of the sophomore doss, crossed the line ii good quarter of a lop ahead or the.next run ner, Blalock, of the Juniors, In the class re lay race, run here yesterday. As soon' ns the race was finished Wilson waa placed on the shoulders of his clsssmen and carried over the campus. The pennant was then awarded to the sophomores. Forming n line with their laat runner on their shoul ders, holding the pennant, they inarched through the streets of Oxford, emitting deafening cheer*. The summary of the race follows: One Mile—DeWar, ‘08; Young, *09, leading. Taro Mller—Felker, *08; Culbreath, *00, leading. Three Miles—Heard, *08; Endflnger, TO, leading. Four Miles—II. Evans, *01; Banders, *10, leading. Five Miles—Mobley, '09; Barnett, TO, lead* Six Miles—Wade, *09; Turner, *10, leading. Seven miles— E. Wilson, '09. lending. Nine Miles-Briskly, *09; Butler, TO, lead 'fen Miles-F. T. Wilson, '09, first; Bla lock, '08, second. A great deal of Interest haa' been taken In the race. It was generally conceded that the race lay between the Juniors and aopbo- mores. The annual relay fight was voted down In appreciation of the work done by President Dickey In gettlug the new gym naslum. Thivsophomore message waa: "Fly Ii the message; *09 will win." Juniors: "It la aa easy as taking enndy from n alck baby." • Heolors: “Nkhloo relay. We play foot ball . Freshmen: "If we win,- we win; If we lose, wo din game." Hub-Frealitueu: "We will finish bye and bye." GREAT SPORT AT LAKEWOOD ATLANTA GUN CLUB PULL8 OFF BIO SLAUGHTER OF CLAY PIGEON8. GANS MAKES LAST_ OFFER OFFERS NELSON BATTLE BUT WANTS LARGE END—"WIN, LOSE OR DRAW." wao snoi m Dirus, r raster wss wii, with 107 to hls credit. Nickerson broke 104 out of 125, ntid Coolldge 100. Poole led those who shot at 100 birds, with 84. Porter and Jones were next with 82, aud Williams broke 81. The scores follow: TARGETS— KELLY WANTS. JACKS GAME WILL FIGHT PHILADELPHIA O'BRIEN FOR GOOD PURSE AND SIDE BET. New York, Oct. 23.—Bllvle Ferrettl, mans- ger of Hugo Kelly, the Itallau middle weight of Chicago, whose stationery bears •'middleweight champion «»f the world." saya that O’Brien's demaud that Kelly must make a side l>et If he wauts to get n match with the Philadelphia Beau Drum* mel Is to laugh. “We have bad l&.OtX) posted In Indianapolis for alx months wnltlng for Philadelphia Jack to come to life and show Indiestlons that he will fight#Kelly." said Ferrettl. * “After Kelly defeated O'Brien so decis ively In Indianapolis, Jack went east nnd told them about being robbed of it decis ion, nnd that the police told him to go easy or they w’ould stop the fight; that for fear of*hurting the game, be fought ensy with Kelly, when he could have nut him out at any stag** of the game, and so on. Well—the Indiana (tolls sports who saw the battle beard of the talk and raised a purse of 16,000, which they |M**ted Immediately, notifying O'Brien that If he would meet Kelly again In n twenty-round bout, be could have s side |n>t of SM** 1 . or any |«rt of It, os an Inducement. O'Hrleu never took any notice of the chnllenge or forfeit, nnd fins been going around taking on a lot of easy marks for a small purse. If O'Brien Is sincere in his latest announce ineut. be can sign mid get the 15.000 bet st even money. Furthermore, he <-su name h(s own terms for the tight, winner rake a If, or split the colli In any way he likes." Milwaukee, Wl»„ Oct. 21.—Joe Gan* ha, mail, what he any* la hie Jn»t offer of battle to Battling Nelson, made In response to the long eerlea of Inter view, given out by Billy Nolan. Nel- *on> manager, in hi, tour of the coun try elnco the tight at Qoldtleld. The term, offered Nel,on are those of a conqueror, and the negro I, certainly handing bark a little of the medicine that he took from Nolan when the arti cle, were signed for the most historic batt|p on the Nevada desert. Briefly, dan. Insist, that he he given 65 per cent of the pur,e, win, loee or draw, and that the weight shall be 132 pound* at the ring side. Unless he hear* from Nelson shortly he will sign up with Ktd Herman, he says. BLAKE’S TEAM WINS_HANDILY GORDON DEFEAT8 DAHLONEGA IN 'FAST AND HARD-FOUGHT CONTEST. Oawn O'BRIEM OF. PHIL. WE *IMG OF A\NERn3ERt>. MET HAS IAO&T EVJERNtttlN fcr Ano knqvnS HOW TO PEDDLE <T- TAD’S IMPRESSION advertisers Gl LISTS. N OF JOHN O'BRIEN, COMMONLY KNOWN AS PH ILADELPHIA JACK, KING OF THE I, THE BEAU BRUMMEL OF PRIZE FIGHTERS AND MOST UP-TO-DATE OF PU- Some New Dope About Hughie Jennings NAT KAISER & CO. Bar glint in unredeemed Dia monds. Confidential loans on val uables. 16 Decatur 8L Kimball Honae. f Special to The Georjllsn. Bartlesville, da., Oct. 23.- On. of the fust est ant! prettiest gnuies of football ever witnessed here was that plnyetl yesterday afternoon Itetweeu Gordon and ltsblouega. The Score wits tn favor of Gordon—10 to 5. The conditions were almost Meat, and * large crowd waa present to see what mil knew would lie a hard-fought battle, ltab- lotiega outweighed Gordon by about 10 Imttnilt to the man. mid the mountaineer* play the game. All who aaw It admit that the home hoy* played it lietter game, aud Itahlonegn scored by u plsy somewhat aevd- dental toward the close of the Srst half, when oue of her men blocked a kick by — jly Glue they got anywhere near to mvtrlug. The Gordon boys bail the advantage throughout the gome, but It was a hunt, fierce contest, mid t'oacb Blake la’ gratified with the gmue placed to the credit of bla hols, who set-to to l»e Invincible In a contest with u prep team. _ 000000000000-0000000000000 o o O TERRY AND CORBETT O O WILL SIGN TUE8DAY. O O a O New York. Oct. 23.—Terry Me- O O Govern and Young Corbett are *o O O eager to tight each other that they Q O hove reached the name calling O Q stage. Harry Pollock, acting for O O Corbett, and Joe Humphries, Me- O O Govern', tnnnager, are to meet at O O 3 o'clock to sign for another light O O and to post forfeits. Two clubs, O O one in Baltimore and the other In O I to him. 'you will have to try your hand O Hot Hprtngs, Ark., want the match. O at shortstop todAy. Cahill Is hurt, nnd O OI there I* no one else to try in the place.' OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOQ 'But, mister,' said he, 'I never played *'I look'to see Detroit make n line showing In baseball next season,” said the well-known former crack player and manager, John C. Chapman, who Was recently In this city. "He Is a great boy. Detroit did well to select him, and In Detroit. Jennings Is pi a tine ball town. I know that many will not agree with me In thla estimate, but I feel very mure of.my ground. Jen nings I, a very ambitious young man. He Is the son of a miner of Moostc, Pa., six miles from Scranton. I hap pened to be In Philadelphia one day, and while reading one of the Philadel phia papera my eye struck the name of a young catcher named Jennings, who wa, catching at that time for the Lehtghton club. The score had It that he had some IS put-outs and mndo four hits, and 1 read tn the summary of the score, ’home rum—Jennings.' I remarked to Charley Mason, one of the owners of the Athletic club—1 for got to mention I was managing the Louisville club at the time—that this young Jennings looked pretty good to me. ‘He Is a good mah. Jack,' said Charley. So I wired Jennings on offer of SITS per month to join the club nnd directed hint to wire his answer to Boston, as that was our next stopping place. A Green Youngster. “When I reached Boston t found out that my offer was accepted, sn I wired Jennings to meet us at Louisville, as we would Jump directly from Boston to Louisville. Well, when we reached Louisville there was Jennings. My, but he was a green youngster, but I liked his looks and felt Atnfldent lie would nchleve success. I Intended to try him behind the bat, as 'Jack' Kyttn had been hurt end I would have put the youngster tn to take his place, but 'Jack' came around all right. How ever, one day our (Irst baseman, Harry Taylor, now the president of the Kast- ern League, got hurt, and I said to Jennings: 'Young man, you will have to go In and play first base for us to day.' ‘Dear me. mister,’ he said, <1 can't play first base. I never plny'ed first base in all my life.' 'Well, you Just go In and do the best you can. We have no one else to try tn your place.' •All right' was his reply. I'll go In and do the best I can,’ and he made a decided success. How he did gather them In and dig them out of the dirt, and It was not the last time ho played the hag either. "Well, some time afterwards our shortstop. Cahill, was unable to ptay, and again I was obliged to have re course to Jehnings. ‘Jennings,’ sold I that position In my life.' ‘Never mind that,' 1 retorted, 'go In anil do the best you can.' 'All right, mlsttr,' was Ills answer. ■ Well, he went In nnd ho put up a great game. He went after every thing. He covered ground-In'grand shape and he had tho spectators agape by his work. He wasn't ufruUflof er furs and he made a great hit. An Increased Salary. "At the' end of tho ackson, I said, ‘Jennings, I want to|slga you to play for the next srasegt. What salary do you think you ought to haveV ’J don’t know,’ said he. Tit leave, that to.you.’ ’How would $1,400 strike vou?’ I said. ’That will be very nice,’ was his reply. So 1 sat down and made out a contract for $1,7C0. ‘Now, Jennings,’ I said to him, 'Just glance over ' that contract and see If It reads all right.' So he took the contract In his hands and began to scan It and when he came to the fig ures he said, 'why, Mr. Chapman, this calls for $1,750.' 'j know It, young man that Is what I Intend you to-haVe.' •Sir. Chapman.’ salt! he, TIL try very hard to work for you for this.’ And 'he did. Admitted to the Bar. "You probably know. t|te remainder of his career; how he was chosen to go to the Baltimore club and how he figured so extensively In the three chantjilonshlpe that were won by that club; how ht was asked to coach the Cornell teunt, nnd wltat a success he made In that capacity and thereby se cured the opportunity to educate him self and went through the Cornell law- school with credit to himself and was afterward admitted to the Baltimore bar, nnd lost year hung out his shingle In that city. When he was first start ing out tn the game be was eager to secure un education and went to a com mercial college in his own town. Jen nlngs Is of tne stuff that makes good. He made good as manager of the Bal timore club of the Kneiern League, and Mr. Hanlon will find out what he has lost after he has gone. Jennings just kept that club In the race. I met his father once—a line old gentleman, and lie-brought me as handsome a black thorn as you ever saw from the old country. Will Maks a Hit in Dstreit "Jennings knows the game in all Its angles. He know* how to handle men and how to get the work out of them. I do not can in the least the timber he will have to deal with In Detroit; he will be able to cope with It alt right, never fear. He’ll make a distinct hit, t<»v in the American League. There Is nothing slow about him. He Is full of go and ’ginger,’ and you can wager no game willing su far us he Is concerned. He will fight tooth and null for ever}' game. He shtyild have been In major league company long, long ago.” tMHIMIHUHHMHHHMUlHHMHUHMIMH AMERICANS HAVE DONE THE BEST tWtWWMIMIIMMnniMIMMtWWWMMMMMl Tht* question of which league la the American or the National- will probably never he setried-uot, at least, while the two are of as nearly the saniu streugth as they are at present, hut nnv figures (tearing on the oft-argued question - w ing are of Interest. Ilelow Is a summary show lug ho tehnia hnvo com* out in the luter-league series since the baseball war of 1903; \ear. * \y, 1903— Americans * 1904— Americans j 1 1906—Americana *’ o 1906—Americans * Grand total.... Year. 1903— Nationals.. 1904— Nationals. . 1906—Nationals.. 1906—Natlouals.. Foy y s Money Still Up and He Will Meet Any~Welter Jack Foy, the Atlanta' pugilist, who took ‘ serloutiy the statement, of Joe Elllotte, manager for Harry Staten, that his man wanted to fight Foy, and that money talked, and who posted $300, has not heard anything yet of the Staten money, and stilt listening. So likewise Is 8. Ventura, manager of Foy. As far as can be learned, the Staten money seems to be tonguetled. If It has talked any yet, It was tn a whisper. Maybe It was a stage whis per. Anyway, Foy’a money is not stage money—and It Is still posted. If Sta ten does not want It, any welterweight la welcome to try for it. It Is posted for any and all, ' - Up to yesterday no club had- been secured for the proposed Foy-Staten fight, but one Is now In the market for the bout and has agreed to fur nish a suitable purse and Is willing to pull off the fight early next month. However, the men have not yet come to terms. Elllotte, acting for Staten, stated that any term# would be agree able. However, his man balked at hitting In the clinches and breaks. Foy Is standing out for a 45-round fleht hitting In the clinches and breaks. ki„ ner to take all of the purse. This i. his Idea of a businesslike fight 'a, says that he does not care for huirtrin,; matches, short fights or an even dis tributlon of the money. He Is willing to stake alt on this fight. * In Justice to Foy, the following letter" is painted from George A. Rowe, man aging editor of The Rome Herald i„ .which he states that Foy was ’not knocked out by Peter Maher tn their recent bout at Rome. It was stated in local papers that Foy was knerked out. Mr. Rowe's letter, tn part, follows- Home, Oa., Oct. 22, DOS Jack Foy, Atlanta, Ga. Dear Sir* Replying to your request for an expression as to your condition at the close of the boxing match be tween yourself and Peter Maher, at the Casino theater In this city a few weeks ago, and of which you were both pleased to select me referee, I win say that any statement that you were "knocked out" Is Incorrect. You were certainly on your feet at the bell in the concluding round. Yours truly, GEORGE A. ROWE. Charlie Frank Will.Return Soon From Scouting Trip Manager Charles Frank, of the Pel icans, who has been North on his vaca tion and on a scouting trip, Is expected to return to New Orleans about the middle of next week. It was thought a few days ago that he would come back In the latter part of this week, but <he has postponed Ills, return home. The Pelican manager spent some time at French Llek. Springs and he jumped from there to Chicago to see the world's series. From Chicago Man ager Frank dropped down to Memphis to visit his relatives,-and he Is now spending a few days In Hot Springs. It Is believed that Manager Frank has made considerable headway In the matter of securing players for next year. He was the guest of President Comlskey. of the Sox, while In Chica go, and the "Old Roman” very proba bly gave him some valuable tips on young timber. The Pellean mogul had Ms eye on one or two men In Indian* and Illinois, and there Is no doubt that lie looked thpm over while In that sec tion of the country,—New Otieani Item. MINORS SWAP MANAGERS Thor© fleeing to lw» a great chance for advancement among the minor league man agers Just now, «fl there are many bertha that will be vacant before the hell ring* for tht opening of the sensou of 1907. This Is particularly true of the Eastern League ami American Association, where numer- i shake-ups are. scheduled. Grlllo In out Toledo, to lie aucceded by Armour. It reported, however, that Armour bat* merely been acting a a a figurehead for the Cnutlllons, Joe and Mike, and that Mike, who hns been managing the De* Molue* team for two yeafs, will take charge of the Mud Hens. Jimmy Burke haa been secured from Kansas City by Counie Mack, and that meant a uew manager for the Cowboys. la also rumored that Dick I’adden la dbe for a let-down at St. Paul, the owners of that team havlug held a confcrencewtb Kddle Aslienhnck »vlfb n view to the h»t- sqcceedlng thj> former llrowu. Aaheu- I back managed the ehnniplon Scranton Huh, of the New York Htnte League, this year, aud In touted ax a nkjlful mu linger. Uuiuor ha$< It that George Tehenu will cease to manage his Lotilnvllle club, while It In not ecrtnln that Kelley will be In charge of the Miller* again. Charley l arr has beeu re-engaged to manage iiulfnn- ii polls, and Clynier, of course, will direct the (.’olunibiiN club. Outflld© of these two clubs, none of flic American AflHoHntl«>o .tenuis hnn Its manager dnehed for live. In the Eastern League, George Stallings, of Buffalo; Murray, of Jersey City; IIugh Jennings, of Baltimore, and Ed Burrow, of Toronto, are the men whose places will lie vacant. Murray will manage the Phil lies. while Hugh Jenulngs will replace BUI Armour at l>etrolt. Stallings aud Burrow have announced their Intention to tpilt the gome temporarily, at least. Stalling! Is to run hla plantation and Burrow to run a hotel. Then, too. It I* not sura that Jack Dunn will hnvo charge of tbs Providence club next season. Jack would would like to get bitek to the Ids league*, but unless something offer* lie will be bacg at the old stnud. OOOO00O0OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O FIGHT LID NOW O „ Chicago. Oct. 23.—There Isi great O O Joy among the fight fans of Chi- O O cago. as Mayor Dunne has con- O 0 Rented to permit slx-rouftd. bouts O O In that city If they are on the O O level. The mayor states, however, O O that the first take fight reported O O to him will "queer” the whole bus- O 0 The first series of 1 these bouts O O will be held next Tuesday night. O 0 ° oooe>oogaoaoottoooooocH30Qi>co ETHERIDGE IN ATLANTA. Newt Etheridge, secretary of the At lanta baseball club during the past sea son. Is In Atlanta, and will probably close today to serve as secretary again next year. The Real has not been put through as yet, but undoubtedly will be before Mr. Etheridge leaves for Ma con. Tuesday night. -NOTICE: PRESS AGENTS OF FOOTBALL TEAMS The Atlanta Georgian will gladly print _A ,be sporting page any notice, of football game, plnyetl by team. In Atlanta or the vicinity. Tits antne rule* whleh applied to notices of baseball sanies go for footltnll notices: Write on one aide of the paper; •Ign all stories; write clearly; leave plenty of apace between the tinea; don’t knock the offtelnls; doJ't ronet the other team; tell how It happened, but leaf* out the excuses and the "poat inorteina." GOOD BATTLE GOING WRONG An effort U l»elng made by-4be nitidonG, Alitmril and frietnls of the Stone Mountalo school and Georgia Military academy to get a game hetwen the w football tcnuii rcprcHontlng these two schools. The touuiM are aafd to be about the tnnif lu weight, they play abotit the same ntyte of football, add would undoubtedly furuiib i of the licst prep aehool contests ul the yonr If they could get together. Just why the teams have not agreed on terms and arrangements for a game la un certain. but friends of the ttvo arc work ing hard to firing them together, and it /f hoped that they may clash before the sea ls over. COE WILL COMPETE. New York. Oct. 23.—A Boston dis patch aaya that Wesley W. Coe. tha shot putting champion, will compete in the Indoor championships of the A. A. U., to take place in Madison Square Garden on November 9 and 10. Coe, who holds the world's record for put ting the 16-pound ahot at 49 feet 6 Inches, will take part In the seven- pound shot contest on Friday night, und in the 24-pound event on Satur day night. The champion will meet among others, L. Feurbach and Dennis Morgan, of the X. Y. A. C., the latter of whom Ik anxious to revenge his de feat at the hands of Coe In the na tional championships events. FRAZER LARRUPED. Danbury,-Ohio, Oct. 22.—Art 8lmtn». Canton, was given tbcvdeclslou over George Fraser, of I^irnlnc, loaf night, at the ou l of twenty rounds of vicious fighting. » n the last round, Nhiims kicked hi* man four times, ami when the gong rang, Fra* xer, blinded, could tmrely stagger to hi* corner. The fight war Interoatlug, but one sided hit the way. TO SETTLE A BET. To the Sporting Editor Tho Atlanta Geor gian: v If a party beta that he can pick tbre* winners on last {Saturday's game*. picked Vanderbilt lu Vanderbilt Ahil atu* game, rietnson In the Clemson-Gc'W* game and Tcnueosee In the Tenuessc* Ivn* tucky game, docs he win? It Itaupctis that Tennessee ami Kc» 1i Jyx -ed. port n person Iwttlng be *w« three-winners, with such a result, u>'* The person making this liet did not jaco* - • “ eWdr stating, that h* would pick three winners, and by **7. not* bis bf* 5 ,w good? Yottra frnly, O. B »• * wb*» **et- he could pick ’kj** winners lost. A team which ties ' .... m*OBI'lN'G ED1TGK NEW “SQTJOZE.” , That felt hat can be cleaned aM I reshaped like new at Busaey's. - s *'* LANCIA, ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST DRIVERS OF RACING AUTO& I Whitehall street. I