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! I 22 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TUESDAY OCTOBER, -‘50, 1906. UP-TO-DATE NEWS OF SPORTING WORLD ! SPORTVILLE DOINGS EDITED BY PERCY H., WHITING BERGER-KAUFFMAN BATTLE SLATED FOR WEDNESDAY By TAD. t Sew York. Oct. 30.—A! Kauffman and Sain Berger will meet in San Fran cisco on Wednesday. Although the fight will not attract a vast amount of interest in the Fast, it Is nevertheless a fair card for the heavyweight division. Both are Frisco boys, having started their career at the Olympic Club. They both have a following and will make the fight one of the liveliest of recent events. Neither has yet shown champion ship caliber, but this does not help a great deal in showing up Just what each possesses in the line of ring abil ity. Berger is much cleverer than Kauff man. but whether he Is a sticker or not Is yet to be seen. He slowed up I|ke a truck horse when Jim Carsy, the Irish giant, mixed with him, and It Is claim ed that Al will slow him up almost to a walk. I've seen Berger many a time get In a mix with big fellows, giving and tak ing as good as any of them, but there Is still a sneaking idea that he does not like It. Here in the East a few months ago he said that Kauffman was a big dub. his legs were too fat and that he was a sucker for a clever fellow. Kauff man. in Philadelphia, told me that he would make Berger Jump over the ropes Just as sure as the sun shines. When two men are as confident as that it looks as though the fight should be a hummer, eh? Both are big strapping fellowa and have had some experience. They are a long way from the class that Fitzsimmons and Jeffries and Johnson and Sharkey belong to, but they may be comers. New Orleans Greek Has Challenged Atlanta Pugs . The following letter was received recently from Will R. Hamilton, sport ing editor of The New Orleans Item, and It offers a chance for a fight to any good 138-pound scrapper. Mr. Hamilton’s letter follows: "New Orleans, Oct. 25, 1808. “Mr. Percy Whiting, 8portlng Editor Georgian, Atlanta, Ga.: "Dear Mr. Whiting—The manager of Chris Vlackas, a Greek prizefighter ' of New Orleans, has asked me to write to you concerning a match for his protege. I have shown him challenges from Foy and others In The Georgian, And In behalf of Vlackas he wishes to Issue a challenge to any 138-pound fighter In Georgia. "If you find anybody who will meet the Greek the match can he arraigned for an early date. Although he hasn't boxed In some time, Vlackas Is In pret ty good shape and It won't take him long to get down to weight. He Is said to be a good man and haa put several iniddlewelghts to sleep. Most of his fights took place In private clubs, how- ever. He sparred with Bob Fitzsim mons In "Fight for Love" for nine months and that's a good recommenda tion in itself. "Kindly let me know what the pros pects are. (Signed) "WILL P. HAMILTON. "Sporting Editor New Orleans Item.” World*s Best Featherweight Fights Against Harry Baker Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 30.—Abe At- tell, champion feather weight of the world, meets Harry Baker, challenger for the title, tonight before the Pa cific Athletic Club. The betting is 2 to 1, with little Ba ker money In sight. This Is not the first time that Harry Baker has been the short ender. He was at the same figures when he fought Frankie Nell, and the short enders cashed their tickets. Attell's fighting record Is too well known to call for comment. His class Is well known and recognized from one country to another. Harry Baker Is the unknown quanti ty. Every time he fights he furnishes a surprise party. His backers think he has never yet been extended to his limit, and predict that he will pull off another victory. Some Silly Superstitions of Famous “Sam” Hildreth By J. 8. A. MACDONALD. New York, Oct. 30.—During the post itnnmer every time a photographer hended in the direction of the pnddock where ’'8am" Hildreth stood superintending the rigging ont of his entry for the Impending race a amsll but knowing throng would follow in the wake of the luckless artist, for It counted on a scene and waa rarely dlaappolnted. Did Hildreth discover the phedogrspher at. tempting a picture of the how* nr hluiRelf he Invariably became furious. Twice this year he keeled over the camera man and bowled bis machine along the award. "If there Is anything Hlttlreth hates, It la the picture man the newspapers send down to tba race tracks every once In a while to catch pmmlneut horses and Inter- eating turf personages." declared a friend of "Ham's" In explaining this funny thing. "Hildreth la sincerely superstitious about photographs, and I feel sure be will yet seriously harm some of these kodnk per sons who persist la cndcnvorlug to snap n .. J»l«'**>*’«* of some horse treasures, ns be •lid Mcf'liosney. " ‘8am' believes a photograph bring* bad luck to a horse. When McChesney was hurt by fulling in n race preliminary to the American derby of 1902. *8am' blnmod It ou a photographer. Ho really believed it, too. "I have never seen a photographer come Into a pnddock where Hildreth happened to be without he run Into trouble." Hildreth la one of the queer character touches of the betting ring. Many a time at New Orlcnns be put down a big bet on what he considered a mornl certainty. Five minutes before the close of the bet- ting he has been known to tnke off the bet because a red-haired colored sport happened to pass within his vision. Of course, the red and black apparition didn't affect fho speed of the horse out on the track, but somehow Hildreth could never get to feel that way. SHOOTERS ALL IN GOOD FORM Sixteen members of the Atlanta Gun Club were out Saturday afternoon at the Lake- wood trap* to take part In the regular weekly aboot. T. M. Poole did the best •hooting of the afternoon, with a 24, a 23, a 21 and two 20't to hla credit. Lester was alao In good form and averaged better thuu 20 ont of 25 during the afternoon. Active preparations continue for the big •boot and exhibition at the Lakewood traps November 10, when the Winchester tesui of world's champions will be on hand. Ladiea are especially Invited to attend this event, snd It promises to be one of the ' S'smes. Evans. . . Cox. . . . Hyers. . . Poole. . , . Porter. . . Wilson. . . Bonington. Williams. . Adair. . . Haynes. , . Mitchell. . KHIey. ,lr. Kumiicutt. Keller, hr. FrszU-r. . In Monday's shoot Poole and Baker di vided first honors, though Everett. Porter, snd Evans were all shooting well. The Targets,— Itnk»-r, Hycr/ Williams I 26 ! 25 I 25 ! 25 | 2120 ' 22 21 ! 19 3) 23! 22 23 .. 21 I 23 ! 22 23 .. 21 I 13 22 I 21 .. 13 , 2> I IK 22 . 20 | 20 | H I 14 i 19 ! IS ! RICHMOND MAN IN SLOW BOUT Portland. Me . Get. 30,-Klght slow and ponderous round*. during the first four of which the men made no pretense at real fighting, did Billy Burke, of lllchmond, Vo., and Fred Douglass, of Philadelphia, wnde through Inst night. Not until after the fourth round, when the continual hisses and cat calls of the spectators forced them to exertion, did the men do auythlng more than fake. The bout was to have gone fif teen rounds, but since both men were lu comparatively poor shape and Douglass especially wua out of condition, they de cided to box but eight. Burke was the aggressor most of the way, but Douglass was the cleverer of the two. lu the sixth round Burke caught Doug lass a wild right-hand over the temple that nearly put the Southern bol away and opened a bad gash. In the seventh Doug lass caught Burke a right hook that twirled the big fellow completely around. Both men were very tired at the close. No division was rendered. Ed Walsh, the White Ho pride of Meriden. Conn. It round of pleasure these d:i pitcher, is the Is one continual s for "Big Ed* BERGER GETTING READY FOR KAUFFMAN oc^ L*StyW Si <0V WD ff/ymr* C • 8am Berger got In condition for hi* fight with Kauffman by friendly boute with Jimmy Britt. Sammy hat It on Jamas at to weight, but tho little man ia the batter boxer and managaa to keep from getting killed. a i Tech Is Now Preparing for Battle With Auburnites Larry Hoffman, Sich and in the Hospital, Writes Interesting Dope on Baseball Here are eome random selection* from a letter written by Larry Hoff man. Atlanta's crack third baseman, to Billy Smith: You will have to excuse me for not answering your letters sooner, as 1 have been In the hospital and had an operation performed. I am writing this In bed, and will not be able to leave it until next Thursday or Friday. I am glad you secured Ed Sweeney by draft, and I am sure that he will prove a valuable addition to your team, besides being a perfect gentleman and a credit to the profession. I hope you will be successful In landing Beeker from Cincinnati, as the fellows tell me he was a whale up In that Northern league this season. He led the league In hitting, was a line outfielder' and Is as fast as they make them. He Is a left-handed hitter and thrower. Neither ho nor Sweeney ever touch liquor. , . . 1 saw by the papers that you had drafted Ford, of Cedar Rapids. If that Is the same fellow who pitched for Minneapolis two years ago, he must be all right, as I used to hear George Molarity speak very highly of him. Bob Spade and Walker ought to do well for you next season. ABOUT CHAMPION8HIP. So you were surprised to Bee the White Sox win out over the Cubs. Well, I wasn't, and was tickled to see them win. They play better baseball, Bill. At least, they did In the Rerles. The Cuba pulled off some of the biggest bone- head plays I ever saw. Here Is one, for Instance: Stealing third base with two men out. They got away with It several times and once Chance tried It with two out and the score 7 to 1 against him. They laid for him ami nailed him a mile. That was In the last game, and’ they all quit like a lot of yellow dogs. If George Davis had been able to play In all the games, they would have been beaten much worse, as Rohe can't commence to play that sack with Tan- nehlll, and was very weak. He hit well, but Davis would have done Just as ALVIN BAYNE BURIED. Fort Valley. Ga., Oct. 30.—Alvin i Bayn*». the hall player who committed ■ Hutcld}. w as burled here yesterday- | D Is announced that despondency over lit* physical condition and over flnan* j vial difficulties led to his suicide. 1 CORBETT’S TRAINER HAS QUIT New York. Oct. 30.—While Young Corbett has gone into training at Johnson's road house for his next bout jvlth Terry* McGovern, which has been set for the first week In January, so far he has failed to In duce Alex Greggatns to put him through his paces. Trouble has arisen and it is extremely likely that lie will have to seek another trainer. Corbett's training stunts for the last three years have been on the bur lesque order, but Gregguins made him work and got him in good shape for McGovern. Everyone admitted that Corbet got a draw only through his good condition, which enabled him to stand off tho rushing McGovern. Corbett is in Stratford, but Greggains Is In New York. He was asked if be was going to train Corbett. "Hardly. I am thinking seriously of leavoing New York for Frisco and l may la* on my way in a few days." "What's the trouble?” was asked. "-Not much, but plenty for me," re»*lfed Alex. "When you work hard with a fighter who must i»e urged all the time to get him in good condition, where other trainers have failed, would you feel like sticking to the ship If It lutd turned over?" and the I’atifornian went on his way without making a definite statement. well. What luck there was In the se ries all broke for the Cubs. The game the Cubs beat the Socks 1 to 0 Jones was on second with two out In the last inning, when Isbell hit a terrific liner right at Brown, and It never touched his hands. He didn’t have time to get down, up or dodge It, but It hit him full In the chest and knocked him down. The ball dropped right In front of him. He got up and threw "IzRy” out nt first. That’s some luck. If It hadn’t been for the ground rules In the first game, Isbell would have had two home runs and two triples, and George Davis would have had one home run and a triple. Under the rules, they went for two bases. WAL3H'8 GREAT GAME. Big Ed Walsh pitched the greatest game of ball that was ever pitched, I believe. In that 3 to 0 game. He walked one man and outside of that one man he was never In the hole on one single bntterT He was never even as bad as “2 and 3." He never even hud three bajls on any batter and never 2 and 0. The first ball was always a strike or an easy out* They never even hit a foul off him or a hard hit ball to -the In field. His "spliter” (with his awful speed) was breaking something awful. They were missing the balls he pitched by three and four feet. You ought to have seen those hitless Sox hit the horsehlde during the last two days. It was something awful. Ed Walsh was dead stuck on that big bat Sid Smith and I used, and I let him take It und he and Eddie Hahn used it all the time. Hahn got four blows with it In the last game. I am having several more made Just like it. How Is the new* ball park out at Ponce DeLeon? Are they working on it? Am glad to hear that Jordan and Croaier have opened up their place of business, and I wish them all the suc cess in the world. JUST SOME THANK8. You will have to excuse me for not) acknowledging the receipt of that check | for $66. which was given to us players I as a gift, any sooner than this, i was j up In the country when the check j came and dad didn’t forw ard it, j and I did not return until the morning of the first day of the series. During j the series ! didn’t have my right mind ) and then came the hospital. I want to thank you and the directors j of the Atlanta club very kindly for the gift. I certainly appreciate It, and doubly so because we never reached the position we should have done to be entitled to the money. The boys all worked hard, and I am sure that they would all have worked Just as hard even If they hadn't been promised a cent. I also want to thank you and the club directors for the gen eral kind treatment I received at your hands all season. * Your friend, LARRY HOFFMAN. gWHSoooooooooooooooooooooo 5 WILL ORGANIZE AN o O OUTLAW LEAGUE. O O 0 O Johnstown. Pa., Oct. 30.—It Is 0 O announced that a new outlaw 0 O league, to be composed of Tacoma, 0 O Spokane and Seattle, In Washing- 0 O ton: Portland. Ore.; Butte, Mont., O 0 and Salt Lake City, will be formed O o not later than Christinas. O O This leads to the disruption of O O the Pacific Coast League, as it will 0 0 bring about the withdrawal from 0 O the organization of Portland and O O Seattle, two of Its best towns. Mr. "O O Lucas Is to bo president of the O O new league. 0 0 Seattle and Portland are deslr- O O nun of withdrawing from the Pa- O 0 clflc Coast League, owing to the 0 O loss of many days In making their 0 0 trips because of the lung distances 0 0 to be traveled. o O 0 000000000000000000000O000O Kitilte Kelley, the Buffalo tiew.lmy, nml former sparring partner of Nelson, Is'slated “ ‘ slx-rouml go ,'elei! (tie engagement. Tech field Is the scene of strenuous happenings tills week, for Coach Hels- man is preparing his charges for their battle against Auburn, which promises to be one of the warmest proposi tions of recent times. Judged by the faulty standard of comparative scores, Tech will be Just everlastingly swamped Saturday after noon by Coach Donohue's men. They are due to be beaten about as badly as they should have been beaten by Da vidson, using the dope sheet to pick the winner. Football history has already record ed how that game came out. Tech put all the dopesters on the blink by squeaking out a well-earned victor, over the strong North Carolina team That, the Helsmanltes will ,| 0 "j much for Auburn, Tech backers lleve. Both teams can be counted on i, fight to the last ditch, and then start building more ditches, so the K am« Is slated for a Rlppln. Auburn will cotne over brimmed full of confident and Tech backers say It will be sallied all over the field after the game I, over. Coach Hetsman Is giving his team “backbone developing .work" this week und Intends to put a large bunch of life and energy Into the men. That he will be successful Is certain. His material Is coming around In fine style and Tech promises to finish up the season with a rush. Class Teams Play Hot Games on Emory College Gridiron Special to The Georgian. Emory College, Oxford, Ga.. Oct. 30.— For the first time this season the Em ory College class teams met on the gridiron. The seniors were pitted against the Juniors and the sophomores against the freshmen. The senior-junior game was one sided from the kick-off. Not once did the Juniors force their opponents to give up the ball on downs. The final score was 39 to 0, with the seniors at the big end. For the seniors “Kid”- Woodruff was the star. The star play ing of the entire game was done by Smith, of the Juniors. His tackllnz was brilliant. The sophomore-freshman game wax more evenly matched. The freshmen played better than was expected. Th„ game ended with the score 23 to favor of the sophomores. For the sophomores Pitts. HIM an,I Ragan were the stars, while Clav play, ed the best game for the freshmen, scoring their only touchdown. The next games will be played next Monday. The seniors and sophs- mores play the first game and th« Juniors and freshmen the second. Much Interest Is being taken In the game, and the "rooting” Is fierce on all side, Report Two Possible Routes For New Private Motor Road fiy CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York, Oct. 30.—Two possible routes for the proposed millionaires' private automobile speedway have been reported to the plan and scope committee. In the office of W. K. Van derbilt, Jr. All of these routes are In Suffolk county, and two. It was said, extend through Nassau county to the city line, near Queens. Along one of these lines, ten miles of right nf way was offered without cost to the projectors, while along another line five miles of right of way is donated. It was decided to recommend to the projectors that the title of the com pany and of the course as well be th< Long Island Motor Highway, Incorpor ated. The financial plan to be recom mended Is the Issuance of 1500,00, of 4 per cent 20-year gold bonds o 3600 each, and also 12,000,000 of stool equally divided between preferred an, common. Dave H. Morris, president of th, Automobile Club of America, who wa, unable to attend the meeting, sen drafts of laws to be presented to th, legislature to make the building of th, highway possible. Mr. Morris wrot, that after a conference with Genera George A. Wingate, he felt assured tho there 'l no serious legal obstacle ti prevent the building of a private high- way in Long Island. GORDON WINS ONCE AGAIN Bperlal to The Georgian. Barnesvlllc, Ga., Oct. 30.—From the time Gordon received the klck-jff until Hill made the last touchdown In the last minute of play by taking Locust Grove’s attempted forward pass and going 55 yards, the game yesterday was Gordon's, and the score of 60 to 0 tells the tale of the battle. The first touchdown was made In less than two minutes of play and three suc cessive ones were made In two minutes each. Dunn, Hill, Grace and others would clip off 10 and 20-yard gains for Gordon In rapid succession. Mer cer, Hill, Grace, Joe Smith and Dunn had touchdowns to their credit. Grace did the goal kicking. Captain Williams played his usual good game, but was not In the game In the second half. The forward pass was worked successfully by Gordon for 25 and 30-yard gains repeatedly. The visitors also worked It several times. For Gordon Hill probably played the star game. The quarterback of Locust Grove was the hero of tho day. He was a little fellow, but game to the core, and went Into every play. Quarterback Smith handled the team In fine style for Gordon. Hill’s 55-yard run for a touchdown was the prettiest feature of the game. The time of halves was 20 minutes. Referee, Blount; umpire, Moore; timekeeper, Nash. Sixty to nothing Is the biggest prep school score on record this season and thus another feather Is added to tile cap of Coach Frank Blake and his team. BUSY DOINGS OF ATLANTA GOLFERS! THE GAME OF OTHER DAYS WUIIs tin* spiral punt* were whirling up nml down the field one day ! Tin* quarterback stood bleeding nt th** none: ; ! He’d run hark every blooming kick throughout the riotous fray, And bad acted ns n d«s>r»nnt for bln foes. ; Tlinf night tin* eollege piesideiit, quite sadly an Id to him: .1' "The eouimlttee has decided yon can't piny: punk In inntheuiiitlcs and your l<ntln dope ia dim." And the! I heard the blighted quarter say; CIIORI’R. "It NAT KAISER & CO. Bargains in unredeemed Dia monds. Confidential loans on vai- uablet. 15 Decatur St. Kimball Bonne. As tie You hadn't dt the „ , In the rare* obi, fair old golden day*, We didn’t ‘grind* nt nil. We did our work for the roaches then~ Let the faculty 'twenty-three'; But now I ni stuck, g..| darn the luck; It's back to the mine* for me." . 8KCOXD HALF. • referee nml umpire chased tin* tnekle from the game, *hcubl hove liesr<| the frenzied rooters scoff: blooming thing—oh. wasn’t it a shame! Except to klek rival a halfback down tackle'* bend: ml hammered up n guard. this lu the olden day*, nr nineteen five; our matinee*. SOFT FEELING ! Felt Hats, and stiff ones also, clean- j I i‘d am! reshaped. Bussey, 2S1-2 j Whitehall SL I To keep wit hill Where Ik* can’t tight no m IF* me to the croquet gre player got, town!*. bite? ntland Hie* in ClevMnml .New* Alex Smith, golf champion of America, hns wired hi* formal acceptance of the of fer of the Atlanta Athletic Hub to *erv.j ns professional of the Last Lake course dur ing the winter, nnd says that he will come "ns soon ns possible." Just how soon that ls is doubtful, but It Is likely thnt Smith will report In Atlanta within a week or so. During the summer. Smith has been with the Nassau Flub, at Glen Cove, Long U- land, nnd the season there Is rapidly win ing. Though there Is usually play on tljn ncar-New York courses until Thanksgiv ing time, nnd even a bit Inter, there Is little call for a professional during that ***{• , tl, ° T***# «nd presumably Smith will wind up his business In the Enst at once nnd set sail for Atlanta. .m 'hat another tournament will be slnted for next Saturday nt Enst Ig»ke The one Inst Saturday was such u complete slicechh thnt the golfers arc clam oring for another attempt. It Is not Me*, ly that any rndlcnl changes will lie road* In the handicaps, as they were quite equita bly arranged for the opening tournament. Of the thirty-three* players who turned In card* nine made scores ranging from *9 to 99 and 22 made scores ranging from >3 to 109. The weather at present Is Ideal for golf, nnd the course hns n number of patron* every afternoon. Improvements are cmulng fa*t In the course, nnd It Is rapidly a*- Hiuntng a championship appearance. When the players are allowed to go hack on tin* regular greens, the course will be In a de cidedly "playable" condition. Just n suggestion: Why does the At lanta Athletic club not pas* a rule thnt any member of the club who buys balls from the raddles, employees of the club or any person who finds them on the course l>* fined $5? Such n rule Is In effect In other clubs, nnd It has worked well. Just at present the Job of finding balls Is m»r« profitable to many of tho small boys who come to the course than that of carrying clubs, and good raddles are ns scarce a* green grizzlies. Members are buying and paying good prices for golf halls found by the Imys, nml in thnt wny encouraging them to make small efforts to find lost balls find giving them an Incentive to steal bniH from the bags or anywhere else. Refer* long nt the present rate of going, even th* balls lu the memliers* lockers will tint b* safe from the raids of the caddies. Th* club has made a wrong start In this direc tion. nml the sooner It turns around and goes In the right direction, the better. There is presumably a rule forbidding members from buying balls from raddle*, but until It is made to Include nil em ployees of the dub, nnd until there !•* * penalty attached It will In* a dead letter. Jack Dougherty and Jimmy Gardner bj r * been matched to meet next month nt P*‘ euport. This Is the date set for the Abe Atto-l* Harry Baker contest In Los Anodes. 00000000000000000000000000 O BILLY 8MITH HELPS „ a LAY OUT NEW PARK. 0 O Billy Smith Is not In "the »h®P ° O today. , $ O In his place is a note **•'•> in * 3 O *'I am out at the new ball I ,; k g i . O helping them to lay It out * O That’ll be about all * rora ; c O-today. £ 0000000O0000000O00O OOOCOOO