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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6.1906.
Echoes of Sporting Earthquake Dying Away
.Edited By PERCY WHITING.
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WILL RACE IN SIX DAY CONTEST
Here are pictures of the men who
make up America's star team in the
six-day bicycle race which begins
December 9 in Madison 8<Juere
Garden.
Barring any accidents these men
will make any of the teams hus
tle.
Root ie one of the long-distance
wonders of the country and Fogler
himself ie something of a star.
It is likely that.this pair will be
favorites for first money.
THE GEORGETS
MAY NOT RACE
HELD AT QUARANTINE AND MAY
NOT GET IN SIX-DAY
CONTEST.
New York, Dec. 6.—The two Georget
Brothers, Leon and Emil, who came
here from Europe with the rest of the
foreign riders for the six-day race, are
being detained' by the United Staten
Immigration authorities at Ellis Island
and may be deported to Europe without
being able to land.
When 1* Torralne arrived she was
boarded at quarantine by several phys
icians of the United States immigration
service and one of these discovered
that both of the Georgets were suffer
ing from some disease of the eye. They
ordered that the two French cyclists be
held for examination, but permitted the
rest of the party to land.
GOLF'S DECEMBER I8SUE
INTERESTS LOCAL PLAYERS.
Golf, the official bulletin of the
Southern Golf Association and the bent
golf magazine of America, has made
Its appearance for December.
The number Is of Interest to Southern
golfers, tor It marks the Inauguration
of a Southern department, and of espe-
lal Interest to Atlanta players because
It rontalns the third of Alex Smith’s
lessons In golf.
As Smith has begun to give lessons
at the local course and because he
the greatest authority on the game In
America today, Atlanta golfers will be
especially anxious to read what he has
to say on the subject. In the current
number he takes up the subject of
learning to play, under the title “Off
the Tree and Through the Green." The
article Is Illustrated by six excellent
photographs.
In the Southern department are pic
tures of Thomas B. Paine and W. R.
Tlehenor, of .Atlanta, and of the Golf
Club house at Darien, Ga.
MACON TO PLAY CRACKERS
TWO GAMES NEXT SPRING
At Intervuls between his strenuous time out and signed with Macon for
two games next spring. These games
will be played In Atlanta March 18
and 19.
The Macon team will bo strong next
spring and will certainly give the
Crackers a hustle.
preparations for the New York trip.
Manuger Billy Smith finds a bit of
tlmo to attend to baseball business and
In a leisure moment Thursday lie took
BY PERCY H. WHITING.
• E. E. Smathers has tacen cleared.
The Board of Review of the National Trotting Association
has decided that Elmer E. did not pay anybody to “dope” F.oti
Dillon.
C. K. G. RUlings and Murray Howe, his hired man, have
been discredited.
Presumably this ends by nil odds the most unsavory case
which ever arose out of a “gentleman's race.
And now that all has been said and done the writer must
confess he does not know what to think of it.
Ho saw the famous.race,.saw the work-mils before it, the
trials against time after it, ho knows slightly both the principals
—Smathers and Billings—their lieutenants, Howe, Tanner, Mc
Donald; Ed Mulloy, the man who took care of Lou Dillon; Spear,
the man whose charges were most damaging to Smathers; Saun
ders, tho man who was charged with “doping,” and practically
everybody even remotely connected with the ease, lie has talked
it over with almost all of them, read everything available writ
ten about the case and right now is ready to admit thRt lie can’t
make it out.
Undoubtedly there was something behind the ease which
ha* never como out. The whole truth has not been told yet.
Something was wrong with Lou Dillon the day of the race.
George Spear says Smathers asked him to-mnkc some "arrange
ment” so that Major Dclmnr would win the race against Lou
Dillon.
That’s one side of it.
Smathers Ray* he knows nothiug about it. Ed Saunders
who first swore that lie had been paid by Smathers to dope the
horse now swears that ho was paid to swear falsely.
It's all another sad example of “trying too hard to win.”
There were two men with unlimited means trying to win a
gold cup.
On the face of the evidence either one was a bad winner or
the other was a poor loser.
Anyway, every man interested in pure sport will be glad to
hear the last of this disgusting ease.
It has done more harm to harness racing than a thousand
anti-pool 'selling laws and a hundred convictions for knavery
among professional drivers.
If the gentlemen can’t race like gentlemen* what are we to
expect?
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EMORY TEAMS ARE RANKED;
ALL-EMORY TEAM PICKED
BpoclAl to The fJcorrtnn.
Emory College, Oxford, Ga., Dec. 6.—
In the content for thfc 1906 football
pennant, the several clam teams* camo
out aa follow*: -Senior, 1907, flrftt,
Professor P. C\ Brown coach; sopho
more, 1909, Hecond, ProfeHHor J. P.
Manner Coach; Junior, 1908, third. Dr.
C. W. Peppier coach; freshman, 1910,
fourth, Dr. K. N. Duncan coach.
The committee for the selection of
1900 "All-Emory” team has reported
us follows:
Center—(1. S. Johann, sophomore.
Right Guard—W. H. Johnson, senior.
Left Guiinl—J. C. Lambert, sopho
more.
Right Tackle—Copeland, sophomore.
Left Tackle—Harry Wisenb&ker, sen
ior.
Right End—H. S. Howard, senior.
Left End—Ed L. Reagan, sophomore.
Quarter—W. C. Smith, Junior.
Right Half—W. A. Woodruff, senior.
Left Half—J. M. Woodruff (capt.),
senior.
Pullback—A. E. Dewar, Junior.
Substitutes-Clay, 1910; Pitts, 1909;
Wade, 1909; Elliott, 1909; Smith, 1907;
Stipe, 1907.
This year’s season has been altogeth.
er successful. Three tie games have
been played, and It Is thought that
these ties will be played off soon.
It Is believed by the student body here
that this season's success is a broad
step toward securing Inter-collegiate
athletics for Emory.
$50,000
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FURNITURE...
Sideboards,
China
Closets,
Buffets,
Dining
Tables.
j j UR preparations for the great festival have been
j j extensive. We have brought together the larg-
: est stock pf Substantial Furniture and Christ-
e
mas Presents in the Southern States. Our seven floors
are simply chock-a-block with everything'that you can
imagine in the Furniture Line.
Come and look. It will be a treat and won’t cost
you a penny.
All On Our Famous Wood Easy Pay Plan.
Walter J. Wood Co.
103-5-^-9-11 Whitehall Street.
MORE WAR IN
NEW ORLEANS
8UNDAY RACING PLANT NOW
THREATENS TO OFFER SE- *
RIOUS COMPETITION.
Jack O’Brien Is “Real Mad”
and Challenges Promiscuously
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 6.—Jack
O’Brien, madder than any pugilist ever
seemed to be before, Is todny throwing
challenges about with a freedom that
Is amusing.
He has informed Matchmaker Me
rit roy that he will fight Jack Johnson
or meet Burns again before the Pacific
Athletic Club anti notifies the world in
general that he is willing to meet ei
ther man before any club offering the
best Inducements.
The Philadelphia gentlemen Is so
note he would not be worried If a speck
of dust affixed Itself to his perfectly
creased trousers. The renson for
O’Brien’s anger Is the acceptance of
Jack Johnson’s challenge by Tommy
Burns and the evident willingness of
McCarey to hang up a fat purse for
the combat.
Jack says lie has been slighted—In
sulted—and that nothing will appease
Ills wrath hut another go at Burns in
the 24-foot ring with the conditions of
the fray calling for the fight to go to a
finish.
O’Brien sixes up the situation in the
following words:
"That big dub Burns Is showing the
white feather when he pusses up a re
turn fight with me to take on Johnson,
a man who has really shown little abil
ity when given a chance with a good
man. Johnson is a laugh. Having been
pretty well advertised through Ills hol
lering for h fight with Jeffries when he
knew the big fellow had left the ring
for good, he has Nailed along In th*s
hallucination. He has met Joe Jeanette
a d«|zen times, more or less, and al
though Joe is a fifth-rater, he has
failed to put him to sleep.
"I want to go on record u» being
willing to box Burns any number of
rounds from six up to a finish, and I,
am ready to make the $5,090 side bet
he demands from Johnson.**
Turf Peace at New Orleans
Only a Forced Armistice
New Orleuni, La., Dec. 6.—Which will
possibly terminate In another turf war
will be the racing on Saturdays and
holidays aa well aa Sundays, of the
Suburban Park race track. This Is
because the Pair Grounds refused to
acknowledge their Sunday racing. They
will race against both City Pork and
Pair Grounds, charging 50 cents ad
mission, or one-third the admission
charged by these tracks. Just what ac
tion will be taken because of this an
nouncement Is not known.
BASEBALL DOPE.
On their way home from California
the Giants will stop at San Antonio,
Texas, for a couple of games with the
St. Louis Americans. Nice for "San
Anton.”
Owner Frank Farrell will represent
the New York club at the American
league meeting In Chicago next week.
Charley Nichols thinks he made a
mistake when he took up bowling. Hto
was alw-uys a successful pitcher until
then. He will get a trial with the Bos
ton Nationals next spring.
Billy Hamilton is about done with
professional ball playing. He will
coach the Dartmouth baseball squad
next spring.
A Western writer Is telling his con
stituents that Harold Chose was, a col
lege player at Columbia University be
fore lie made Ills professional debut.
Chase never set foot in New York be
fore he went there aa a member of the
American League team.
Tulane Withdraws From
Southern Inter-Collegiate
Special to The Georgian.
New Orleans, La., Dec. The mem
ber* of Tulane Athletic Aaaoclatlon and
the ntudent*. presided over by Presi
dent Craighead, of the university, and
President Ivy, of the athletic associa-
Hon, who both gave Ihelr sanction,
decided by unanimous vote to withdraw
from the Southern Inter-Collegtate
Athletic Association.
The students have been discussing
the withdrawal from the association
for a long time. They luive gone over
the matter thoroughly, and there was
very little left for the association Itself
to discuss.
Assistant Manager Reese, of the foot.
ball team, acted a# the mouthpiece of
the student body. He stated that It
was the almost unanimous wish of
the students to have Tulane withdraw
W«nn the Southern Inter-Colleglaie
Athletic Assentation for many reason-,
and he offered a resolution to that ef
fect.
This motion was put before the hou.—
and there were hardly any opposed to
Its adoption.
The withdrawal of Tulane from tin.
membership also received the sanction
of President Craighead.
The action taken by Tulane na»
taken some time ago by the University
of North Carolina, the colleges of Texn-
and Virginia, who Joined the associa
tion.
1 SOME BASEBALL YARNS
SPUN BY BERNIE M’CAY
New Orleans, La.. Dec. 6.—Although the Fair Grounds to the use of the re-
thete Is little on the surface to Indl- barn whlch ere< ’ ,cd
ate it, bcyoml a question the lines of
Of Course
ffiSH
THE STANDARD OF PURITY.
cleavage effected by the two seasons’
struggle between the rival racing clubs
still exist.
The horsemen who gave their alle
giance to the Western Jockey Flub oc
cupy bains again this year at the Fair
Grounds, while those who went over to
the American Turf Association are
again at the City Bark. There Is an
uneasy feeling that while outwardly
the renegades, as the Western Jockey
Club considers them, are welcome at
NAT KAISER & CO.
Bargains in unredeemed Dia
monds. Confidential loans on val
uables.
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O ROME BOY TO PLAY O
O WITH KNOLL’S TEAM. O
O ——— O
O Felton Mitchell, the Rome, Ga,, O
O boy last year with Vincennes In O
O the ’’Kitty,” has been sold to O
O Evansville of the Central League, O
O and will get a try at short with O
O "Punch” Knoll’s team. O
Mitchell lidded und hit well in O
"Here’s an old one,” quoth Bernle
McCay, I’but I’ll give you the real facts,
"When Dickie Knox U’as playing with
Pendleton, Ore., In the Inland Emplro
League, he used to have a bad day now
and then.
”He had a girl In Pendleton he
| thought a lot of and, of course, she was
an ardent fan and took In about all the
games.
"One day when his girl was occupy
ing a prominent position in a box he
had an awful time. He began by boot
ing Hie first one which came to him and
In straight succession he booted four.
“When he spilled the last one he
turned around, walked deliberately to
the center field fence nnd started to
climb over. Tho center fielder rushed
up and usked him what was the matter.
"Dickie did not say anything, but he
pointed over his shoulder Just before
he dropped on the far side of the fence.
And then we realised.
"His girl had left the stand."
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O KID KELLY OUT WITH
O AN OPEN CHALLENGE. O
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O Kid Kelly, the local boxer, who 0
O recently knocked out Kid Young. 0
O challenges any boy of his weight— 0
O from 100 to 110 pounds—to fight C
O him for a purse or side bet. Kelly O
O is coming fast In the boxing work!- 0
O He has rot been at the game long. O
O but he show’s great cleverness In 0
O his fights, and can stand up ami C
O swap punches with any of them. 0
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From his work In the ring recently
It Is evident that Benny Yanger Is m*
mote the "Slasher” of old.
FOOTBALL INJURED
Felt hats cleaned and reshaped in
latest styles. Bussey, 21 1-2 White
hall Street.
oelving barn which
for them, they are likely to get a lemon
handed them in the handicaps, and this ; o
feeling has been Intensified by the o the "Kitty” and his friends be- O
ridiculous nature of the weight allot- . o lleve he can hold the pace satis- O
ments In the Inaugural Handicap. In » o factorfly In the Central. O
which u good class horse like Belmere» 0 O
was thrown In at a weight which made oOOOOOOOOOOQOQOOOOOOOOOOOO
his winning next door to a certainty.
The Fair Grounds people Insist on a
strict compliance with the rules of the
Western Jockey Club, the procuring of
a license for trainers and Jockeys, and I although he hung up his slate during
a registration under their rules. The | the past two seasons at i' + Park,
exaction of this means for one thing J In the same way It is said officially
that none of Ed Corrigan’s horses Is 1 that If W. H. Rudolph, who was
at all likely to run at the Fair Orounds, | warned oft last year at City Park,
and many of his adherents are likely : should be reinstated, as It Is rumored
to follow his example. : that he will probably be by the ef-
Many of the people who are permit* j forts of Joseph L. Rhinoch, that such.
ted to race or bet at City Park will not action will not be recognized by the
be acceptable at the Fair Grounds. An , stewards of the Crescent city Jockey
Instance of this Is Bookmaker Jim; Club.
Davis, who was ruled off, together with , Summed up. the situation is more In
Jockey D. Hall, some years ago by 1 the nature of an armistice, which has
President Tom Williams, of the Call- been forced by Hroiftnatanees «>n the
President, ueaiv of peace.
OFFICIAL BATTING RECORDS MAY
SHOW CLARKE TIED WITH STONE
There’, mine glad new. for Cleveland and Nig Clarke In the offi
cial averages soon to be given out by Ban Johnson. Nig Clarke is tied
with George Stone for the swatting leadership of the American League,
with an official average of 351.
That's what the good book, now being kept In Ban Johnson’s office
In the Flsehrr building. Chicago, says, because one of the American
League magnates has seen it himself, and hands out the good word. Noi
wishing to get Big Ban sore on said magnate, his name la suppressed;
hut It Is .me who is not given to foolery and he is not connected with the
Cleveland club.
To be sure, we all knew that Nig was bumping the ball at a pretty
healthy gait all last summer, while he was In commission; but It’s good
to know that Big Ban’s records were not missing out on any of those
wholesome wallops that Justin Jay was passing to the fences around the
circuit.
The unofficial averages all showed Stone several points to the good
over Clarke; hut unofficial averages butter no parsnips and are forgotten
when the Ink thereon Is dry. It’s what Bl* Ban Is writing In the official
book that counts.—Cleveland Xew*.