The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, December 11, 1906, Image 16

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    THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 11,1906.
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Six-Day Race Still Holds Center of Stage
:Edited By PERCY H. WHITING.
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! not news, but views IIVANONl STEALS LEAD,
* BOBBY WINS IT BACK
BY PERCY H. WHITING.
This deathly calm which is preceding the aninml meeting
of'the Southern League is ominous.- ...1 .
An car placed right close to the ground does not detect the
slightest trace of any rumbling.
And yet—
Well, if there is not something decidedly strenuous stirring
in Birmingham Dec. 22 then here is one recorded guess which
goes wrong.
Atlanta fans are wondering if President Kuvuuaugh is going
to keep his promise to have it out with Lowry Arnold and the At
lanta delegation for the roast they handed him in mid season.
Not longer ago than last September he told the writer that
the ease wbs not ended.
.Maybe the conclusion will come over in Birmingham. If it
comes at all it will come then—and Knvnnnugh is a man of his
word.
* Things may be said about the salary limit, too, at the Birm
ingham session.
The league had a man examining, the books of the various
clubs during the summer.
If he was “onto his job” he no -doubt found out things, for
if ever a salary limit was exceeded it was in the .Southern
League last year.
Maybe something will be said at the meeting about salaries.
If so. it will be interesting.
Charley Murphy has signed a new pitcher by the name of
Willie Kuinni. What’s the answer!
Lost—One baseball magnate, answering to the name of
“Billy.”
When last seen he was headed for New York and was wear
ing. in addition to some other things, a green and red necktie and
a diamond scarf pin.
A liberal reward will be paid for any information as to his
whereabouts and his present occupation.
It wus with deep regret that Bobby Walthour's friends in
Atlanta learned of the unfortunate accident to his team mate,
McLean, the Boston rider, which dropped him one lap behind the
other riders in the great six-day race at Xcw York.
With his new team mate, .1. Bedel, he is hanging to the leaders
and it is Imped that some lucky accident or some fine riding
will give him a chance to make up the ground which he lost.
Atlanta’s Unlucky Rider Is Still Plugging
Gamely Along, But Still One Lap
in the Rear.
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New York. Dec. 11.—At 10 0
0 o’clock the iicore In the six-day 0
0 lac© stood 670 miles 6 lup* for all 0
0 except Walthour and Bedell, who 0
0 are one lap In the rear. ©
0 The record for that hour was 0
0 679 miles, 4 laps, made by Kikes 0
0 and McFarland In 1900. 0
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New York, Dec. II.—In a dashing at
tempt to steal a lap early today Carle
Vanonl. of the Vanonl-Breton team,
threw the thousatid* of spectators In
Madison Hquare Garden Into a state of
boisterous excitement.
The daring little Italian, who had
Just relieved his partner, shot from the
bunch as they turned the Madison av
enue side of the track and before the
others were fully alive to the fact, he
had gained half a lap. Hiiectatnrs
Jumped to their feet and cheered
wildly.
Walthour started after Vanonl with
the bunch behind him, and for the next
five laps a nefve-wrecklng pace was
set.
At the fifth lap Vanonl was overhaul
ed. It was a maddening puce while it
lasted.
All through the early hours today the
foreign riders In the six-day bicycle
race In .Madison Square Garden made
muny vain attempts to catch their op
ponents napping and forge ahead a lap
or two.
In. one of the sensational sprints Mo
ran. of the Irish team, and Folger,
team-mate of Root, had a nasty spill
at the "hoodoo curve.” The two riders
crashed and unable to release them
selves from their wheels, went tumb
ling flown the Incline. Trainers ran to
their assistance and the riders were
carried to their cots at the side of the
truck. Moran quickly recovering and
amounting. Folger remained off the
track fifteen minutes.
Larry Hoffman Will Play
In Mexico City League
Jack Ashton, former Vicksburg pitch-
. and Fred Wclnlg. a minor league
twlrler, passed through San Antonio
*n route to <!lty of Mexico, where they
will play in the Mexico City League,
says Harrington B. Jones In the Com
mercial-Appeal.
Larry Iloffmnn. of Atlanta, is to com
plete the Yankee trio, but he was de
tained a few days in Chicago
Ashton, it will be remembered, was
with Billy Earle at Vicksburg, but for
the Inst two seasons has been the stnr
twlrler of the Columbia team In the
South Atlantic League. WHnlg was
nlso with ibe same team. The city
league season lias already opened In
Mexico City and will continue till the
middle of January.
Ashton said the Sally league had a
lively season last year and that Wil
son Matthews, who resigned as um
pire to bring the Snvananh club from
the cellar to the pennant, was the big
hit of the year. Matthews' hustling
methods offset the tactics of certain
other managers and between them
there was a merry time ail year.
Ashton spoke well of Ri.tchford, the
big Augustan first baseman, whom
Babb has signed for next year. They
say that while he Isn’t quite as fin
Ishrd ns Sabrl«\ wlotr. Connie Mack
has gobbled up, that he hits well mid
plays the bag mAgnlfleemly. Both
Welnlg and Ashton were surprised that
some Bout hern League team didn’t
grab Ernie Howard, the Vicksburg,
Miss., boy, who plr.yed the out held v
Savannah. They say that Howard hit
well and was easily the best outfielder
•n the Sally Leagua
SMITH AGAIN
IS CHAMPION
Carleton Smith Is again hand-ball
champion of the Atlnnta Athletic Club.
He defended Ills title Monday night
against Nat Thornton, though he had
to extend himself to the limit to down
the A. A. Cl. great player.
Thornton went away with the first
set by a score of 4-11. He nabbed tho
not one with even greater ease, by a
score of 3-11. Then Smith rallied and
by some of the best hand-ball ever
seen at the local club he won the last
three sets In succession by scores jf
11-4, 11-7 and 11-5.
Jimmy Gardner and Rube Smith arc
tin the cards for a 10-round bout to be
pulled off tonight In Denver. Gard
ner and Smith met In Denver two years
ago when Smith was knocked out In the
sixth round.
The Yale football team scored 144
jiotniK an:! opponents 6 this season.
Harvard scored 167 points and oppo
nents 26.
Records of Riders In Previous Six Day Races:
M."
Johann Mol, Holland.
Hardy Downing, Him .lose
W. K. KniiinolMon, Hnlt l.nkt* City
I' I.. Hollister. Hnlt Uke City
Patrick Logan. Ireland
Louis Met fling, Cnundn
Frank Calvin. New’ Milford. Conn....,
George Wiley. Hrrneiise
A. W. MacDonald. Homervllle, Mass..
John U. Coffey. Boston
Petit Breton. France
Carlo Ynnonl, Italy
I Dnrlon disabled.
2Joined In revolt against management.
3 Mac I,eon badly hurt at end of sixth hour.
4 Moran teamed with Keegan after Maclean’s Injuriei
bled him.
Former Team Mate
Mncl.cnn
Hall 5
Stol
»*n tide rat tty ft
Hollister
Bowler
Htol
Vnnderstuyft
Caldwell
B. Downing
Position at Finish.
Heeoiid
Third
Seventh
Fourth
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Eighth
Eighth
First
Fifth
Quit 2
gutt 2
gult 2
guit 2
gult 2
Third
Seventh 8
First
Eighth
5 Downey ten mod. with I.ogau after Hall withdrew.
6 l.og.nn teamed with Downey after Keegan wlthdre
7 Bardgette disabled.
* Fell In fourth lap
9 Gougoltx dlsalded.
McDOUGALL’S NEW
KITCHEN CABINETS
At Reduced
...Prices...
. At request of
the McDougalls
we have reduced
the prices on these
goods to just about
one-half the reg
ular rates. The
reductions are
really astounding.
Just read below.
First -Cl ass, Strictly Fresh New Styles
•"SSaRSWKSK.
No. 1852 was $32.50, now ...?.. .$21.00
No. 1855 was $37.50, now $27.75
No. .1885 was $45.00, now $29.50
No. 1854 was $35.00, now $25.50
No. 1857 was $40.00, now ....*.. .$28.00
No. 1886 was $50.00, now $30.00
This is an opportunity never offered before. Remember McDougall’s is llic
great standard. This reduction good for just two weeks.
Walter J. Wood Company
103-5-7-9-11 Whitehall Street.
Here’s a Fresh Bunch of Baseball Dope
If Memphis Will Put Up $250BIG KNIFE HURLED AT
Smith-Simpson Match Is a Go FOREIGN BIKE RIDERS
The 8mltli-8impaon match Is now up
to the Memphis Country Club.
The members of that club, through
The 'Comemrclal Appeal of Memphis
and The Atlanta Georgian, challenged
Alex Smith, the local professional, to
play Robert Simpson, the Memphis
professional, at 72-hole, hotne-and-
home match, for 9230 a side, winner
take all.
When this challenge was accepted by
the members of the Atlanta Athletic
Glub the Memphis club ’’back-watered*’
and changed their offer of a purse of
1250 a side to one of $123 a side.
Thl< offer Smith refuses to accept.
"I did not challenge them." lie said.
"It was their own sehetm* und 1 think
they ought to stick to tho*** terms. I
don’t object to playing for less than
9250, but I do object to their offering
one thing und then something else. If
they will accept their own original
terms I shall plav Hlmpson.”
The matter has been formally acted
upon by the local club, and It Is now
up to the Memphis people. If they
want to back Simpson against Smith
for 1250, they can have the match.
Otherwise there is nothing doing.
New York, Dec. 11.—The bitterness
between Moran and Folger Is not the
' only things of its kind among the
Fresco White, the star end of the j riders. The feeling against the for-
r»"-a Unlv»r.lty footbjUl «*»»> »«», French-Itallun team ->f
been elected captain of next years , , _ . , ,,
eleven. | Nation! and Breton and the Georget
brothers by the American riders, be-
00000OO00000000OOQOQO0QQ0O oame Intense today. The Americans
have become utmost sure there Is a
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0 RAN8ICK SIGNS A STAR. Oj .. . „ It . #l
q 0 | combination among the Italian and the
O Kd Ranslck. manager of the Au- Oj three Frenchmen to work together, and
0 gusta South Atlantic league team. O|”do” the Americans.
O yesterday alBMd Cliff Klieitihnrd. O; Vanonl and Irfon Georget warn al
O Of Iho Kentucky Colonels. Rhein- 0 ;, , .. . , h ._ k ........
O hard Is a third baseman of ninth ' ...
O promise. Tills will lie his tlrst O "ley left Breton and the other i.eorget
0 year in the minor league*. ns he 0 , would always take up the pace. When
O lias heretofore refused to leave O ever an effort was made to cut dowi
0 rinclnnatl. and his capture by 0. their lead, they worked together t<
O 2! maintain I. and paired In keeping up
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Of Course—
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THE STANDARD OF PURITY.
their wonderful pace.
At 11 o’clock the first five leaders
( ! were Breton. Leon Georget. Root. 8am-
| nelson and Downey.
| Shortly before 10 o’clock Breton set
out to relieve his partner, Vanonl, who
had been riding since 6 a. m. and had
allowed the speedy Frenchman. Leon
Georget, to set the pace. As the riders
Matted to sprint a cheer came from
the crowd for Johnny Bedell and Root,
Floyd McFarland's team-mate, forged
ahead to the front. Their lead wa>
only temporary, however, for Breton
tresh from a two-hour’s rest, again
I took the lead. As he got to the front
j something flashed tn the dim light,
1 hurled from the galelry on the Twen-
! tv-seventh street side of the garden.
It narrowly missed Rutt and Bedell,
| who were pressing Breton closely, and i
j fell among the spectators In the arena. |
tThe mbwle proved to be a horn handled
hunting knife, with a biid* about nine! B^rgtint w unredeemed Dia-
inrhn long. win. threw it. or with oionds. Confidential loans on vg|.
what Intent It was thrown , it Is Im- nobles.
U possible to guess. The police have lie- “•”***• -
i gun a tlgld Investigation -•-* luu 15 Decatur St. Kioiblll Katiii
learned that a stub'; I& built, swarthy
skinned man left tne gallery In the
excitement following the Incident.
11 A. M. Score:
All 688-1, except Walthour and
Bedell, 6S8 even.
Record 715 miles made by McFuilaml
and Kikes In 1900.
GREAT GOLFER
WINTERS HERE
Hilly Alexander, the utility man whe
was with,.Memphis .two years ago. Is
wintering In San Antonio. He played
last season with the Auatln club.
Wiley Platt, the ex-Nashvllle pitch-
r. tnay soon lose his wife—by divorce.
She charges cruelty and desertion.
Platt could never get along with his
teammates and quite likely found the
same difficulty with his wife. .
The Birmingham Baseball Associa
tion Is attempting to get hold of the
new fair grounds to use as a park
next season.
The New York Nationals will be
about the same dub next season that
It was last, and the one before. Me-
Gann, ut first. In spite of reports to
the contrary; no changes at second
and third; maybe Shay, the Califor
nian, will get a try at short and sc
may HannlfAit, the New Haven Infield-
er. It Is doubtful if either of the new
comers can displace the present In
cumbent. In the outfield no changes
are contemplated. Ferguson Is the only
new- man slated for n try with the old
Giant pitchers.
Clark Griffith wants two twirlers for
his Highlanders and Is figuring on
Case Patten, of Washington,
George Mutlln. of Detroit. It will be
ft hard job handling these men. but
here’s guessing that Griffith can do It.
The coming baseball season Is going
to find more ball players in condition
at the opening than was ever known
before. The bnII player has come to
look upon fat as a leper does tho first
signs of the dreaded disease.
Accumulation of fat is the beginning
of the downfall of all ball players, and
these knights of the diamond have
come to realize It In a forcible man
ner. It means a gradual drop from Ills
high estate to days without fame and
a decrease In salary.—New York Even
ing World.
Mike Finn has gone back to New’
England for two of his Little Rock
players—Fred Lake, catcher and first
baseman of the Lynn and New Bed
ford teams of the New England League,
and Page, third baseman of the Man
chester-Lawrence team.
Mobile seems much pleased with the
prospect of having Bernle McCay as
i their leader next season. The Mobile
correspondent of The Sporting New
writes:
’’The signing of Bernle McCay «
manager of the Mobile team was a ul«
move of the part of the local official
President Inge and Ills associates nr
not In the game merely for what th«r
la In It, and are determined to give tIt
people the best that Is to be had. X
better selection could have been mad
and surely none could have delight'
the hearts of the cranks here more tin
tho gat heritor in of this aggrt s.-l
player.
’’McCay was badly handicapped hot
season with Baton Rogue. On at-
count of the very poor attendant
throughout the season he was cute
pelled to have the cheapest team in t(»e
league, though It must be confessed fur
front the worst. The Cajans we:
the lead for quite a while, but
a hard struggle were finally overtaken
“The new manager was quite a f.'
vorite here the past season. Besides !>«■
ing an expert Infielder, he Is regarded41
a dangerous man to pitch to. His aver
ago of .271 does not do him Justice
most of his blngles coming at oppor
tune times. He will find Ideal condi
tions here, and It Is up to him to make
good. Here’s hoping that he dues.'
PLAN OPEN TOURNAMENT
FOR LOCAL GOLF COURSE
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o ALL-SOUTHERN ELEVEN.
.(attics Maiden, one of America's best
golfers, ha* arrived In Atlanta and will
•pend the winter in the city.
Maiden is Alex Smith's assistant at
the Nassau Country dub. where Smith
spends the summers. Through Smith's
advice, he has decided to winter In At
lanta and will give lessons and repair
tmbf at UtelootH count.; { would be .ub.crttm] for a two-dty pro-
Mttlden is a wonderfully eood aolfer. „
In Hmlth’a opinion he is the equal of
The biggest thing In the way of win
ter activity among tile golfers of the
middle Houth promises to be a profes
sional tournament played over the
course of the Atlanta Athletic dub.
With a good-sized purse up probably
a dozen of the b?st professional golfers
In the country would bo attracted to
Atlanta for the event.
The Idea grew out of the promise of
the Atlanta Athletic dub to get up c
four-cornered professional match for
Alex Smith * benefit some time during
his stay In Atlanta.
While talking of this matter Smith
suggested that the affair he made an
open tournament and some of the best
professional'* of the country be brought
here for the event. He figured that the
deal could be put through for 1300 and
as 9250 was raised for a two-man
match it is certain that 9900 or more
0 (Nash Buckingham, In Coninur-0
O clal Appeal.
O Stone. 1, e Sewanee 0
|0 Pritchard, I. t. . ,i Vanderbilt 0
0 Elmer, 1. g Vanderbilt 0
great pleasure to the golfing membe-s 2 l !? nner * center Mississippi JJ
of the Atlanta Athletic Chib and would 2 L horn * r ’ *• Vanderbilt J
be a boost for the new course such as 12 5 to «r’. r ’ 1 *'• Vanderbilt 0
could be secured In no other way. 2 ?’ RIa ^ e * **• e Vanderbilt jj
Perhaps also n caucus of the profes- 2 <I? arter Vanderbilt 0
sioiial talent which would be on hand I 2 J’ \anderb °
for the event would help the club In I 2 JJ* JJlak*. I. h Vandet bid
settling the now vexatious question 'fl2 *' ,an * w * ful1 .Vanderbilt ^
U.e .hat,it. the nfw couree. j So<KK»OOOOOOeOOOOCK»OOOa0 3
any in America and he proved his
ability by finishing third In the last
opan championship. Likewise he won
the Ohio professional championship,
whore he led Bcrte Way and a field of
good players by eighteen strokes.
Malden Is an ndded attraction for the
local golt course and with him and w ith
Smith playing in Atlanta this winter,
there will be some good golf stirring.
NAT KAISER & CO.
fessional match, which would bring
, together In Atlanta some of the best
golfers in America.
Two men who would certainly be the
features of the event would.be the two
local pros. Alex Smith and James
Malden. Then Simpson, the Memphis
golfer, would certainly come over for
the event and so would Nichols, the
Nashville instructor, who is one of the
best players In the country.
Among the other players who would
very likely come to Atlanta for the
open event would be J. I). Tucker, th*
Louisville pro; Thompson, of Birming
ham; Thotnss Hucknall, of Bavannati;
Charles Johnson, of Thomasvllle; per
il*!* JamU* Hlmpson. of Little Rock:
G. Reynolds, of Asheville, and Lau;i >
Auch terlon It*.
8u*h an event :m »!»*« would nffor.i
The annual meeting of the National
Le-igue takes place today at the Vic
toria Hotel, New York. If the personal
difference* bet we* n Messrs. Brudi and
Pulliam come to a head the meeting } untet, Houghton and Plttsbt
will probably be n lively one. j up the league. *
The International Hockey •
begins it* season of 1900-7 today Tb«
circuit this year Is the same la*'
and tho schedule calls for 60 g.ua«*
The Canadian 800, Michigan
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To the average Young Man or Woman there is nn
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