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Garden’s Hoodoo Curve Gets Another Victim
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER
13, 190G.
•••EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING.
BIKE RACE CLAIMS
ANOTHER VICTIM
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
Hollister Probably Fatally Injured and Others
Hurt in Spill at Garden—Walthour
Escapes Practically Uninjured.
Ntw York* Dec. 13.—The worst collision that has occurred since the
beginning of the six-dsy raee grind at Madison Squsrs Garden took place
a few minutes after 7 o'clock today.
One rider, Hollister, is probably fatally injured, while Folger, Matt
Downoy, Root, Bobby Walthour, Clarke, Wiley, Rutt, Vanoni, and Emil
Georget are more or less seriously injured and 5 of them will probably not
enter the race again this year.
Walthour, while badly shaken up, was not seriously injured and was
able to continue with the race.
While the men were spinning at a mile a minute gait. Root, who had
just rellsved his partner, Folger, etsrted on a hair-raising sprint.
While Folger was attempting to leave thp track, his whsel collided
with that of Matt Downsy throwing him into the crowd.
Hollister, following closely behind Downey, struok him and was thrown
headlong against the top of the traok. His head struck the post with a
crash and his limp body fell upon the track.
The other riders following close behind struck him ons after another and
all went down in a heap. Hollister is unconsoious, and bleeding from a
dosen wounds. He was carried to a cot.
Dr. Creamer, who examined his wounds, said that he could not live. He
is suffering from a fraoture of the skull, the ribs are broken and he is
suffering internal injuries.
Matt Downey was rendered unconscious, as were also Folgar, Stol, Rutt,
Wiley, Clark and Georget.
It is said by Dr. Creamer and several other physicians who made ex
aminations of the men who were in the aecident, that three are probably
fatally injured.
The wheels of the riders were many as they could from the garden.
With drawn clubs they descended upon
the crowd and literally beat their way
through the howling inob.
The race was stopped and "It was
thought for a time that It would not
be continued. An ambulance was
quickly summoned from the hospital
and reserves of the Tenderloin station
were hurried to tho garden.
Race Is Resumed.
At 10:10 o’clock Walthour and Be
dell were still off the track.
An hour and u half after the big spill
smashed into a thousand pieces and
strewed along the track for many
yards.
It was owing to the possibility of
such mi accident taking place that
thousands of jieople remained In the
garden most of the time.
The Gennan team is practically out
of the race. Hamuelson, Hollister's
partner, says that he will not contlnu
unless Hollister can ride with hln
™* '• »" "npo-lbimy and th. M»r-
an team will dive notice of retire- Jimmy Moran, of Boaton, appeared
BY PERCY H. WHITING.
The public wanted shorter biiKebnll schedules. So do the
ball players.
But the moguls have voted in favor of the old begin-in-
March-and-riin-until-Deeeinlier affair. “Wo have to pay our ball
players for 154 games.” they say, “so let them play.”
And next spring we shall hnvo the old, sad farce of games
played in snow storms. And the championship games will run
over into the late fall once more, and may be played with tho
thermometer xomnwhat below zero.
The public can.go to hall games or not, .just ns it pleases, and
as usual it pleases to go to the whole 154, all the champiou-
ship games, and then a few.
The president of the Ameriean League gets $15,000
instead of $10,000, and he earns it, all right.
a year,
We received a letter Thursday morning-from our old college
chum, Billy Smith. It was written on fancy linen paper, and at
the top were life-like portraits of the Waldorf, the Astoria and
the Bellevue-Stratford. William did not mention at which of
the hyphenated combinations he was stopping, but his letter read
as follows:
“Dear Sir: The Constitution of Sunday morning published a
statement, about me. I wish you would state I was not interviewed
by any Washington newspaper man. Yours trnly,
“BILLY SMITH, Mgr. B. B. C.”
The Washington bureau of The Constitution will please con
sider itself squelched.
The six-day bike race this year hns been one long string of
accidents.
The Hoodoo Curve lias again been stained with the blood of
riders, and the people who have been waiting around the Garden
in the hope of an accident have been satisfied.
Atlanta is glad that Bobhv Walthour escaped practically un
injured.
inent.
It Is miI<I tlin police trill step In and
refuse to allow the race to continue.
The enmity that existed between Kol-
ucr nnd Moran It Is said will (d far
toward ilettrlng up the mystery as to
who was reully responsible for the
collision.
Knitter, limping and bleeding from u
fearful sash on the head, broke away
from his trainers tvho had carrlud him
In a fluxed condition to his ramp and
returned to Ihe track half undressed,
erylng like a child und threatening to
kill Moran on sight. Kevernl police-
men and hl« trainers forced their way
through tho crowd that gathered about
him and finally forced him to retire to
his training nuarters.
PANIC IN GARDEN.
The spectators were thrown Into a
n panic. Women fainted and screamed
at the sight of the mangled forms on
the track.
Spectators left their seat* nnd made
g mad scramble to reach the exits.
In the scramble many of the Women
fainted and were trampled upon. I.’rles
of anguish could bo heard from all
ports of Ihe gnrden. Men fought and
kicked, while the women screamed and
begged to lie taken from the gurdeu.
Police reserves on duly on the outside
were summoned In haste nnd drovo ns
on the track suffering from shock and
seemingly very nervous. The riders
nppalled at the uccldent. which cost
several of thorn severe Injury and neur.
ly their lives, took things easy and
opened all ahnut the truck at very slow
pace.
The men to appear were Breton,
Clark, Logon, Moran, Hamuelson, Van-
derstuyft. Bedell, Wiley, Downing, Root,
MaeKarlnnd, Coffey nnd Leon Gear
*»t.
Never before In the history of the
six-day races has an accident occur
red In which so many have been dls
abled.
At the time of the accident there
were 10.000 persons in the garden and
the |Killre marvel that there were not
many killed In the panic which fol
lowed.
The score when the accident hap
pened was: Root und Kolgor H 2 4 - 7,
Downey und Moran 1424-7, Vender-
stuyft and Htol MU-7, .Macdonald and
Coffey 1424-7, Breton and Vanoni
1424-7, Hamuelsnii nnd Hollister 1424-7.
Metlllng and Ieigan 1414-7, Hopper
nml Downing 1424-7. Calvin and Wiley
1424-7, Butt and MacKarlund 1424-7.
Pye nnd Chirk 1424-7, Georget nnd
Georget 1424-7, Walthour nnd Bedell
1424-6.
Record 17.67 miles, nine laps, made
LAP IS STOLEN FROM
B0BBYHIS0PP0NENTS
By Marvelous Spurt Atlanta Rider Recovers
Lost Lap, But Officials Do Not
Allow It.
“Four-Year Rule” Does Not
Operate Until Fall of ’08
It ii|>pi‘ain Unit there'ore noun* football
enthuniniitN In the city, mjh the Nnuhvllh*
ltnnner, who do not mt<lorntnnd thoroughly
the real statu* of affair* brought about by
the (manage of the four-year rule. The rnle
will go Into effect lu 11*08; hi other word a,
nnm who have played on a college team for
four year* ending this pant nennon will be
allowed the benefit of the old rule for io>.\t
year, mid will ntlll he eligible. This, of
coiirne, allows Pritchard to play another
year, provided, of course, he returns to
•ehool, which now seems rather Improbable.
In this connection It might he stated that
them Is considerable uncertainty as to what
members of the tentu will return next sen*
»<»n. Among this list, Imsldes Pritchard,
are Craig, Stone nud (Thorn. It would, of
course, be ti hard blow to the supporters
of the Cold nnd Black to think of leaving
out either of these, but nevertheless It re
mains a fact that they may not get bnck.
Here In the South several stars have
dashed forth their Anal rays, so far as foot
ball is eoncerued. Out at Vanderbilt the
team will lose ex-Captain Dan Blako for
certuln. Dan has played 011 tho team five
years, and was easily oue of the star backs
of the season. Ills place will bo open, and
It Is not unlikely that some new man may
by Miller and Waller In 1899.
HOW FIGHT 8TARTED.
Tho Moran-FogUir feud Is supposed
to have had something to do with the
awful spill In the garden Thursday
morning.
Here Ih what u New York exchange
had to way about the fight between tho
two men, which took place Tuesday:
"BltterneaH und enmity more Intense
than any which has ever before char
acterised u six-day race developed and
lent an added Interest to the nerve-
racking grind. In view of the fact that
not until about the third day cun any
one 'dope' the winners, the fight be
tween Patsy Moran, of Boston, and
Fogler, of ' the Little Old New York
team.” was the feature.
•The Moran-Fogler battle occurred
In the dressing room. Moran Inst
year alleged he was Illegally pocketed
In the race, and has borne a deep
grudge against certain contestants trr
since. In the height of his anger in
the dressing room he announced that
he could Mick any this and that In
New York.’
"Fogler entered. Some words wero
puNsed. Moran made a swift swing
for Fogler’* Jaw, but the Jaw dodged.
Moran was pummeled and slammed
around the room for about ten minutes,
rulr play was assured by the other
riders. Moran 'died game' at the count.
He was thoroughly exhuusted. and the
blood dripped from his face.”
HOW A FECJD ENDED.
A fact not generally known In At-
lanta except among the close friends of
Wahhour was that he and Johnny Be
dell, with whom he teamed when his
partner. McLean, was put out of busi
ness. were for years the bitterest en
emies. Just how the quarrel between
the two men started Is not known, but
they have been on anything hut friend
ly terms for a very long time.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
WORTH WHILE
Just as well give a good thing as a gew-gaw. Don’t cost
any more and it’s worth its value every day and always.
Furniture makes “homey” gifts. You can’t do better.
.Here are three fine examples of the right sort:
Mahogany.
Exactly Like Cut.
Large, full size Ladies’ Desk,
made of fine quality selected
quartered oak, or imitation ma
hogany. Sized anil rubbed and
polished till the wood shines
like a mirror. And onr price
is lower.
$6.50.
50 straight and combination
Book Cases and Desks. Onr
line of cathedral glass fronts is
an innovation, but makes the
handsomest goods of this na
ture you ever examined. Will
yon come and see them? We
are holding open house these
days.
Exactly Like Cut.
We challenge comparison in
Music Cabinets. We have 75 in
our store. Style shown above
comes in the glossiest and high
est finished quartered oak and
mahogany. Finished like a fine
piano. Has five large shelves
and regular $10 size, only
$6.50.
Walter J. Wood Co.
103-5-7-9-11 Whitehall Street.
uncertainties, and the return of candidates
In the full may find the Commodor© ranks
rather badly depleted.
Up at Stewanee It la probable that moat of
tho squad will'return. Brong may bo out,
na may ex-Captalu George Watklna,
most of the other members are practical
certainties. In the back field Captain Bar
rett. Bbipp and Markley are all regarded
as almost sure to return. Scarborough may
not be In, bat Blsele will be on baud.
Down at Georgia Tech, Brown hns proba
bly played bis last game. He lias not play
ed the full limit, but It was after consid
erable persuasion that ho was Induced to
go hack Inst season, and from this It seems
that he ,inny bo out for good. Alabama
will also lose her star halfback, Burks.
Burks was a valuable man, and regarded by
some as one of the best in the South. He
scored all the points lu tho Auburn game,
making a touchdown nnd kicking it field
goal. Situs Is nuother Alabaman who will
donbtless Ik* soon no more. Ho was a qunsl-
studcnt only during the past season, and ns
sui'b was challenged by the Aubnrn tnnnn-
so It Is not likely that the big fellow
will be neon again on the Tuscaloosa team.
H. C. PULLIAM
IS RE-ELECTED
LONG FIGHT ON NATIONAL'S
PRESIDENT ENOS IN FIERCE
FIZZLE.
New York. N. Y- Dec. 13.—Bobby
Walthour. after one of the most sensa
tional spurts of the grind, at 10 a. m.
today caught hi* rivals nupplng, and
by a fearful burst of speed lapped tho
other riders.
Seeing that Walthour had gained the
lap MacFarland deliberately tumbled
from hia wheel without Injury to hlm-
aelf nr hla machine, thus forcing the
judges to display the red flag denot
ing under the rules that he had been
deprived of the hard-earned victory by
MacFarland’a tumble.
Walthour, angered by the thought >f
having this victory snatched from him.
protested angrily to the Judges and
said that unless the lap was given him
he and his team mate would withdraw
from the race. The thousands of spec
tators who swarmed to the Garden fol-
lowlng the ratustrophe early In the day, gntnlng the lap
hooted and
te officials y
hissed ami
threatened
harm.
The crowd which assumed enormous
proportions was finally driven away by
the reserves.
Several of the riders. Root, Coffey
and MacFarland, after henring the pro
test of Walthour, refused to ride. They
were finally prevailed upon to re-enter
the race.
fries of ••fake,” "robber*’’ and other
similar remarks broke from the spec-
tat'*i* when the score was posted, still
Ing that Walthour was one lap be
hind
It looks indeed us if there was
well-planned plot on hand on the putt
of the other riders to do almost any
thing. no matter what, to keep this
plucky little American 4-hampton from
r~
Of Course—
MADE,
THE STANDARD OF PURITY.
-J 1
Netv York, Dec. IX—The National
League has re-elected Hurry Pulliam
os president of the league for the en
suing year.
The hot tight on Pulliam, led by John
T. Brush and the New York club,
proved of no avail and the only nega
tive vote was cast by Brush. Garry
Herrmnn. acting for Cincinnati, did not
vote, but be gave his assurance that If
Pulliam was elected he wouhl have the
support of Cincinnati.
John Heydhr, private secretary to
President Pulliam, was chosen secreta.
ry and treasurer. The following board
of directors was elected:
Barney Dreyfus*, Pittsburg; <\ K.
r: “' T >' Herrmann,
Cincinnati; Charles W. .Murphy, of Chi.
cago. and George R. Dovoy, of Boston.
A committee on constitution was np-
,,r Brush, Hermann
and Kbbetts, while .Dreyfitss, Hanlon
und Murphy were named a committee
on playing rules.
The league voted In favor of a 134-
gantc schedule.
VIVA
QUIET TIME
AT MEETING
THE AMERICAN LEAGUE MEETS,
ELECTS 80ME OFFICERS AND
RAISE8 A SALARY.
Chicago, III., Dec. 13.—The Amei
League in annual xesaion here yeetet
day had a harmonious time of It. IT
Ident Johnson’s salary was raised ft
$10,000 a year to $15,000 a year, a v
In favor of the 154-gamc schedule v
recorded and Charley Summers,
Cleveland, was elected vice president
The i»ennant was formally awarded
“Chicago.
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