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' 4 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1906.- sn8»»» Garden’s Hoodoo Curve Gets Another Victim BIKE RACE CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTlIi PERCY H. WHITING. NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS BY PERCY H. WHITING. Hollister Probably Fatally Injured and Others Hurt in Spill at Garden—Walthour / Escapes Practically Uninjured. The vheele the N.w York, Doe. 13.—Tho went eolliolon that hao occurred since tho beginning of tho eix-day race grind at Madison Square Garden took place a few minutes after 7 o'clock today. . One rider, Hollister, is probably fatally injured, while Folgor, Matt Downey, Root, Bobby Walthour, Clarke, Wiley, Rutt, Vanoni, and Emil Goorget are more or loss seriously injured and 5 of them will probably not enter the race again this ysar. Walthour, while badly shaken up, was not seriously injursd and was abls to continue with tho raoo. While tho men wore spinning at a mils a minute gait, Root, who had Just rsllsvsd his partnsr, Folgor, oterted on a hair-raising sprint. Whlls Folgor was attsmptlng to leave the track, his whssl collidsd with that of Matt Downey throwing him into tho crowd. Hollister, following closely behind Downey, struok him and was thrown headlong against ths top of tho trsok. His hsad struck tho post with a crash and his limp body foil upon tho track. Tho other riders following close behind struck him one after another and all wont down In a heap. Hollister is unconscious, and blooding from a dossn wounds. Ha was carried to a cot. Dr. Creamer, who examined his wounds, said that ho could not live. Ho is suffering from a fraoturo of tho skull, tho ribs are broken and he is suffering internal injuries. Matt Downey waa rendered unconscious, as were also Folgsr, Stol, Rutt, Wiley, Clerk and Gsorgot. It is said by Dr. Creamer and several other physicians who mads ox- aminations of the man who wore in tho aeeidont, that three are probably fatally injured. riders were many as they could from the garden. With drawn cluhs they descended upon the crowd and literally tieat their way through the howling mob. 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 tho Tenderloin station were hurried to the garden. Race Is Rssumsd. At 10:10 o'clock Walthour and Be dell were still off the track. An hour and a halt after the big spill tho riders again appeared on the track and the race was officially begun. Jimmy Moran, of Boston, appeared on the track suffering from shock nnd seemingly very nervous. The riders appalled nt the accident, which cost several of them severe Injury nnd near, ly their lives, took things easy and opened all about the trnck nt very slow pace. Tho men to appear were Breton, Clark, Ix>gnn, Moran, Snmuelson, Van. derstuyft, Bedell, Wiley, Downing, Root, MncKarland, Coffey and Leon Geor- fSt. Never before In the history of tha six-day races has an uorldont occur- red In which so many have been dis abled. At the time of the accident there were 10,000 |>erxnnx In the garden and the police marvel that there were not many killed In tho panic which fol lowed. The score when the nccldent Itnp- K ned was: Root and Folger 1424-7, >wnoy ami Moran 1424-7. Vander- stuyft and Htn| 1424-7. Macdonald and Coffey 1424-7, Breton and Vanoni 1424-7, Hamurlson and Hollister 1424-7, Mottling and Logan 1424-7, 'Hopper and Ikiwnlng 1424-7, tlalvln and Wiley 1424-7. Rutt and MucKnrland 1424-7, Pye nnd Clark 1424-7. (leorget nnd (leorget 1424-7, Walthour nail Bedell 1424-ti. Record 17,67 miles, nine laps, made So do the The public wanted shorter baseball schedules, ball players. But the tuognls have voted in fnvor of the old begin-in- March-and-run-nntil-Decembcr affair. “We have to pay our ball players for 154 games,” they say, “so let them play.” And next spring we shall have the old, sad farce of games played in'dnow storms. And the championship games will run over into the late fall once more, and may be played with tlio thermometer somewhat below zero. The public can go to ball games or not, just as it pleases, and as usual it pleases to go to the whole 154, all the champion ship games, and then a few. The president of the American League gets $15,000 a year, instead of $10,000, and he earns it, all right. imMhftl Into n thousand pieces and strewed along the track for many yard*. It wax owing to the possibility of Much an accident taking place that thousands of jienplo remained In tho garden wont of the time. The Herman team la practically out .of the rare. Hamuelson, Hollister's partner, says that he will not continue unless Hollister can ride with him. This Is an Impossibility and the Mor an team will give notice of retire ment. It Is said the police will step In and refuse to allow the race to continue. The enmity that existed between Fol ger nnd Moran It Is aaid will go far toward clearing up the mystery as to who was really responsible for the collision. Folgor, limping nnd bleeding from a fearful gash on the head, broke away from his tminers who had carried him In a dosed condition to his cainp and returned to the track half undressed, crying like a child and threatening to kill Moran on sight. Several police men and his trainers forced their way through the crowd that gathered about him and finally forced him to retire to his training quarters. PANIC IN GARDEN. The spectators were thrown Into a a panic. Women fainted nnd screamed at the sight of the mangled fonns on the track. Spectators left their seats nnd made a mad scramble to reach the exits. In the scramble many of the women fainted mid were trampled upon. Cries Ilf anguish could be heard from all parts of the garden. Men fought and kicked, while the women screamed and I>egged to l»e taken from tho garden. Police reserves on duty on the outside were summoned in haste and drove a* LAP IS STOLEN FROM B0BBYHIS OPPONENTS By Marvelous Spurt Atlanta Rider Recovers Lost Lap. But Officials Do Not Allow It. 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 arty Washington newspaper man. Yours truly, “BILLY SMITH, Mgr. B. B. C.” Tho Washington bureau of The Constitution will please con sider itself squelched. J The six-day bike race this year has been one long string of accidents. The Hoodoo Curve bus 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 Bobby Walthour escaped practically un injured.. “Four-Year Rule" Does Not Operate Until Fall of ’08 ll npprnra that there are some football enthusiasts In the city, says tlio Nnehvllle Danner, who do not umlorntaud thoroughly the real status of affairs brought about by the passage of the four-year rule. Tho rule will go luto effect In llaiS; In other word*, men who have played ou n college ton in for four yeara ending this past sen son will bo allowed the beneflt of the old rule for next year, and will still be eligible. This, of courae, mllowa Pritchard to play another year, provided, of courao, he returns to school, which now seoma rather Improbable. in this connection It might he stated thnt there la considerable uncertainty an to whnt members of the team will return next hou- son. Among this list, beside* Pritchard, ore t’rulg. Stone nutl Chorn. It would, of courae, 1m? a hard blow to the supporters of the Gold nml Black to think of leaving out either of these, but nevertheless It re- tiinius n fact thnt they msy not get back. Here hi tho Mouth several stars have Unshed forth their flnul rays, so far as foot ball In concerned. Out nt Vanderbilt the team will lose ex-Captaln Dan Blake for certain. Dan has played ou the team five years, and waa easily one of the star bocks of the season. Ills place will be open, and It In not unlikely that some new man may P >t the position. Then, ns stated above, ritchnrd, Craig, Stone and Chorn nre all by Miller anil Waller In 1899. HOW FIGHT 8TARTED. The Moran-Fogler feud 1* supposed to have had something to do with the awful spill In the garden Thursday morning. Here I* what a New York exchange had to say about the fight between tho two men, which took place Tuesday; "Bitterness and 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 can any one ‘dope* tho winners, tho light be tween Patsy Moran, of Boston, ami Fogler. of "the Utile Old New York team." was the feuture. Tho Moran-Fogler battle occurred ... the dressing room. Moran last year alleged he was Illegally pocketed In the race, ami has borne u deep grudgo against certain contestants cv *r wince. In the height of his anger In the dressing room he announced that he could ‘lick any this and thnt In New York/ "Fogler entered. Home words wero passed. Moran made a swift swing (or Fogler’* Jaw, but tho jaw dodged. Moran was pummeled and slammed around the room for about ten minutes. Fair piny was assured by tho other rider*. Moran ’died game' nt the count. He was thoroughly exhausted, and tho blood dripped from his face.” HOW A FEUD ENDED. A fact not generally known in At- lanta except among the close friends of Walthour 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 men started I* not known, but ,M> °n on anything but friend- or 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 irititation ma hogany. Sized and rubbed and polished till the wood shines like a mirror. And our price is lower. $6.50. 50 straight and combination Book Cases and Desks. Our line of cathedral glass fronts is an innovation, but makes the handsomest goods of this na ture you ever examined. Will you 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, lias five large shelves and regular $10 size, only $6.50. Walter J. Wood Co. 103-5-7-9-11 Whitehall Street. the tun they ha ly term* uncertainties, and the return of candidates in tho fall may And the Comtnodoro ranks rather badly deploted. Up at Sfetvanee it Is probable that most of tho aquad will return. Broog may ho out, ns may ex-Captolu George Watkins, but most of the other members nre practical certainties. In tho hack field Captain Bar rett, Bhlpp and Markloy are all regarded as almost sure to return. Scarborough may not bo In, but Elnele will be on band. Down at Georgia Tech, Drown has proba bly played his last game. lie ha* not play ed tho full limit, but It was after consid erable persuasion thnt he was Induced to go back Inst season, nnd from this it seems that ho may bo out for good. Alabama will also lose her rttnr halfback, Dunks, llurks was a valuable man, and regarded by some as one of tho best in the Mouth. He scored nil tho points In the Auburn game, making a touchdown and kicking n field goal. Situs is nuotber Alabaman who will doubtless l»e seen no more. He wns a quasi- student only during the past season, and ns tueh wo* challenged by the Auburn tnnnn- ger. so It 1s ii4*l likely that the big fellow will be seen again on tlio Tuscaloosa teutn. SOME SIX-DAY CYCLISTS New York, N. Y., Dec. IS.—Bobby Walthour, after one of the most sensa tional spurts of the grind, at n. in. today caught hts rivals napping, and by a fearful hurst of speed lapped tho other riders. Seeing that Walthour had gained the lap MacFarlutul deliberately tumbled from his wheel without Injury to him self or his machine, thus forcing the Judges to display the red Hag denot ing under the rules that he had been deprived of the hard-earned victory by MaeFarland'a tumble. Walthour, angered by tho thought >f having this victory snatched from him. protested angrily to the Judges and said that unless the lap was given him he and lilt team mate would withdraw from the race. The thousands of spec tators who swarmed to the Harden fol- hooted and for a lime the official* with bodily b»wlng the catastrophe early iti the day, gaining the la biased and threatened harm. The crowd which assumed enormous proportions was finally driven away by the reserves. Heveral of tho riders. Hoot, Coffey and MacFarland, after hearing the pro test of Walthour, refused to ride. They were finally prevailed upon t*. re-enter the race. Cries of ••fake," “robbers'’ and other similar remarks broke from the spec- tators when the score was posted, still showing thnt Walthour was one lap be hind. It looks Indeed a* If there was a well-planned plot on hand on the part of the other riders to do altimst any thing. no matter what, to keep this plucky little American champion from Of Course THE STANDARD OF PURITY. J H. C. PULLIAM IS RE-ELECTED LONG FIGHT ON NATIONAL’8 PRESIDENT ENOS IN FIERCE FIZZLE. VIVA New York, Dec. 13.—The Natlonul League has re-elected Harry Pulliam ns president of the league for the en suing year. The hot fight on Pulliam, led by John T. Brush and the New York club, proved of no avail and the only nega tive vote waa cast by Brush. Garry Herrman, acting for Cincinnati, did not vote, but he gave hi* asstirance that If Pulliam wus elected he would have the support of Cincinnati. John Heydlir, private secretary to President Pulliam, wns chosen secreta ry and treasurer. The following board of directors wns elected: Burney Drey fuss, Pittsburg; C. K. KbbettH, Brooklyn; Garry Herrmann, ( incinnatl; Charles W. Murphy, of Chi- vago. and George R. Dovey. of Boston. A committee on constitution was ap pointed. consisting of Brush. Hermann ami Fbhetts. while Dreyfus*. Hanlon und Murphy were named a committee on playing rules. The league voted in favor of a 154- game schedule. QUIET TIME AT MEETING THE AMERICAN LEAGUE MEETS, ELECT8 SOME OFFICERS AND RAISES A 8ALARY. Chicago, III., Dec. 13.—The American | League In annual session liere yestei- dsy had a harmonious time of it. Pres ident Johnson’s salary- was rained ft'"' 11 $10,000 a year to $15,000 a year, a vote In favor of the 154-game schedule wa- recorded and Charley Hummer*, Cleveland, was elected vice president. The iMUiimnt was formally awarded '•» Chicago. NAT KAISER d CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 15 D.calur St. Kimball Horn*. Bargains in' Unradaamad Diamond! DIAMONDS These pictures show Downing and Hoppsr, tho Wild West tsam, storting for a long spin over ths roads in the vicinity of Newark, where they trained for tho six-day race, and Guignerd, the famous French sprinting cyclist, who has ridden 59 miles 130 1*2 yards in 60 minutes behind a motor. Guig- nard is bsing held by Coburn, trainor of ths foreign riders in the six-day race. From loft to right tho men ero Hardy Oowning, Nor man C. Hopper, Paul Guignerd and Trainer Coburn. In connootion with our business wo have add- od a .stork of DIAMONDS, bought direct from tho IMPORTERS for rash. Wo propose selling thorn on a very oloso margin of profit, cheaper perhaps, than they ran ho bought elsewhere, ami then, besides. IF t DESIRED, THEY MAY BE PAID FOR IN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS. To the average Young Man or Woman thorn is no better INVESTMENT or SAVINGS BANK than the purchase of a DIAMOND. ATLANTA DISCOUNT CO. JOS. N. MOODY, President. 817-818 CENTURY BUILDING. ,4