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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN - , TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1906.
Some Spy From Sport’s Big Waterfall
• •EDITED BY
Ij PEROT H. WHITING, j
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LIGHTWEIGHTS WHO ARE MATCHED TO FIGHT
BASKET BALL
FRIDAY NIGHT
NO GAME SATURDAY, A8 PLAY
ER8 WANT TO SEE VALE
PERFORM.'
The buket ball tames at the Y. M.
C. A. this week win be played on Fri
day night Instead of Saturday. This
change la made In order that the play-
erg may witness the Yale-Atlanta Ath
letic Club basket ball contest.
The schedule for Fridas’ night will
bring the Y'a against the M's and the
C's against the A’s.
The standing of the league at pres
ent Is:
Teams. Won.
M’s I
Lost
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PLAYING BALL
IN DRILL HALL
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta, da., Dec. II.—An Indoor
baseball league has been organized In
Augusta which will probably continue
until the first of next March. '
The games are played tn the armory
drill hall.
The league Is comprised of eight
tennis and a very lively and very Inter
esting race. Is expected. H. H. Morris,
a prominent fan, Is president of the
league, and is doing all In his power to
make It a success. Andy Roth, former
ly of-the Augusta baseball team, Is a
prominent manrln the league.
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O Special to The Georgian. O
O Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 18.—Se- v
g wanee’s basket ball -team lost to 0
the Nashville Athletic Club team 0
O last night by a score of 18 to 0. O
O Christmas night the Nashville 0
O Athletic Club bunch will play Yale 0
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103-5-7-9-11 WHITEHALL STREET.
Guess the prospects for Atlanta’s baseball team next spring
look pretty miserable, not
Tech Faculty Puts Limit on
Length of Baseball Season
Looks like Atlanta for the last division t No, once moref
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O BROOKLYN AFTER O
The great and glorious time for winning pennants in the
Hot Air league has not yet arrived.
We always put off the official announcement that "our”
team has won the pennant until Little Rook has come forward
with a aimilar claim. For that time ia, alwaye sufficiently early.
6 C. H. Ebbets, of the Rrooklyn 0
O team, has written Billy Smith O
In the spring. Smith does not
O know yet whether he will be able 0
- to play them or not.
But honest now, Bo, doesn’t it look like a pennant winner
ffom. heijf.
Sid Smith, the best in the Southern, Sweeney, the heat in the
South Atlantic, and O’Leary, the best of tho Western Associa
tion crowd—these men for catchers.
Zeller, Sparks, Childs, Harley, Raymond, Ford, Spade and
Schopp for pitchers.
An infield picked from the following collection of celebri
ties: James Fox, Otto Jordan, Whitey Morse, Neal Ball, Larry
Hoffman and Bill Dyer.
An outfield which will contain throe of the following stars:
Wallace, Winters, Paskert and Beeker.
If:yon are a good.baseball fan and can read-that list-and
■till feel .pessimistic'over the outlook,'go to a dootor. You’re out
of order someway. , »•'
'That outfield'can hit',300 every day in the week, all season
long. ' The infield will again,contain Jim Fox at first and Otto
Jbrdan. at second, the <best men in their, positions in the league
last; year and the pick' of.Your moro , men, , all of. them good-
enough for any team in the league. Bchipd - the- bat the Atlanta
team' will be in a class by itself. Sid Smith will certainly lead
the league at catching. As for pitchers—well,' figure it out for
yourself. • ■ • • :
They look pretty good to.us. ; .
PART OF SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
FOR VANDERBILT BALL TEAM
Special to The Georgian. *
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 18.—At a meeting of - the Vanderbilt Athletic
- Association last night baseball games for 1(07 ware announced as fol
lows:
April 4, 5 and 6—Alabama, at Tuscaloosa. , . .
April 18, 1(, SO—Cumberland .University, at Nashville.
April 15, 28 and 27—Georgia Tech, at Nashville.
May t, 10 and 11—Sewanee, at Nashville,
May 8 and 4—Sewanee, at Sewanee.
Ed Palmer was elected manager of the football team of 1(07: Owsley
Manlar, the star fullback.. Is manager of the Vanderbilt baseball team, -
Of Course—
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<CHE STANDARD OF PURITY.
The Tech baseball season will be
. shorter next spring than ever before.
DATE8 IN ATLANTA. 0-|Only nineteen games will be played, one
a double-header.
This limiting of the number of base
ball battles Is a result of the action
of the Tech faculty, which ruled against
an excessive number of games. Even
then, however, a fine schedule has
been framed up, and lovers of college
sport will have the pleaaure of witness
ing some Interesting games next year.
In order to play ns many different
teama as possible, the exhibition game
which Tech has been In the habit of
-laying with both Mercer and Georgia
has been eliminated, and only three
games will be played with these two
Institutions, these games counting in
the race for the championship of the
state.
With few exceptions, the teama which
will be played are those which In post
years have played n part In the contest
for the championship of the South,
and as a consequence It will probably
be easy to determine just how Tech
will stand when final honors come to
NELSON WANTS
ANOTHER BOUT
New York, Dec. 18.—"Nelson Is rcnily to
meet Gamut nny time after Ills return
from Europe, lie will fight him at ring
■Ule at 133 pounds before the club offering
the beat Inducement a. He will light ‘win
tier take nil,' or apllt tho money any
Onus wnuta; thnt la, on n percentage luiala
of ao much to the winner or lose#. (Sana
can not have a bonua, but any aide bet be
wanta."
Thla waa the statement of Hilly Nolan
Nelaon'a manager, prior to aallliig ou tho
Celtic for Sfurope. Nelson Is to follow his
manager within two weeks. Nolan said
that Tonopnh would give 130,000 for the
Wtle, and that a tow n In Texas had offe
ed 135,000.
"ALL-AMERICAN”
CALLED A "FARCE”
The editor, of the North Goorgln Citizen
of Dalton took a few minutes off the other
day to pay*his respects to the men wh-
pick all-American football teams and Ig
nore Southern players. Here, In part, was
what-he had to aay:
"The time-has come when noted football
authorities In the North make up their ‘all
American* football team, and It Is a notice
able fact that, no matter what kind of a
team the South produces, there la never n
man placed on the • 'all-American* by these
so-talled football authorities.
f."Th* Vanderbilt. team .of this year wna
the greatest ever turned out from any
Southern Institution. Hy the playing of
the .famous Blake brothers, Manlcr, Craig.
Stone,: and others the mighty Carlisle In
dian team bit the dust to tho tune of 4 to
Michigan was held to 10 to 6. Thla was
the only team to win from the Commo-
doree. Yet Chadwick has picked his 'all-
American* and not n single Vanderbilt man
waa chosen.
Will there never bo a Southern college
player strong. enough for the 'all-Ameri
can)* Let the ‘authorities’ think of that
and see If they can't afford’ to* give a few
Southerners tttb second team.
If they are to keep.up the farce of
choosing the teams from only Northern,
I’ttutMUl IUV irauia ■iwiu via./ nuuuci u,
Eastern and Western colleges, they should
at Iraat rail the team chosen the ‘All-North-
ern-Eastern-Western Team* Instead of the
'all-American.' where a Southern Institution
Is never represented." ,
BASEBALL NOTELET8.
i. New York, Dec. 18.—George B. Do-
; vey, the new owner of the Boston Na-
: tlonals, sold $3,000,000 worth of street
I cars In a year. Boston fans are figur
ing on how many dollars worth of
baseball he can dispose of In six
; months.
Jack J)un con have the Baltimore
managerial berth for the asking. He
wilt ask for It all right, and will make
gti.ul. too.
NAT KAISER 4 CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
15 Decatur St. Kimball House.
Bargain, In Uniwdtemtd Diamond,.
be awarded. Last »ea«on, a* will be
remembered. Tech won the champion-
»htp of Georgia and tho South In a
hair-raising flnlsh with Georgia, the
crowd which witnessed the final game
being the largest which ever turned
out to s,e Southern college baseball
teams contest. The exact attendance
thnt day was 8,848.
Tech will have Just eleven games
other colleges In Atlanta next
season, while eight game, will be play
diamonds.
ed on foreign diamonds. The faculty
limit on game. Is eighteen, but the
extra game le allowed on account of the
fact that a double-header will be played
with Sewanee on April 20.
Tho following la the corrected sched
ule as given out by Professor Randle,
who Is the head of athletics at Tech;
Y. M. C. A/s Professional Ranks
High Among American Golfers
March 80—Mercer, In Atlanta.
. April 3—Georgia. In Athens.
April 5 and 8—Clemson, In Atlanta.
April 12 and 13—Mercer, In Macijn.
header on April 20.
April 25, 28 and 27—Vnnderbllt, In
Nashville.
May 3 and 4—Furman, In Atlanta.
May 10 anti 11—Auburn, In Auburn.
Mny 17 and 18—Georgia, In Atlanta.
Week-Long Session of Poker
Planned by Hew Orleans Sports
By J.,6. A. MAC DONALD.
Now Orioniin, Ln. t Dec. 11—A monster
poker g.iino, which la to run for n week
ton day*. In being planned for this
city for some time right after the com
ing holidays.
For years, "Bob’* Tucker, "Hilly" Odell,
Alphonse Fontlllcu, "Hoi" Lichtenstein mid
other Idg stake gamblers have gathered
here nt some period In the long winter for
a siege of faro and draw.
The "lid* 1 Is off here this winter, nnd
some staggering |H»ker Is !>clng played
nightly at every one of the large down
town hotels and clubs; In fact, poker, Uke
roller skating, is feeing a great revival.
Two 1 o<taI clubs, which could not accom
modate the faro ploy »a*t winter, are now
catering-exclusively to |»okcr devotees.
Thousntuls of dollars change hands weekly
In the big games now running. But the
real great tourney being arranged will be
a corker from all accounts, for a number
of the biggest aud most darlug poker play
ers In the country will participate.
"Jack" Ktnndlsb, who conducted the no-
limit millionaires’ game at Tabu Beach,
last winter, Is promoting the Idea.
Late this week he received a letter from
atogs last August "Bob" Tucker took
down $90,000 In two nights' sitting, saying
he would be on hand anxious to have a
come-back at Tucker, llnrry Stover will
come all the way from Frisco for the
week's piny. Other prospective pnrtlel
pants are "Cap" Bradley, of Ht. Paul,
Minn.; Theo Barrett, of New York, and
"Jake" Sanders, of Toronto, Canada, fa
mous on two continents for their nldllty
with the deck. It Is though#' Stnndlsh’s
Men of a high stake poker carnival for
the foremost professionals of the country Is
uulque.
It has never been done before. The last
real smart gambling New Orleans saw
was two winters ago when’Lichtenstein,
the New York bookmaker, tossed off over
$30,000 In a couple of sittings playing bank
In one of the exclusive down-town clubs.
"Dike" Danahcr, old-time pal of Jcre
Dunn and one of the few of the famous
Mississippi river professional card-playing
brigade of twenty years ago, Is here on
the Job. According to the gossip of the
Nt. Charles hotel corridors, be enjoyed a
tine break at the Dixlamt Club recently,
when he bent the bank for a small for
tune. Never before In the history of win
ter racing In this city have so niauy cel-
ehrst<*l gamblers rendeavoused In town as
Is now the case.
Schopp First Atlanta Player
To Sign Contract For 1907
Chrli Croihjv the profeaalonal toiler
trho will here chnrte of the Atlentn
Young Men’. ChrUtlnn Aaioclatlon'a golf
conne at Piedmont perk during the win
ter, le one of the moet promising of the
fast frowlng clou of American professional
golfers.
Crosby's home Is In Rost Ornnge, N. J.,
nml he lenrnod the game on the many ex
cellent "Jersey” courses.
Boverol years ngo, when a mere boy,
Crosby came to Atlanta to take charge of
tho course of the Atlanta Golf Club at
Tledmont park. He apent nearly two year*
giving lessons, taking care of tbs courts,
and Incidentally Improving his own game.
When he left Atlanta he went to New
York, and there took part In the open
championship over the Van Conrtlnndt park
course. To the surprise of all but hla At
lanta hackers, he made a phenomenally good
■bowing nnd tied for fourth place.
At vnrlous times, Crosby hsa served aa
professional at the Arwlsle Golf Club, of
Newark, the course at Paul Smlth'a In the
Adirondack,, and the Mouth Orange Field
Club.
Thnt Crosby will have a busy winter la
a certainty. Though the Young Slen'a
Christian Aaaoclntlon has a number of ant-
dans gotfen, It also haa aomethlng orn
fifteen hundred tnemben who do not gnl-
but many of whom will bo glad to Iwto
tbs game'.
Crosby will make a moderate char*. f..f
giving lessons, and will probably bnv. ill
he wants to do In that line.
All members of the Young Men’s Clirk-
tlnn Association who wish to piny golf. *
any non-msmbera who wish to secure lb.
privileges of tho course, are ssknl to com
municate with Phyalcal Director Weenie
A small fea will be charged to all player,
In order to defray the expenses of keel
ing np the course.
BRIEF NOTE8 OF SPORT.
Jimmy Callahan haa flooded his hall park
In Chicago and will operate nn Ice skating
rink this winter. Jeetua Is the bury klj
nowadays.
It Is whispered In Colnmbm, Ohio, that
several tempting oBera for llert Blue, ihr
catcher, have been turned down lately.
Perhaps Jack Thoney, of Toronto, will
he back In ltocheater m-it season. A few
’’ears ngo Jsck put In pnrt of a season trltlt
be New York Americans.
New Orleans Is Money Mad;
Fierce Betting on Races
New Orleans. Dec. 18.—The city Is
eeelng a money carnival euch as never
before prevailed here. Deeplte the fact
of no fewer than forty-two book-mak
ers having done business on one single
day last winter when the Fair Grounds
and the City Park plants ran In opposi
tion. there seems to be more money In
circulation now with but one course
operating at a time arid about an aver
age of twenty-five book-makers In line.
The average wager Is larger than last
year.
Undoubtedly "Sam" Hildreth In
missed, but “Bob" Tucker and the Ber-
lew-O'Nelll confederacy Is Infusing a
lot of New York money Into the game.
For a downright, slapdash gambler
on thla winter race-horae proposition
there Is no one like Tucker. He bets
on every race, and he plays them to
the skies. Only that he has enjoyed
one or two good breaks during the mid
dle part of the year he would be broke
now. He la destined to be a power
here this winter. He haa on two books
and controls the running of a well-bal
anced and powerful stable of horses.
Tucker bet aa much as 882,000 In
one afternoon at Saratoga last Augipf.
while he won 828,000 In a day's radnr
at the September meeting at Coney
Island. He bet 84,000 on a 6 to 5choM
early this week and lost.
All the ring professionals nre talking
about the spllt-up between “Billy” Pm>
ter, the Canadian soldier of turf for
tune, and Tucker. Last winter on the
coast they were pals. Porter bet
"Tuck’s" money there and continued
to do ao all through the New York cir
cuit ^hla past summer. Then some
thing happened and the two cronlea
parted. Porter Is at Los Angeles, Cal, *
racing and operating on his ow n ac ;
count. Tucker seems to be lost during
the long evenings without the quaint
Canadian at his elbow.
As usual, “Charley" Celia Is making a
tr hnnlf Pnntrnrv (n (ilA vntlOfinCM
big book. Contrary to the vaporing.-
the Celia enemies, the Arm has but onn
book on. They are not dominating tna^
bourse by any manner of mean.'
require all their Immense wealth and
cunning ability to stay with the hot
pace set by the market Itself.
From every Indication New Orleans
In going to enjoy the hottest money
whirl of Its racing nlstory during tlis
next three months.
DIAMONDS.
The first Atlanta baseball contract
for the season of 1807 has been signed.
A couple of days ago Grant Schopp,
the Ottumwa phenomenon, nelsed his
trusty Waterman In his ponderous
right and shot It across nn Atlanta
contract. Tuesday the contract reach
ed Billy Smith's office.
Very likely several of the other men
who are going to play with Atlanta
next season will soon do likewise. How
ever. there Is usually a little coyness
displayed and now and then a candi
date for a job makes a play for a hold
up salary.
There Is not much trouble along this
line in the Southern. Every manager
has to keep within hailing distance of
the salary limit and he knows Just
about what he can afTord to pay each
of hla men. 8o It Ut generally a case ..f
playing for what the manager offers or
quitting basehail.
Usually the men prefer to play. Cer
tainly they are likely to-ln Atlanta for
the Cracker management la as liberal
with Its men aa the laws of the league
allow.
Ynle students are making war'
against the -smoke shop" speculators
who buy up all the tickets, not only
for the big games, but for "theater
night" as well.
In connection with our busine*s we have added a
stock of DIAMONDS, bought direct from the IM
PORTERS for cash. We propose selling them on a
very close margin of profit, cheaper, perhaps, than
they, can be bought elsewhere, and then, besides, IF
DESIRED. THEY MAY BE PAID FOR IN MONTHLY
INSTALLMENTS.
To the average Young Man or Woman there is no
better INVESTMENT or SAVINGS BANK than the
purchase of a DIAMOND.
ATLANTA DISCOUNT CO.
817-818
The recent heavyweight "champion
ship" fight at Los Angeles was a
.«t range affair. The real champion was
In the ring all right, but as ref free I
and not os; principal, 1
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JOS. N. MOODY, President.
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