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20 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, SATURDAY,. DECEMBER 22,1000. apgssgx; SPORTVILLE DOINGS \mnmmBUTvmm\\ NEVER FELT BETTER IN ANT RACE; M9S9S99##8S9##S9889lJ • |M|a • ■ A ^ | MB a ■ V"*WW fn f BY PERCY H. WHITING. According to Walter Camp, greatest expert on football, tho present football rules give a tremendous chance to light men. Yet strange to say the little men were not used on Southern teams this year when bigger ones could be secured. Nor was it noticed in studying the statistics of the Eastern and Northern teams that they were made up of midgets. W. Camp nnd the rest to the contrary notwithstanding the light man has little chance at football under the present rules and never will.have as long as mass plays into the line are allowed. Not that anybody cares—but just for argument. Reports that Jeffries will meet Johnson still continue to arise. It will surprise all the warm admirers of “Jeff” if he fights John* son. He is known to have drawn the color line and it is likely to take more than $50,000 to budge him. A Jeffries-Johnson fight would be a loud laugh, anyway. If Jeffries sailed right in, as he has a habit of doing, Johnson would last about two rounds. Cornell will hereafter use graduate coaches for the football teams. They are all coming to it. And it happens to be one of the best ways of encouraging pure sport. You givo a man charge of a team, pay him to win, give him unlimited money, let his chances of future employment depend on his producing a winning team—and then expect him to draw the line at professionals, tramp athletes and athletic scholarship. It is a little too much to ask of most of them. Atlantans were loud in their praise of Hobby Walthour when he was grinding away in the six-day race in New York. They call ed him “our Bobby,” and read columns and columns about his doings. On Christmas Day they are going to have a chance to testify in a fitting manner their regard for Atlanta’s great cyclist. Also they are to have a chance to see Walthour pitted against the best pace follower in Europe. Let’s all turn out and make a big thing of it. Princeton has passed a rule that all students who desire to compete in athletics must pass a physical examination which will prove their fitness for the exertions which they nre to undergo. It is the writer’s impression that Harvard has had such a mlo in force for years, and it is a thoroughly commendable one. Tho few serious accidents which happen in college sport nre mainly due to the fact that the man injured was not in physical condition to take part in a strenuous sport, a fact which any doctor could have told him if he had stood n physical examination. Place as Football Official Politely Refused by Atlantan EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING I BELIEVE WE WON BY FIVE LAPS; SURE, I'LL RACE AGAIN NEXT YEAR —BOBBY WALTHOUR Co. jP/ICITOJ SCHEDULE FOR FURMAN TEAM THIRTEEN GAMES ON LI8T | N . CLUDING TWO IN ATLANTA WITH TECH. Btramab. Gs„ Dm. M.-Coach C. n. Wll llama, of Clem ion, arrived ysstcrdsjr from Roanoke, and la coachlns the Savannah football team. "Ilabe" Wllaon, the fnmoua North Carolina Agricultural and Mechan ical balfback, arrived laat night, nnd will play In the gamea on New Venr'e day and Cbrtatmaa hetwaen Forajthc'a All-Southern team and the Savannah team. Wlleon will bt the only non-realdent who will piny on tho Savannah taam, bta aervlcea botng vol untary. Ho baa played In Savannah for throe winter!, and eipecta to get aomo Cna bnntlng while ho la hero. Forsythe. Bnrke, Derrick, Sadler, Mclver, Yancey, Ketron, Crnndell and (event other well-known sten have already gathered In Charleston, when tho all-star team la prac ticing. An effort has been made to get W. R. Tlcheaor, of Atlanta, to officiate In the game. In anewer to a query from the | manager of tho Savannah team, Mr. Ticks- nor wrltoi: “It looka aa If yon fcllowa have cornered all the heat talent, nml I hope no atorm will blow acroaa tho Korea! City lu the neat ten days nnd wipe 'em up. You have the atvelleat bunch hf 2fl0-pouud ten- second men I know of, and I would like to be n epcctntor at the game. "You note I any epertntor. Whit hare you agnlnat nte? Have 1 over done you an Injury, that you should wlah me harm? Ob, no: Tick would rather take hla chancea with a hunch of Chrlatmna Indiana around the Atlanta Athletic Club than to be do ing a hot-foot down the level chert roods of Chatham county. "No, Colquitt, I think this life too pleas ant. I have often run Into tronlda; I have sometimes (ought It; lint I have never gone 100 miles to get Into It. Especially am l averse to such ladles In this tim er pence usd plenty and good will toward mnn. I am galling old. my girl friends tell me, end life crows sweeter day by day. Snare me. kind, rentle, Christian friend, for ii,« sake of auld Inug syne.” Our "Bobby,” who won hla way Into the hearts of thousands of Americana by hla wonderful riding during the Mx- day race laat week, Is home. Called on by The Georgian, he gave the following account of Incidents of the alx-day grind: By ROBERT WALTHOUR. I never felt better or rode better In any previous elx-day race, and Bedell and I could go and get them almost henever we wanted to. I believe that we won the race by five laps, as we gained at least seven or eight during the week. However, when we saw how things were going after having gained nevcral lap* we decided ot keep In the race, but not until the management promised us amounts equaling the first prize. Both Bedell and I made up our minds to glvo these fellows the ride of their lives. And all during the race the boys would beg us to ease up on them. The only regret I have was that these fel lows did not let me win tho 1760 offer by George Consldlne nnd E. It Thomas If Bedell and I would make the lap on Wednesday afternoon. Bedell started the sprint, I picked him up and we both changed pace until I caught the tall-enders nnd had passed the laat man, gaining the lap clear. But Galvin, a rider who had no chance In the race, ran off the track nnd Into one of the trainers and fell. So did our 1760, for the red flag wns poked out. Thin was after we had passed all the riders and had passed Galvin twice. Really his fall did not change or Interfere with our Inp, but we got the worst of the ruling Just the same. Galvin was penalized a lap dur ing this spll|. The officials saw that It was alt right for Galvin to loso n lap, but could not see where we should have had the lap. This was enough to make a fellow quit the race, but Bedell and I were in to win and we rode up to the finish and on Saturday night we gained sev eral laps, but these did not count. We had the satisfaction of making the oth er fellows ride and ride hard. When we were called off to allow the other riders to finish the lost mile, Be del! and I went to our rooms. After the rnco was over there wns tho pa rade of riders, a parade mnde up of those who finished In the seven prizes. The above pictures, taken while the six-day race was in prograss, art of interest to local bika enthusiasts. The racers take their meals literally on the fly, hence the necaceity of the training tabic at the track aids, shown in the upper left hand corner of the picture. At the right are the little daughters of Bobby Walthour, who wac the popular favorita in the race. These little ladies watched the race with a keener interest than any of tha fans who crowded the Garden while it was baing run. At the bottom it James Moran, the best natured man in the race. Here is one of the beet photographs ever taken of Bobby Walthour. ft shows him mounted and bshlndnia big motor. Special to The Georgian. Greenrllle, 8. C„ Dec. ii— Mini... ,, art Jl Dun!!, of’ the Kuna!"“Jf' r baseball team, today announced tbe tofhlw big schedule for tbe team: louen. G?e P en!inT l;, “ r ' r, " J 0f Sou,h I. Green* April 80—’Ertklne college. In Greenville aRh ^rSi offord co, !f ge * ln Spartanliurr .-April 26—cloinaon college, In GreenwooS' (Oratorical coutest.) HW00(J * May 3 and 4—-Georgia Tech in fari 0#0rd col !, eee - *» dre!nvi!l, May 11—Cleiuson college, In Green villa May U—Newberry eclISe lc dStui, BOOZER ANNOUNCES ! NEWBERRY SCHEDULE^ Newberry 8. Dec. 22,-The ached,,I, of gninen for the Newlferry college | )aw ,. [mil team during the coming aenson bin been announced by "Manager T. p. HooKer Thl* schedule contains gomes with mm* of tho strongest teams In the state. There will be other games hr the \,. w berry team 611 the local diamond and at other points. The schedule. Incomplete as follows: March 29—Clinton at Newberry. April 1—University of South Carolina at Newberry. April 9—Wake Forest at Newberry. April 15— Furman nt Newberry. April 28—Cut awl m at Newberry. April 27—Clem son nt Newlx-rry. May 1—Wofford nt Spartanburg. May 9—Wofford at Newberry. May 11—Clinton nt Cllntor. May 12—Furman it Greenville. May 14— Ersklne at Due West. May 15—University of Gsorgla nt Athena. Mny IS— Clctnson at Clemson. Newberry college will this season hart one of. the strongest aggregations of t*al! players In tbe history of tho Institution. Conch Cnhnnlss will put the men through n thorough course of training at tbe esrtlec opportunity. t Short Retirement For Local Fighter. I 1 ! Jack Foy, the local welterweight nnd raid die weight candidate. Is ont of the rin; game for about six mouths. Within a couple of weeks he will be op erated on for appendlctls and he will not take part In any boxing contests for Are or six months afterward*. Slight attack* of appendicitis have put Foy out of the flgkt. Ing game several times and he has now 4> clded to submit to /o operation. FOOTBALL RULE8 MEETING. the teams had ridden around the crowd called for us. Managers Powers came after us and we rode around. Say, wo got the biggest ovation of them all. I could only see n sea of hands and hear a fearful roar of voices. I have had ovatlona In Atlanta and ln Pails nnd Berlin, but this one beat them all. Of course I was glad we finished and glad that we had the crowd with us. Even though we did not win the race, we hud the satisfaction of knowing that at least 17,000 people and all the New York papers were with us ln the same belief that we were really the winners of the race. , r e both felt that while we did not get the title we had the money and all the glory*, which was more than the Inners got. So guess we will not Root and Fogler got a good roasting lose anything by It. from tho 17,000 people, und after all Will 1 ever ride another six-day race? Sure I will. Why, llttlo Root made a statement after the rage that next year If ho rides It will be with me as a team mate. The officials admit that the rules were bad about falls, and I am sure that next year this will be changed so that the trouble ln this race will be removed, and I believe that the next six-day race will be a handicap race which I believe will be better. Yes, my trip abroad this time has been successful from a financial point— of course this Is the point I look nt. While I lost the world’s championship nt Genova, I had the satisfaction of beating tho man who won it many times afterwards and my last race ln Paris wns with Darrangon and for the championship, winner-take-all. I won this easily. ever did and feel as good today, al though only four days after the six- day ride, as I ever did. I think Gulgnard the best rider Ip France today, and his ride of 59 miles and 30 yards in the hour the most won derful ride ever made by any living rider. Then his 107 miles In two hours shows he is of great staying powers. Although not used to riding small tracks like ten-lap tracks, he had good chance last week to get used to them, as he rode exhibitions twice dally, and will train here until Tuesday, when we will have our race. Yes, I nin glad to get back to dear old Atlanta. For there is no place In all the world like it. Paris is fine. Dresden beautiful.* Berlin pretty. Ge neva, Rome, Cologne—all very’ nice, but give me Atlanta and Atlanta people every time. I will be bore several I believe I am riding faster than I moiyh* and then go bick abroad. New York, Dec. 21—At the Murray Hilt hotel today the Intercollegtete football rules committee will bold what will proba bly In? Its Inst meeting, so far as the exist ing committee le concerned. The mretlut l» unlikely to make any changes In th** rules whatever, bat It le probable that the , whole Held will be covered and general rec ommendations pasted. The main question to cotno up Is that of whether or not an other down ehal! be allowed to gain ton yard* or whether a compromise meniur# la not advisable. There la a distinct differ ence of opinion as to whother or not a fourth down shall be allowed. Yet the nh»>- lute Inability of a team to gain ground by any form of straight running hna been so emphasised In games between eleven* ot nearly equal strength that tome relief !« demanded. The question of how to afford that relief le aa Important and persisted aa It at year, when the forward past and on- able kick were Invoked to secure relief. Though l»oth have added to the nttmctlrc- nets of the game, each has failed In Its rent purpone, and the rule makers must consider how they may encourage ground gnlnlnc without returning to the old grinding ■mashing game. Good Things From FORSYTHE’S “ALL-STARS” TRAINING IN CHARLESTON Charleston, 8. C, Dec. 22.—Forsythe, with his team of All-Southern football stars, has arrived here and la training for the games In Savannah Christmas and New Tears days. Secret practice has begun on Sulli van’s Island, and will be continued un til Monday, when the team leaves for Savannah. The average weight of the men Is 178 pounds and the bunch-Is said to be the best professional team ever gathered In the South. Forsythe states that his team Is not representing Charleston. He simply calls it an All-Southern team and trains here for convenience. There are men from eight states on the team. The following will be in,the line-up: Forsythe, Clemson: Hogan Yancey. Kentucky State College; Jocko Hanvey, V. P. L; Crandell, Sewanee; Hope Sadler, Clemson; Derrick, Clemson; Ketron, Georgia; Melver, Clemson; Chaney, Charleston; Hamilton. Nash ville; Wlrts anil Doane, Fort Moultrie. A. A. C. BASKET BALL TEAM READY FOR YALE GAME The stnr basket ball event of the year will take place at the Atlanta Athletic Club gymnasium Saturday night when the A. A. C. team meets the star per formers of Tale, who are on a barn- storming tour of the South. The A. A. C. team is weakened by the absence of Brine and Hoyt, but can be depended upon to play good basket ball. Y.M. C. A. Team The first games of the second series of basket ball at the local Toung Men’s Christian Association were played Friday night. The winners were the M’s and the A’s. The scores were: M’s, 24: T’s. 18. A’s, 18: Cs, 17. The game between the Cs nnd the A’s was the closest of the series. At the end of the second half the score was s tie—16 to 16. The Cs scored s at Basket Ball the first point, on a try after a foul, but soon after the A’s pitched a field goal and won the game. The Y’s put up a wonderfully good game, especially considering that they were crippled by the absence of a cou ple of their best men. The standing of the teams follows: • Played. Won. Lost. P. C. M’s 4 3 1 .750 C*s 4 2 2 .300; A’s 4 2 2 .500 1 Y’s * l 3 .250 City Park*s Fight on Newspaper Men May End in Disaster for Both Tracks By J. 8. A. M’DONALD. New Orleans, La., Dec. 22.—Though the local turf war la supposed to be a thing of the past, there yet remains amp!* evidence of an undying bitter ness existing which will only disappear when the men presently associated with the Crescent City Jockey Club and the City Park Jockey Club have passed to the great beyond. Just now the City Park management has directed a lire against the newspaper correspondents who espoused the Fair Grounds and the Western Jockey Club In the light on Corrigan and the American Turf Association for the last two seasons. During the fortnightly session of racing at City Park, which terminated this afternoon, five prominent turf writers were refused the courtesies of the course. “They did us dirt lost year and they can lump It now,” explained one of the City Park executives a feu- days ago when the dub’s action first became known. Being a public insti tution In the eyes of the law, the Cor rigan people were not able to keep off the scribes from the track side, but they did make them pay their 11.50 each day. Naturally a atorm devel oped, the incident being the moat wide ly. discussed topic ln local racing cir cles for many days* From what can be learned of the in side trend of the City Park policy, Jt appears that Edward Corrigan, who still controls the.majority stock of the new club—notwithstanding reports to NAT KAISER A CO. _ CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 15 Decatur SL Kimball House I Bargains in Unredeemed Diamonds. tho contrary—told hla personal repre sentative In the councils of the organi zation—President D. J. Barnes—to withhold complimentary press badges from the reporters who ’’had written mean things about City Park last year during the tight In their respective pa pers.” Acting on this Instruction Barnes Informed the offending scribes of the necessity of “putting up” at the box office should they desire to attend City Park, either ln the capacity of a casual spectator or a reporter. The en tire staff of one well-hated local news paper was barred through the meeting and its editor was further Informed that should it print “scurrilous or dis torted matter concerning City Park In the future Its representatives, whether they paid their way In or not, would be deprived of the press stand and other courtesies.” In the meantime thl* newspaper la planning a vigorous cam paign of retaliation, the ultimate effect of which may be the closing up «f both City Park and the Fair Grounds, (or the Journal Is making Ita play » lon * dangerous lines. For Instance, It I* raising an outcry against the frenzy ■ the New Orleans women for race track gambling. During the City Park meet ing, ending today, thousands of women of Indiscriminate character could Jj* seen In a dally gambling revel In tn* grand Hand. Worst of all, these nom en, professional followers of the m”- were permitted to Intermingle fr**ji through all sections of the grand stano. H. W. Brown Is Champion of Indoor Athletes of A. A. Club H. W. Brown Is again the all-round athletic champion of the Atlanta Ath letic Club. Brown won this title Fri day night in the annual Indoor ath letic contest ln which there were four teen contesantli. Brown’s score was 48 out of a pos sible 50. In every event but the half; mile potato race he accomplished the maximum called for by the conditions of the contest. In the three standing broad jumps he made 29 feet, 1 inch; In the rope climb he went 29 f ef,t * Inches; In the running high Jump cleared 6 feet, and he lifted the im pound bar bell twenty times. In tM half-mile potato race he could not J the distance in the inquired time. »■ Joe Colquitt made the best time In tn potato race, 3:19. H. P. Osborn equalled Mr. B r ’" n mark of 29 feet, « Inches in the r climb and a number of the rente ant! put up the 85-pound bar the qufred number of times. H. P. Osborn finished second In ' contest with 411-2 points nnd Joe qultt was third with 39 1-9 poima