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12 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1906. 0000000 o 00000000000 ooooooo O 0 O $50,000 PURSE DOES 0 O NOT INTEREST NELSON. 0 O 0 O Boston. Mass.. Deo. 24—Bat- 0 O tllng Nelson In somewhat disturb- 0 O ed over the statement that he was 0 O anxious to have Tex Rickard hang 0 0 up another 450.000 for a bout with 0 0 OflJiS and declared that nothing O vO short of a $75,000 purse from 0 O Rickard would coax hlin to fight O 0 In Goldfield. 0 6 0 000O0OOO0O0000000000000000 VALE TEAM LATE? NO REGULAR GAME The Yale basket ball team, which was scheduled to play the Atlanta Athletic Club team In their gymnasium Satur day night, did not show up. Lute rail road trains put them so far behind their schedule that they did not reach Atlanta until Sunday. A game was played Saturday night after It became evident that the Yale team would not bo on hand, between the Atlanta Athletic Club team and a picked team. Tho regulars won by a score of 47 to 2t. The line-up follows: Athletic Club. Picked Team. Doonan forward Mitchell Thornton forward Green Rappole center Phillips Brlne-Colqultt. quarter Walsh FlUslmmons.... guard Daniel GANNON GOES ABROAD. -N t ew Orleans, La., Dec. 24.—Jockey W. Gannon has signed a contract to ride for one of the Russian Imperial stables. He Is to receive $8,000 for his riding. Eddie Dominick, the Jockey, is now at New Orleans, and Is working hard to get In shape for the 2-yeur-olcl races which will begin after the first of the year. He weighs 116 pounds, but ex pects to get down to 112 before the end of the month. A Merry Christmas to Everybody Fred S. Stewart & Company, 6 Peachtree Street—On the Viadact. WALTHOUR AND GUIGNARD TO MEET IN COLISEUM The prise sporting event of Christ mas afternoon will be the motor-puced race In the Coliseum between Bobby Walthour and Gulgnurd. Walthour Is the best pace follower of America. Gulgnard Is the best man behind the big motors In Franco, consequence their meeting Is an event of International Importance. Tho only reason that It takes place In Atlanta Is that this city Is Walthour’s home. Gulgnard Is not the expert on In door tracks that Walthour Is, but ho got a lot of practice in New York, rid ing exhibitions during the six-day race, and can be counted on to do some fancy stunts around the easy Coliseum curves. In addition to the “big show,” the conditions of which are "best two three, five-mile heats,’* there will be some good amateur races. New York, Dec. 24.—Charles St. Clair has denied the reports that ho wus knocked out by Sailor Burke In a six- round private fight held at Rotan Grove, on the sound, Thursday night, lie declares that Burke has yet to dis posed of him In six rounds, and that he spent Thursday night with some friends in Brooklyn. St. Clair believes Burke's opponent was a "ringer," who had nssiimed his name for the ocenslon. NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS inHIHHHHIlHIHiniMIHHHIMHUIIMItHHUIMNHMIlMlIIIIIHIHHHHMHMINIHIHIHHI The “views” tank is slightly congealed today dne to the recent nnti-ealorie movement of the temperature market and what we present this morning will be neither "news” nor “views”—just a few partly-frozen thinks. How ^pould anybody he supposed to have any "views,” or anything ’else but cold feet, in weather like thisf A trifle more of it, however, and Atlanta will be treated to a little skating, which sport is eminently appropriate at this time of year. It was a piece of hard luck that the Yale basketball team and the basketball fans of the Atlanta Athletic Club had to be dis appointed by the inability of the Yale team to reach the city in time for the game scheduled for Saturday night. However any team that takes its chances with the railroads around Christmas time ought t <> allow about 24 hours leeway between each game, plus the time it ought to take them to reach tho point toward which they are headed. Hitless Contests Scarce With Majors This isn't the loveliest weather in the world for indoor bike riding in the Coliseum, but the cycle fans of the city ought to for got the recent downfall of the mercury and turn out in force to see Hobby Walthour mid finiguard race Christmas afternoon. This will 1h> a star racing event and in addition it ought to be made a sort of “Walthour benefit”—not that Bobby needs the money, but because the people in Atlanta want some way to express their appreciation for the fastest and pluckiest rider who ever went into a six-day race. Or into apy other, for that matter. Let us not forget in the midst of this gladsome Christmas season that the annual knock-down and drag-out of the Southern League takes place in Birmingham Saturday. As far as indica tions point right now the affair will be as pleasant and peaceful as a church sociable. And yet— Any session which contains at the same time William Kav- atmugh, Mike Finn. Charley Frank. Billy Smith and Harry Vaughn is liable to break loose with fireworks, band concerts anil trouble at any stage of the game. FOOTBALL TEAMS CLASH ON CHRISTMAS MORNING Here lx part of what The Hportlug News tins to say nhoiit the few-lilt exhibitions of the year: "No Johnsonlte pitched n hltles context, although the White Sox could not place a halt In wife territory In a live-round con text played with the Athletic* August 1». when Dygert and Waddell were operating mi the rubber. Through the wild non* of the New Orleans recruit, and a timely error by Jack Knlglit, Jones' Juvenile* scored three times, nnd In the never- recorded xlxth Inning, which rain obliterat ed from the reconlx, they secured n pair of safeties off the Butler, l’n„ Ruin*. There were thirteen eontexts In which teams went down for oiie lone swat, two of these being curtailed contests of six rounds. Of the complete contexts of this character, Kd Walsh nnd Harry Wright each twirled two, and these men had one: Hess, Glade, llogg, Orth, Pelty, Waddell nud IMneen. All these men, except White and Orth, whitewashed their opponents, the Athletics scoring once against the Chicagoan and the Chicago* once against the New Yorker. Orth had hard luck, for he lost his game- a 1 to 0 affair—without the oue lilt se cured off his delivery figuring In the scor ing proceedings, inNpIay* by William* nnd Chase Mi nding his team down to defeat. Hits In the ninth Inning by Harry Beinls. on May «. anti by Jack Hayden, on Au gust 3, prevented Ed Walsh from pitching two no-lilt contests, nnd a drive lu the Inst peri oil of piny by Jack Cooiubs. on Hep- temher 25, put a crimp lu the aspirations In this direction of Otto Hess. Contrari wise. lu the game with Detroit, on May 17, It was n tiny hunt by Cobb, the first Tiger batter In the Initial inning, that prevented Wndilell from keeping his oppo nents' base lilt column full of ciphers. , Many Two-Hit Contests. "There were seventeen contests* In which teams had merely a pair of safe drives. Fourteen of these were full-time events, one ran ten Innings, nnd two were of less than regulation length. Eddy I'Innk hooked up with Hill Donovan In a pitchers’ struggle on July 12. each t wirier holding his op- (Mineiits to two hits, nnd victory fell to the lot of the Quaker—2 to 1—although nel- ther drive made off the Tiger twirler had anything to do with the run-getting. Hut luck was not with Muck's reliable south- paw on August 8, when ho retired the White Sox for two hits In ten Innings, he then lotting a 1 to 0 battle when a pass to George Davis was followed by n drive to deep center for three cushions by Pat Dougherty. Two notable two-hit contests twirled by young pitchers were the gam*'* of August 25 (Clarkson, against the hard hitting Clevelands) and September 3*) (Kroh against St. Louis), fu the last mentioned event the Boston pitcher, n recruit from the New York State longue, made his American League debut and blinked tho Browns. Tom Jones making one of tin lids and Georg* Htone the oilier. In National Laagua. "In the National league two pitchers sent their opponents down the Valley of Defeat without hit or run. Lush, the Philadelphia left-hander, turned the trick against Brook lyn oil May 1. the Huperbas getting four men on base—three on (Misses and one on an error. On July 20 Eason of Brooklyn, tt pitcher who had been released by the Chi cago and Boston Nationals and the Detroit Americans, kept the Ht. Louis base hit column empty, three of the Curdlnnl* lin ing passed to first nud another reaching the Initial cushlou on a mlspluy. In three other contests—two of seven Innings and one of six—teams 'did not make hits, Wti-1 mer, McGlynn and Weltner officiating. Young’* Good Record. Of tho fifteen one-hit games, three wvr* of less than regulation length, while on- lasted ten Innings. Cy Young the Second twirled three games lu which his np|M»n«*nt» bail but one bit, hJs victims Mug th* Brooklyn* twice and Phillies once. M«r- dccal Brown twice,held the Pittsburg* t» one hit, the other pitchers credited with one-hit games being px follows: Lush. Tai lor, Reiilbach, Difleld, Luther, Hparka. Ames and Pfcister. The last named di posed of the llrooklyns In this Heptemlier 25 lu ten Innings. A rcinarknl contest was that played. on the morning July 4. between Chicago and llttsborj each team making one hit. Brown a L*ifield being the slabinen. Chicago wm 1 to 0. On Heptemlier 6 the man from l .Mo/ries was again Brown’s vis-a vis In « contest, the hits this time being one f Pittsburg and seven for Chicago. Prubot, Cincinnati discard, on June 3 kept the lb from tanking more thttu one safe drive seven Innings while pitching for St. I/»uli. Th# Two-Hit Contests. The r«*cords reveal slxteeu contests which tennis had only a pair of safeties one of which was a seven-inning affdr. Fred Ileehe, formerly of Chlcag< Ht. Louis, one of the big finds of tin* year, pitched three of these games, and his time team mate, Carl Lumlgren, two. i lucky Bob Bicker pitched a two-hit jp against the Hostoux, August 3. and l- for after Davy Brain had singled In tb sixth Inning the tall Iloosler neglected tell Slugger Bates not to hit the ball of the h»t. Iti the two-bit contest twtrW by Collegian Lmidgreii on October 1 nga*“' Philadelphia not one of the Quaker* ** left on base, for the Cubs fielded I' 1 or £j} f less fashion, nud. moreover. sudden’ death the two PhllUei reached the cushions In safety. i„ swiff Gossip About the Jockeys at New Orleans Good Things From fa The Innovation of a Christmas morn ing football game will be the treat of fered to Atlunta football fans Tuesday. At tl o’clock the All-Stars nml the Atlanta Athletic Club teams will get together in a game which ought to be fast nnd furious. Coach Helsrnnn !s confident that his nen will put up u good showing. "My team will surprise the public.” he said. They knov u lot of football and they will show It In the game. I look for i real good content.” "I hope," added the Tech coach, "to make such a success of the Christmas game that we will be Justified In trying T ajfalu New Year’s day, and that these games will lead the way to the organization of an Atlanta team which will play games next winter with the teams representing Havannah and Charleston.” The line-up will be: All-Stars. Position. Ath. Club. McLeod. 1. e. Strong. 1. e. Sliumons, l. t. Johnson, I. t. Tuscany, l. g Cunningham, I. g. Quarles, c. .. Thrash, c. Tolbert, r. g Brown, r. g. Reid, r. t Fitzsimmons, r. t. F. Ison and Bates, r. e. . .Thornton, r. e. Beene (Captain), q Murphey, q. Merril. I. h. . .Spence and M. Smith. L h. Jim Ison, r. h Gregg, r. li. llogg, Vo. „ .. . .Brine( Captain). n» By J. 6. A. MACDONALD. New Orleans, La.. Dec. 24.—Among the Jockeys Hmn Hildreth Is regarded ns the hardest taskmaster for whom they must serve. On the other hand. Bob Tucker, the owner-pliinger-bookmaker, is styled an “easy l»oss." It was little of a surprise then When Hildreth let out Jockey Knapp at Oak land. Cal., the very first time ”111 g Bill" spolbsl the porridge through a bad ride n the buck of King's Gem. However, tin lews of the falling out of "Bob" Tucket amt "Dave" McDaniel, the father ami mentor of Jockey "Pnddln’ " McDaniel, here at Pity Park last week occasioned no end of talk nnd conjecture. Little McDaniel came down here from Washington. D. C.. waxing In the glory of a very successful season at Bennlng. Tucker engaged him for the Near Orleans season. Everything went along very nicely un til McDaniel rode Hally Preston for ’Tuck” in the preliminary derby for 2-year-olds on Hatunlsy. Prcrulter 8. Tucker’s New York ngetit, •'Maxey" Bbmienfhal. put down s $5,000 commission In the New York pool room circuit on Hally, Tncker very wisely concluding that If he did not l**t In the Fair Grounds ring the price would soar ngslii«t his mare. nnd. of course, his •S.ufirt would go on at nil Inflated quota- ttoi mas holiday killing. Before going down to the post. Tucker cant lotted McDaniel to "get off a I tore all things." Imagine the owner’s frame of mind when lie ob served McDaniel nml Hally Preston stand ing ns motionless as a bronze statue ns lhide let go tho Imrrtvr. Sally tent never In the limit. Fantastic won tin* event, Afterwards Tucker said Ills horse had out worked Fantastic, nnd with anything like a fair break she should have beaten the Hcrlew O’Nell filly. Shortly afterwards the McDaniels and Tucker engaged In a lengthy conference, the abrogation of the Jockey’s contract being the upshot thereof. McDnnJel is one of the freak Joe keys. He came east two years ago with n record quite as brilliant ns that of "Marvelous" Miller. Then he suffered a slump nnd lost ont to the strong* stable of Juftic* tt. Keene, where he held a lucrative contract. Since then little was heard of him until this autumn, when he showed signs of coming up to the expectation* hi* per formances at Dhi Angeles. Cal., justified. It would appear that McDaniel suffers from "too much dgddy," ns his father has nude the youth overcautious nnd scary lie new throws up a leg l.tit the parent Is at fils saddle side (touring out admo nitions concerning Jams, tight spueezes and the short turnx-o bad practice. f or , t Vises for n rider ih.* nerve am! outrage so essential to attaining success In almost any undertaking. Apropos of Hildreth nml Tucker [* tw story the owners here are telling • ter Jennings, mvtier nnd trainer «’f F^P* er, who la racing In Cnllf»rni: Dings developed "Darkey" WIM* summer about the New York cour degree of proflelency where th** commenced to say. Williams ranked the grentest race rider since th* Isaac Murphy. Williams had I • ' J1 ''' fairly well uutll a fortnight ri«c» he commenced to take on weight rnte of n couple of pounds a d:i) ly Jennings turned him loose as less. "This darkey could have made a f*‘ rtnB# next summer around New York, bet prefers tho little black gin dared Jennings In explaining b!« dr 1 * 1 actions. As u mutter of fact, few owners, trainer# or Joe keys are ft*'" 1 withstand turf prosperity. Intetsi-*** has beeu the undoing of nearly "H lh J** ' eessful negro race-track celebrltM the last twenty years. Final* n-ftk* NAT KAISER A CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 15 Decatur SL Kimball Bargain* in Unredeemed Diamo««* r.vAv.v.v.-.v.-.v.*.—v.v.v.v.-.v.v.v.-.v.v.-.-.-v.v.-.-*.--.v.-.v.---.-.ttitt-*v.ttiittw.wuuiittittiiuuHttttttiiUttinnti umutMunnt:;!:::::::, Some Just-Before-Christmas Sporting News EDITED BV PERCY H. WHITING, j BUCK FOSTER WILL SCRAP GREENVILLE'S FIGHTING FIRE- MAN WILL TACKLE THE FORT WAYNE WONDER. Ing a match for F. W. Foster, better known as "Buck" Foster, the Fighting Fireman. It Is likely that Foster will be matched wirh <)e Dioliin. tho Fort W tty no. Did., heavyweight. IMclim’s Interests here are looked after by S. Ventura nnd Jack Foy, mid they will get In communication with him an anon ns fxwtlble. "Buck" Foster Is the msn who recently C ut "Dummy" Wall out of business. He i the foreman of a hose company In Green- vllle nnd Just at present he Is doing busi ness with 216 pounds of beef, bone and fat. In fighting trim he weighs n bit over 185. Dfehni cleaned up everything In his class around Fort Wayne, nnd. though be cannot fight nt more than 175 to Iso. will no doubt concede the extra weight to Foster. Dlehtn wiis formerly trained mid managed by 8. DE MVND, RAINEY’S EXPENSIVE PLA YTHING On* of th* fow really groat two* yoar*ofde of tho paet ooaaon wao DeMund, tho youngator which coat the Rainey’a a pot of money. Paul Ralnay put up $45,000 for tho oolt and hardly got it back dur ing the (taoon. If tho oolt dovolopa into a good 3-year-old, however, he will bo worth a coupla of time* what ha coat, and maybe more. The picture ehowa the colt with Jack Martin up. No Time To Argue Don't Need to Anyway, If It’s Shoes—This Is the Place $3.50 $4.00 $5.00