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12 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1906. f .\^V.V.\\\7.7.V.7.\\V.\\V.\\V.V.V.V.V.V.V.\V.V.V.V^ r Some Jusf-Before-Chrisfmas Sporting News EDITED BY ! PERCY H. WHITING. I BUCK FOSTER WILL SCRAP GREENVILLE'S FIGHTING FIRE. MAN WILL TACKLE THE FORT WAYNE WONDER. ? Inga match fur 1\ W. I’nstcr. hettc an “Buck” Foster, the Fighting Fireman. It la likely that Foster will he matched With Oe I richm. the Fort Wayne, fnd., heavy freight. Dichm'x liitcrontK here are lookd after hy H. Ventura and Jack Foy, and they will get In communication with hltn 118 «Oon 88 |K)X8ihle. “Buck” Foster la the man who recently put ”1 tummy" Wall out of I.tininess. lie la the foreman of a hoae company In Green- vllle and just at preeent he la doing busi ness with 2W potmda of Iteef, l*one and fat. In fighting trim he weigh a a Idt over 185. Dlehtn cleaned up everything In hla class around Fort Wayne, and. though he cannot fight at more thnn 17'» to l.so. will uo doubt concede the extra weight to Foster. Plehm erly trained and managed by *8. DE MUND, RAINEY’S EXPENSIVE PLA YTHING 00000000000000000000000000 O 0 0 $50,000 PURSE DOES 0 O NOT INTEREST NEL80N. O O 0 0 Bnxion. Mass., Dec, 24—Bat- 0 O tllnu Nelaon la nom.whot disturb- O O «J tvrr the staterm-nt that ho was 0 0 anxious tn havo Tex Rickard ham? O 0 up another $50,000 for a bout with O 0 Gai.a and declared that nothing 0 O short of a $75,000 purse from 0 0 Rickard would coax him to light 0 O in Goldflold. 0 O O 0OOOO000000C0000O0O0 O0000O YALE TEAM LATE; NO REGULAR GAME The Yale basket hall team, which wa« scheduled to play the Atlanta Athletic Club team in their gymnnslum Satur day night, dhl not show tip. Late 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 tho Yale team would not he on hnnd, between the Atlanta Athletic Club team and a picked team. Tile regulars won by a score of $7 to 21. The line-up follows: Athletic Club. Picked Team. Doonan forward Mitchell Thornton forward Green Rappole center Phillips Brlnc-Colqultt. qunrter Walsh Fitzsimmons.... guard Daniel One of the few really great two- yoar-olda of tho past asason was OsMund, ths youngster which oost tho Rainty’s a pot of monoy. Paul Ralnoy put up $45,000 for tho eolt and hardly got it back dur ing the season. If the eolt develops Into a good 3-year-old, however, ho will bo worth a oouplt of timoe what ho cost, and maybe more. The picture ahowe the eolt with Jack Martin up. GANNON GOES ABROAD. New Orleans, La., Dec. 24.—Jockey W. Gannon has signed a contract to ride for one of the Russian Imperial stnblrs. lie Is to receive $8,000 for hla riding. Eddie Dominick, the Jockey* Is now at New Orleans, and Is working hard to get In shape for the 2-year-old races which will begin after the first of the year. He weighs H6 pounds, but ex- WALTHOUR AND GUIGNARD TO MEET IN COLISEUM The prize kporting event of Chriat- maa afternoon will be the motor-paced race In the Coliseum between Bobby Walthour and Gulgnanl. Walthour Is tho best paco follower of America. Oulgnard la the beat man behind the big motors In France. In consequence their meeting Is an event of International Importance. The only reason that It taken place in Atlnnta Ih that thin city Is Walthour’H home. Gulgnarrt In not the expert on in door tracks that Walthour in, but he sot a lot of practice In New York, rld- lpg exhibitions during the six-day race, and cun be counted on to do some fancy stunts around the easy Coliseum cur vos. In addition to the "big show," the conditions of which are "best two In three, five-mile heats," there will be some good amateur races. New York, Dec. 24.—Charles St. Clair has denied the reports that he was knocked out by .Sailor Burke In n six- round private fight held at Ilotnn Grove, on the sound, Thursday night. He declares that Burke has yet. to dis posed of him In six rounds, nnd that he spent Thursday night with some friends In Brooklyn. Ht. Clair believes Burke's opponent was a "ringer," who had ussumed Ills nume for the occasion. , I NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS IHIHIKMIMHItHIIIMHtHHtHHHHMMttHHMHmiMHHHtMMIMHIHIHMIHHHHlMItMHI The “views” tank is slightly congealed todny due to the recent anti-calorie movement of the-temperature market and what we present this morning will he neither “news” nor “views’’—just a few partly-frozen thinks. ' How could anybody be supposed to have any “views,” or anything else but cold feet, in weather like this 1 A trifle more of it, however, nnd Atlanta will be treated .to a little skating, which sport is eminently appropriate at this time of year. It wns a piece of hard luck that the Yale basketball team and the basketball fans of the Atlanta Athletic Chib 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 to allow about 24 hours leeway between each game, plus the time it ought to take them to reach the point toward which they are headed. This isn’t the loveliest weather in the world fop indoor bike riding in the Coliseum, but the cycle fans of the city ought to for get the recent downfall of the mercury nnd turn out in force to see Hobby Walthour nnd Guignnrd race Christmas afternoon. This will he n star racing event and in addition it ought to bo made n sort of “Walthour benefit”—not that Bobby needs the money, but beenuse the people in Atlnnta want some way to express their appreciation‘for the fastest and pluckiest rider who ever went into a six-day race. Or into any other, for that matter. mtmt No Time To Argue Don't Need to Anyway, If It’s Shoes—This Is the Place $3.50 $4.00 $5.00 $3.50 $4.00 $5.00 A Merry Christmas to Everybody Fred S. Stewart & Company, 6 Peachtree Street—On the Viadjct. Hitless Contests Scarce With Majors Let ns not forget in the midst of this glndsome Christinas season that the annual knock-down nnd drag-out of the Southern League takes place in Birmingham Saturday. As far as indica tions point right now the affair will he as pleasant and peaceful ns a church sociable. And yet—- Any session which contains at the same time William Kav- nnaugh, Mike Finn, Charley Frank, Billy Smith and Harry Vaughn is liable to break loose with fireworks, hand concerts and trouble nt any stage of the game. FOOTBALL TEAMS CLASH ON CHRISTMAS MORNING Here la part of what Tho Sporting Nows has to say about the few*hlt exhibitions of tho year: ••No Johnsnulte pitched n hltles .contest, although the White Nox could not plate a ball In safe territory In a five-round con test played with the Athletics August 29, when Dygert and Waddell were operating on the rubber. Through the wildness of the New Orleans rocrnlt. and n timely error by Jack Knight. Jones' Juveniles scored three times,' nnd lu the never- recorded sixth Inulng, which rain obliterat ed from the records, they secured a pair of safeties off the Butler. I»n., BuIh*. There were thirteen contests In which teams went down for one lone swat, two of these tiefng curtailed contests of six rounds. Of the complete contests of this character, Ed Walsh a ud Harry Wright each twirled two, and these men had one: Hess, Glade, Hogg, Orth, Pelty, Waddell nnd Dfueen. All these men, except White nnd Orth, whitewashed their opponents, tlio Athletics scoring once ngntnst the Chleagoon and the Chtengos once against the New Yorker. Orth had hard luck, for he lost his game— a 1 to 0 affair—without the one hit se cured off bis delivery figuring in the scor ing proceedings, mlsplnys by Williams nml Chase sending bis team down to defeat. Hits In the ninth Inning by. Harry Bends, on May it, and by Jack Hayden, on Au gust 3, prevented Ed Walsh from pltcblug two no-hlt contests, nml a drive In the Inst period of play by Jack Coombs, on Sep tember 25, put ft crimp In the aspirations In this direction of Otto Hess. Contrari wise. In the game with Detroit, on May 17. It was n tiny bunt by Cobb, the first Tiger bntter In the Initial Inning, that prevental Waddell from keeping hls oppo nents' base hit column full of ciphers. Many Two-Hit Contaata. "There were seventeen contests In which teams hail merely a pair of safe drives. Fourteen of these were full-time events, one ran ten Inulngs, nnd two were of less thnn regulation length. Eddy Blank hooked up with Bill Donovan In a pitchers' struggle on July 12, each twlrler holding hls op ponents to two hits, nnd victory fell to. the lot of the Quaker—2 to 1—although nei ther drive made off the Tiger twlrler had anything to do with the run-getting. But luck wi.s not with Mack’s reliable south- pair on August #, when he retired the White Hnx for two hits In ten Innings, he then losing ft 1 to 0 battle when a pass to George Davis wns followed by a drlv to deep center for three cushions by Put Dougherty. Two notable two-hit contests twirled by young pitchers were the games of August 26 (Clarkson, against the hard- hitting Clevelands) and September 36 (Kroh against St. Iamls). In the last mentioned event the Boston pitcher, a recruit from the New York State league, made hit American League debut nnd blanked til** Browns, Tom Jones making one of tho hit* and Georg* Stone ihc other* 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 ngnlnst Brook lyn oil May 1. the Superbns getting four men on bast 1 —three on passes nnd one on an error. On July 20 Kna.m of Brooklyn, n pitcher who had lieen released bv the Chi cago and Boston Nationals und the Detroit Americans, kept the St. Louis base lilt column empty, three of the Cardinals he. * g passed to first aud another reaching ic Initial cushion on a niisphty. In three other contests—two of seven Innings and of six—teuuis did not make hits, Web nier, McGlynn and Welmer official In*. Young's Good Record. Of the fifteen one lilt games, three of less than regulation length, while ok lusted ten tunings. Cy Young the twirled three games In which hls opp.nn had but one hit, hls victims Mug tie Brooklyns twice and Phillies mice. >1 decal Brown twlco held the Pittsburg* one hit, the other pitchers credited w one-hit games being ns follows: Lush, Tn; lor, ileulharh, Lelflehl. Luther. Spark' Auies nml Pfelster. The last named die posed of the Urooklyns In this Meptemtier 25 In ten Innings. A retnarkal- contest wns that played on the morulas July 4, between Chicago and Pittsburg each team making one hit. I*n Lelflehl being the slftbmen. Chicago oron- 1 to 0. On September 6 the man fn Moines was again Brown's vls-n-rJs contest, the hits this time being • Pittsburg and seven for Chicago. Prubof. Cincinnati discard, on June 3 kept tin* Bel* from making more than one safe drive la seven Innings while pitching for St. Louis. The Two-Hit Contests. The r<*cords reveal sixteen contest* which tennis had only a pair of safeth* of which wai n seven-Inning tffato Fred Beebe, formerly of Chicago, n«o 8t. Louis, one of the hlg finds of tin* ; pitched three of these games, and hi* time team mate, Carl Lundgren, two. lucky Bill* Wicker pitched a two-bit against the Bostons. August 3. ami l«»t > • for after Davy Brain had singled In tb sixth Inning the tall Hoosler neglected «’ tell Hluggcr Bates not to bit the ball of the lot. In the two-bit contest twtrj-r by Collegian I.midgron on October 1 sgatw Gossip About the Jockeys at New Orleans Good Things From The Innovation of a Christmas morn ing football game will be the treat of fered to Atlanta football fans Tuesday., At 11 o'clock the All-Stars and the Atlanta Athletic Club teams will get together in a game which ought to he fast nnd furious. Coach Heisman Is confident that hls men will put up a good showing. "My team will surprise the public,'' he said. They know a lot of football and they i will show ir In the game. I look for ».« real, good contest.** ♦ “I hope,” added the Te»*h coach, "to make such a success of the Christmas | game that we will be justified In trying 'l again New Year's day, and that these games will lead the way to the organization of an Atlanta team which wilt play games next winter with the teams representing Savannah and Charleston.” The line-op will be: All-Stars. Position. Ath. Club. McLeod, l. e ..Strong, 1. e. Simmons. L t Johnson, I. t. Tuscany. I. g Cunningham. L g. Quarles, Thrash, c. Tolbert, r. g. Brown, r. g. Held. r. t. Fitzsimmons, r. t. F. Ison nnd Bates, r. e. . .Thornton, r. e. B«*ene (Captain), q Murphey. q. Merrfl. I h. . .Spence and M. Smith. I. h. Jim Ison, r. h Gregg, r. It. Hogg, fb . .Urine ( Captain), fh flMHMMMMHHinHHMHMHMIUMMHI By J. 8. A. MACDONALD. New Orleans, La.. Deo. 24.—Among the jockeys Sam Hildreth Is regarded as the hardest taskmaster for whom they must serve. On the other hand. Bob Tucker, the owner-pluuger-bookmnker, is styled an "easy boss.” It wns little *of a surprise then when Hildreth let out Jockey Knapp nt Oak land. Cal., the very first time "Big Bill'* s|»oiled the porridge through a laid ride the hack of King's (Jem. However, the news of the falling out of "Bob*' Tucker and "Dave" McDaniel, the father nnd mentor of Jockey "Puddln* '* McDaniel, here at City Park last week occasioned no end of talk nnd conjecture. Little McDaniel came down here from Washington, D. C., waxing In the glory of. n very successful season nt Benulng, Tucker engaged him foP the New Orleans season. Everything went along very nicely un til McDaniel rode Hally Preston for “Tuck” In the preliminary derby for 2-year-oldy on Saturday, December It. Tucker's New York ng**nt, “Maxey" Bluuieuthal, put down a 16.000 commission lu the New York pool room circuit on Hally. Tucker very 1*011. The filly bad worked well, and every-1 thing atm*! tn ttjfide pie order for a Christ-' mas holiday killing. Before going down to the post, Tucker cautioned McDaniel to "got off above all things.” Imagine the' owner’s frame of mind when he ob served McDaniel nnd Hally Preston stand ing ns motionless ns n bronze statue ns Dade let go the lmrrlep. Sally wns never In the hunt. Fantastic won the ev Afterwards Tucker said bis horse had out worked Fantastic, nnd with anything like a fair break she should have t»entou the Berlew-O'Nell filly. Shortly afterwards the McDaniel* nnd Tucker engaged In a lengthy conference, the abrogation of the jockey’s contract Mug the ii|>shot thereof. McDaniel Is one of the freak jockeys. He came.cast two years ago with n record quite as brilliant as that of ''Marvelous'' Miller. Then he suffered a slump nnd lost out to the strong stable of James R. Keene, where he held a lucrative contract. Hlnee then little was heard of him until this nutuiun. when he showed signs of coining up to the expectations hls per formances at Los Angeles. Cal., justified. It would appear that McDaniel suffers from "too much daddy,” as hls father has made the youth overcautious nml scary "‘Tn* "P,* '•** »>»* Hi- I»»nt is nt hls saddle sub* pouring out admo nitions concerning Jama, tight sptteezes ft „.t the short turn*—a bud practice, for It loses for a rider the nerve rund emtrage so essential tu attaining success j Q almost any undertaking. Apropos of Hildreth nnd Tucker l* fC story the owners here are telling of ' Val ' ter Jennings, owner and trainer of er, who Is racing In California ulngs developed "Darkey” Willin' 1 * summer ntxmt the New York course; degree of proficiency where tin* 't |f commenced to sny Williams the greatest race rider since tli*j Isaac Murphy. Williams bad ' fairly w**li until a fortnight si"’ be comtncuced to take oil weight at f rate of a couple of pouuds a * ly Jennings turned him loose less. "This darkey could have made a f ,,rtu “* next summer around New York, hut prefers the little black fin bottle. * dared Jennings lit explaining bis ,,rai ' actions. As a matter of fact, few owner#, trainer# or Jockey# are withstand turf prosperity. Inter* ha# been the undoing of nearly all the eessfut negro race-track eelebrith* '*•* the last twenty year#. Heal* ..•rna rt NAT KAI8ER & CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 15 D,c*tur St. Kintal 1