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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1906.
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
Barring something quite unexpected the annual Southern
League meeting will actually take place Saturday morning,
with a curtain raiser the preceding day.
After numerous but not especially vexatious delays the thing
is about to occur.
It is hard to conceive a peaceful Southern League meeting.
Thev have happened, but they are the exception.
Just whnt the delegates to the coming meeting will find to fight
about is hard to determine, but time will tell.
Last year the snlnry limit came in for much discussion and
was the cause of several eases of grouch (seems like Hilly Smith
had one, but we didn’t know Billy as well then as we do now and
maybe it was something else). Also there was oratory of the
perfumed variety, much of which was uncorked by Harry Vaughn.
After a long row a salary limit was adopted. We forget the
amount set—nnd so did six out of eight teams in the league last
season—but anyway the limit caused just as much hard feeling
as though all of them had planned to stick to it.
And so it has gone at every meeting. If it wasn’t the salary
limit it was an attempt to bottle Charley Frank or to squelch Newt
Fisher or something of that order.
Speaking of Newt—the plump and cheerful face of the ex-
Nashville mogul will probably be missing at the Birmingham ses
sion. Newt has been eliminated from baseball, and according to
report is now running a grocery store.
Newt was a good sleuth and knew baseball, but lie didn’t
keep up with the times, lie kept thinking that a Southern League
team could be run on $1,900 a year and when he woke up it was
too late.
Bobby Gilks’ cheerful (sometimes) countenance will also be
absent. Bobby was one of the wisest moguls that the Southern has
ever known, but someway he has slipped back to the Cotton States
League. He will be missed, though.
Among those present will be “The Judge” (William M. Kav-
anaugh): his ever genial secretary, Clark Miller; our old college
chump, Charley Frank; his genial nibs, Mike Finn; his oratorical
joblots, Harry Vaughn, and the knocking twins—Charley Babb
and Tom McCullough, of Memphis.
Among the new comers at tho meeting will be Tom Fisher,
the new Shreveport mogul, and Johnny Dobbs, Nashville’s new
manager.
Just whnt sort of a delegation Montgomery will have on the
spot we shall know later.
ing.
It would take second sight to do a real forecast of the meot-
Ileing gifted with nothing but first sight, nnd being obliged
to go “four-eyer” at that, we shall have to attend the meeting
to tell whnt will happen.
And attend we shall, barrin g accidents.
New York Sport Willing to
Bet Big Money on Herman
Tonopiih, Nev., Dec. 27.—A. II. Walle,
a New York theatrical man, came Into
town yesterday to remain until after
the Gann-Herman flffht.
Mr. Walle I* a Htrong nupporter of
Herman, and has watched the career
of the Chicago kid since It began. He
la here to see Herman and says he has
$2,000 to put up against $5,000 that
Herman will get the decision.
There was no one willing to take
the bet, which, Walle says, will stand
until the men enter the ring. He would
be willing to place the money at less
odds.
Gan* still rules a decided favorite.
There 1* not much money being wa
gered at the present time. Both men
continue their training faithfully und
Guns seems to realize that he will have
trouble In making the required weight.
t’hristmas was a day of celebration,
not only In the camp of the two pugi
lists. but also on the part of the Casino
Athletic Club officials, headed by Man
ager Reilly.
The club celebrated the completion
of the arena. Although a small section
of the root of the arena has not been
placed. It Is a certainty that the big
building will be In readiness within the
next day or so, and Is looked on ns
completed by the club members, and
there was cause for celebration.
ATHLETES IN BRONZE.
New York, Dec. 27.—At the Grand
Central Palace tonight the members of
the United Irlah-Amerlcan Societies
will turn out In force nt a public re
ception given In honor of Martin J.
Sheridan and John J. Flanagan, who
have upheld the honors of the societies
on the athletic track and Held. In
memory of the occasion the two famous
athletes are to be presented with
bronze" statues of themselves, one
showing Sheridan In the act of throw
ing the discus and the other showing
Flanagan throwing the 5$-pound
weight.
Honey Mcllody, the welterweight ohnm-
plon. has received on offer to meet Joe
Thomas, the California lighter. In s twenty-
round bout nt Colma nezt month. Tho two
met once before, on which occasion Thomas
gained n decision over Mellody.
Of Course
nan
THE STANDARD OF PURITY.
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ATLANTA DELEGATION
LEAVES ON FRIDAY
Four Local.Moguls Going to Annual Meeting
of Southern League—No Excitement
Anticipated.
WHERE ARE they'
Tad here shows Champion Jeffries breaking out of retirement and
what he expects le going to happen In the heavyweight ranke.
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Nashville Mogul Has Score
of Players He Would Trade
With the date for the league meeting
lea, than a week off, taye the Nnah-
vllle Banner, fane about the circuit
are beginning to aee what changes a
convention of the high moguls will
bring about. From the local camp,
President Kuhn nnd Manager Dobbs
will go, and possibly some others.
There are several men on the local
roster who will be put on the counter
for sale or barter. Tho club'* reserve
list Includes Frory. Janelng, Wiseman,
Persona, Well,. Ely, Sorrell, John Dug
gan, Elmer Dugan, Herman, Stafford
and Duaty Miller. Of these. It U safe
to aay that some several will go over
the roads, Bohannon has already been
sold. Bed was a fast fielder, but he
waa weak with the stick, and there
were other objections more serious
than this.
Frary la one that seems cartaln of a
trip to othar quarters. Ilnlph can play
ball, but the kind of exhibition he put
up here won't win pennants. It may be
that he wants a change to tome other
club In the circuit, and he will proba
bly he offered for someone else In a
trade.
Janelng le also under consideration.
But It has not been decided definitely
whnt will be done with him. He le one
of the beet thlrd-eackere In the leugue
when he gete In the game, but laat sea
son he failed to round to. It Is a set
tled fact, however, that whoever gets
him will have a huetllng good man,
when he wakes up to the game. He
has a number of good friends here who
are anxious to see him on the team
next year.
Stafford'e case
will be taken up.
Early last season he suffered an attack
of rheumatlem that put him out of tho
game for the rest of the season, but It
may be that he has recovsred suffi
ciently by non- to play good ball again.
It so. Sir Robert will likely go under
the hammer; otherwise, ho may be re
leased outright
Herman Is another uncertainty.. -Last
season the Intense heat and a few
rounds with Mike Finn proved too
much for the Tall Boy, and he ske
daddled In mid-season. During the re
mainder of the season he was In Louis
ville, out of the game. But his con
tract with Nashville still holds good,
and he will probably figure In some deal
nt the meeting next Saturday. It Is
known that at least three other clubs
would like to get him.
"Dusty" Miller will also likely be up
for consideration. "Dusty” has loto of
good managerial material In him, and
It may be that he will get on to such a
Job. It Is hardly likely that he will
hold on here. Tho outfield here 'will
be too fast for him to break Into It, and
he doesn't look like a sticker.
Tho others mentlored are practically
sure to be on the team, unless some ex
traordinary offer Is made for some of
them. The two Duggans, Ely and Sor
rell will form the nucleus of the twirl
ing staff. In the outfield, Manager
Dobbs nnd Persons will fill two of the
positions. But It Is not known what
will be done with Wiseman. The little
doctor put up a good game nt short
stop the latter part of the season, nnd
many think It would be a good plan to
keep him there. This, however, de
pends on what other men are secured.
Doc can put up a good game nt either
an Infield or nn outfield position, and
It remains to be reen what disposition
[HIGHLANDERS NEED
A FEW PITOHERSj
will be made of him.
Players Who Went to Minors
And Came Back to Their Own
Because a ball player le shipped from
one of the two big leaguee "back to
the minors” does not necessarily mean
that euch player Is relegated to the
teener organisation forever, writes Sam
Crane tn The New York Olobe.
There have been many instances
where a player not making good In his
first year ae a big leaguer has come
back from the bushee and become a
major league star.
It relies altogether on tho play er hlm-
If whether he stays down or bobs up
again. One that feels that hie profes
sional career le ruined by hie first fail
ure In big league claea will never get
out of the minor league rut. He will
continue to be In the smaller league as
long aa he plays ball.
Hut It la thoae player* who refuse to
be kept down: those who fight all the
harder for recognition of their abilities
and who put adaltlnnal energy Into
their work, and who are willing to he
taught ty older and more experienced
players will become so valuable as to
be re-drafted.
The American league lias had a
dozen or more mitfleldfr* to whom
the skiddeo sign has been handed by
eome American or National League
manager, who have convincingly and
decisively demonstrated their abilities
to get back into fast company. The
chances are good, too, that many com
ing seasons will see many more of the
"come backs."
Of the players who have failed to
"show” In their first attempts to break
Into the big league, but who arose to
the top thereafter, there are Jlmrnv
Jackson, who failed to moke good in
Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia.
He drifted to the St. Paul club, where
he played such fast ball and batted so
well that Lajole waa glad to secure
him for the Cleveland team. With the
Naps, Jackson has done much excel
lent work,* and has filled In most ac
ceptably whenever any of the regulars
were Incapacitated.
The Chicago Cuhs tried Congalton.
and, although he started off with a hat
ting rush that promleed large returns,
he failed to continue hla good work and
was dropped by the wayside. He
bobbed up tn Cleveland laat year, and
Is now- considered one of the best bat
ters of the hard-hitting Naps.
Hlnchman Is another player who
"came bark," after being released by
Cincinnati to Columbus.
Then there Is the phenomenal Stone,
whom Boston did not consider strong
enough, and was shipped to Milwaukee.
The Boston club had a string on
Stone, however, and pulled him back,
but foolishly traded him to St. Louis
for Burkett. And 8tone led the Ameri
can tongue In batting lost season. He
couldn't be bought from McAleer now
Owing to the feet that Clark Orltrith
and his merry band of rovers will train In
Atlanta In tbs spring, the local fans are
taking n lot of Interest tn the New York
aggregation.
Here la how Oranttand nice dopes ont
the chances of the teem:
"If Clark Orlfflth should wake up this
cheery Christmas morn end discover a
couple of high-class, able-bodied slahmen
In hla New York sock, the Oddi are that
he would be the happiest gent In the na
tion.
"Orlir la up against a qoser proposition.
“Us has a finely balanced ball clab, with
tho sole exception of a barren 'hurling
hill,' and here he le np against It strong.
"Jack Cheibro seems to be a full-Bodgcd
member of the I). and O. wigwam. A1
Orth Is not the At of tho golden peat, al
though ho Is still able to keep moat of them
gueeelng. Doc Newton hoe been caet
adrift. Doyle, Billy Bogg and Walter
Clarkson nro still experiments. Tom
Hughes, the Atlanta wonder. Is la the same
class. .
'"All this shows tho peculiar conditions
which exist In bnlidom these deyi and
times, for, despite the fact that Frank Far
rell, New York’* owner, Is willing to go
any limit to. bag a good man, It seems
that no one la willing to cut a good uau
loose,
"Orlff knows as well as anybody that If
he opena a campaign with his present SUB
he wilt In np against It hnrd.
"And yet, with but two months left be
fore hie elnn starts Booth, he has been
unable to add any apparent strength to bis
collection of rifle-pit artists.
"The latest now hn> him out after Patten
anil Hildebrand, but the odds sro good
that he will land neither.
"In order to secure Patten, he will be
foreed to trade Cheshro and Delehanty,
nnd It’e n safe list that he will never
shore the deni through.”
Friday afternoon a delegation of of
ficials of the Atlanta Baseball Asso
ciation will leave Atlanta for Birming
ham, where they will attend the annual
meeting of the Southern Association of
Baseball Clubs—known commonly ae
the Southern League—which will be
held at the Now Florence Hotel Satur
day morning.
In the party will be John F. Dlcktn
eon, president of the club, Mayor-elect
W. R. Joyner, Lowry Arnold, secretary
of tha club, and Billy Smith, manager
of the team.
The board of directors of the league
will meet Friday morning. As Atlanta
has no representation on this board,
the delegation from the Gate City wilt
make ho attempt to get to Birmingham
for that event.
.Nothing of importance la expected at
the meeting of the board. As far aa la
known It has nothing to decide except
some matters of minor Importance,
email disputes and the like.
As far as Atlanta's concerned noth-
ot very startling Importance la
likely to break out at the coming meet
ing of the league.
No Kick from Atlanta,
Atlanta la satisfied with the way
things are going. Her team did not
win the pennant, but It tried so ex
tremely hard that ihe public of the
Gate City followed the race with mark
ed Interest and baseball paid. Like
good business men, the local moguls
are not Inclined to change conditions
which arc profitable to them und sat
isfactory to the public.
As fur ns can he learned, no change
In the league salary limit will be made.
It proved satisfactory to all laat year
and no doubt will be allowed to con
tinue unchanged.
BARONS GET PENNANT.
That the pennant will be awarded to
Birmingham Is regarded aa certain.
The other clubs In the league have ;
Just kick coming on the Castro deal
which was Irregular and altogethei
contrary to the rules, but It Is the spirit
of the league to let such bygones
bygones. There may be other disputes
but nothing Is being said about them,
AU claims that New Orleans had
against Atlanta have boen discharged
and nothing Is likely to be heard ol
the Jordan Incident unless Judge Kav-
anaugh sees fit to take up the charges
made against him In connection with
that affair. However, It Is likely that
this matter will be smothered over out
side the meeting.
The financial affairs of the league
will be considered, but this matter In
terests the public but little. The dis
position In the various funds of tha
league will be settled upon and that
will be about nil In the financial line.
Altogether the prospects for a calm
meeting are good, though appearances
are so often deceptive that the Atlanta
delegation will be surprised at nothing.
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John C. Butler, who caught for the
Jersey City team Inst season, also has
signed with the Brooklyns, and of the
nhl players, the signed contracts of
Billy Maloney, the fleet outfielder; Bill
Bergen, the catcher, and AI Alston, the
debonair boxman, have been received.
for 120,000 bonus.
Hemphill, the next heaviest batter
to Stone tn the Browns, found the
sledding too hard for him In St. Louts
In hla first attempt, but one year tn
the American Association put him on
hla baseball feet pinl he Is now con
sidered one of the best outfielders In
the American League.
Hmtl Frisk, too. after being a year In
St. Paul, comee back to the Browns
next year and much Is expected of hint.
O'Neill, of the White Sox, Is now en
joying his second time on earth aa a
big leaguer.
Danny Green is now- In Milwaukee,
but the chances are bright that he will
be back with the Sox.
Then there are Davy Jones, Charley
Joaes and Denny Sullivan, who are all
'come bncks,” In the American League.
In the National League “Spike"
Shannon, of the Giants, nnd Odwell, of
the Rede, are players who have been
tried once and found wanting, but man
aged to get Into the highest class for
the second time.
There Is always a demand by the
major league clubs for player* of abil
ity and a first “strike out” does not put
a man out of It altogether necessarily."
NAT KAISER A CO.
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ON VALUABLES.
15 Decatur SL Kimball House.
Bargains in Unredeemed Diamonds.