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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1906.
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UP-TO-DATE NEWS
OF SPORTING WORLD
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NEWS OF SPORTS
EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
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PICTURES OF O'BRIEN AND TOMMY BURNS IN TRAINING
PRESIDENT KAVANAUGH
IS NOT IN BIRMINGHAM
GEORGIAN REPRESENTATIVE AT
ANNUAL LEAGUE MEETING
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The Georgian will have a representative at the annual league meet
ing in Birmingham. Mr. Percy H. Whiting will cover the meeting and
will give all who read this page plenty of off season news.
Here Is a bunch of fancy photograps of Jack O'Brien and Tommy
Burns, snapped while they were training for their recent fight.
These photographs were taken at the fighters' training quarters. On '
the left is Burns when about to send right to body, In the center O'Brien
developing strength by wrestling with his trainer, and on the right
O’Brien as he # looked In ring.
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 28.—The
prospects of a meeting of the board of
directors of the Southern League on
schedule time this morning do not
look bright. Captain Crawford, of
Shreveport, Is the only member of the
board who is here as yet. President
Kavanaugh did not put in an appear
ance this morning and A. P. Amerine,
r»f Montgomery, Is not hero us yet. B.
Stern, of New Orleans, is not expected,
and James Palmer, of Nashville, the
fifth member of the board, has not ar
rived.
The Shrevoport delegation Is in with
Harry Erltch and Tom Fisher In tow,
and the Memphis bunch, consisting of
F. P. Coleman, president of the club;
Tom McCullough, the secretary, and
Charley Babb, manager, are here. The
meeting of the directors will be held as
soon as President Kavnnnugh arrives,
Unless Kavanaugh springs a sensation
it will be a peaceful affair. The league
meeting will be called at 10 a. m. Sat
urday.
Except For Boston Nationals,
Majors All Made Big Money
By 8AM CRANE.
New York, Dec. 28,-Thcr. I. lot. of
money In limwball.
Pro.lilont Jolmaon unit I'ro.lilent rnllluin,
of Iho Aniorlcnn ami National Irngut’a, ro-
.MetlT.ly, linvo cubic oat with atatcmanti
! that liaarltall wua novar ntoro financially
nroancroua than In tho miuwu Jnat
, and that ovary club, with ono cacoptlou,
made money.
The excepted one is probably the Hoaton
Nationals, and that was entirely by reason
of the management's penuriousness lu re-
i fusing to R|>en(l money to atreugthen tho
team. . „ . ...
Tho biggest winners from the “long
green" standpoint were, of course, those
clubs whose teams wore 'In the rice,’’ at
ono time or another, during the sennon.
Three of the moat populous cities la the
country—New York, Chicago and Philadel
phia, in each of which two cluba wore lo
cated—made the most money. Both Now
York clubs had n look-in at several stages
of the race. Chicago was In n similar
position, and the Athletics, of Philadel
phia, were in the rare until late in the
season. This was, of course, a fortunate
coincidence, and poured the coin In streuuis
into tho coffors of those clubs.
O TURF BARS LIFTED. O
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Q St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 28.—John O
10 J. Byan, the noted “get-rich- 0
0 quick" man and turf plunger, is 0
10 trying hard to have tho ban placed 0
• 0 against him by the turf associa- 0
0 tlons East and West lifted. Near- 0
! 0 ly two years ago the American 0
0 Turf Association debarred him 0
0 from all race courses under its Ju- 0
0 rlsdlctlon. Immediately all other 0
0 turf governing bodies took slml- 0
0 lar nctlon. 0
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FOX AND HOUND RACE8.
Mentone, Ark., Dec. 28.—Lovers of
sport from half a dozen states have
rounded up at thlH famous resort to
enjoy the annual fox hunt and other
Christmas festivities given here each
year under tho auspices of the Club
House Company. lied foxes are abund
ant in the hills hereabouts this year
and the sport promises to be on n
grand scale. Ono hundred hounds will
take part in the chase. The sports will
continue through tho greater part of a
week.
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
The Southern League moguls, magnates and the rest of the
hunch will be in session tomorrow, winding up the business of
the year.
It has been a good year in the Southern League.
The wrong team won the pennant and to do it made use of
methods in securing a man which do not tend to help baseball.
Hut anyway they won it by playing good baseball and very like
ly they would have won anyway, even if they had not paid
Nashville to deal Castro to them—off the bottom of the deck.
It wasn’t the most peaceful' season the league has ever
known. With the.exception of the year when Charley Frank
decided to have a little league of his own there lias never been
one when so much hard feeling was evidenced.
But it all came out right in the end—as far as Atlanta
was concerned, at any rate.
Otto Jordan mid Charley Frank kissed (metaphorically
speaking) ami made up mid the other little rows quieted down.
As a contest between eight teams for a bit of a rag the sea
son was a gooil one. There was no run-away, such as Charley
Frank started the year before, and right to the last week of the
race three or four teams had a chance. It took practically the
last game to convince Atlanta that the Crackers were not good
enough to finish second.
Financially there was no kick coming. Nashville and Little
Rock did not get rich. But on the whole the season was profita
ble.
There will he losing clubs in any league and the Southern
had less than the average.
The fnet that yellow fever steered clear of the country was
a great help to the Southern. In 1905 the appearance of that dis
ease in New Orleans and Shreveport threatened to stand tho
league on its end. Last year nothing of that or any other kind
happened to interfere with the Inminess.
Here’s n vote of thanks to Fate for the success of the past
season and the fervent hope that the coming season will be even
better.
And that Atlanta wins the pennant.
NOTE8 OF SPORT
The latest trick appears to be to
swap umpires as well as players. The
Eastern League and American Associa
tlon will exchange two or more of
their arbiters the coming season.
The Pacific Coast League players
will not be permitted to play with
teams outside the league next season.
When President Murphy, of the Chi
cago Cubs, begin* to number the play
ers what will lie do when he comes to
13 und 23?
If the National League holds out for
a long seuson and the American League
for tt short one there is likely to b** a
good many conflicting dates in tho
cities that have two clubs.
Jack Doyle, who Is lo manage the
Milwaukee club the coming season,
should be able to write un interesting
book «m baseball. Few players of the
|.resent *l.iy have had the experience
"Scrappy Jack” has had in the differ
ent leagues of the country.
Manager Armour, of Toledo, is cer
tainly doing a lot of hustling to make
the "Mud Hens" a winner In ’07.
The feud In the American League
certainly must be a thing of the past
when President Johnson consent* to
make the spring trip with the White
Sox.
John Ganzel finished second In the
list of Central League first basemen.
Myers, of Canton, topped him by two
points, their average being .996 and
.994, respectively.
About time for another Nevada town
to offer a million dollars for a fight.
Tommy Murphy, the little Harlem
fighter, thinks Chelsea is his hoodoo.
Ho says sickness, postponements and
rank decisions has been a combination
too hard for him to beat.
M. M. Riley, promoter of riie Gans-
llerman fight at Tonopah, will act os
matchmaker of the Casino Club, ami
I* open for any first-class pugilistic
UPTON, GAMEST OF YACHTSMEN I WHAT WILL
HAS TO SAY
With such sn elaborate spring program
of baseball to hand out to the fan* next
year the supporters of the game In New
Orleass ore going to look for some tall
doings the summer to follow. Frequently
nowadays one hears the talk that while
spring exhibition games between major
league clubs are mighty nice they’re not
near so good a* a pcnnnnt-wlnnfng team Id
your own league.
Manager Frank will 1m» expected to pro
duce a world-beater next summer. Kren
in the bitter cold of winter the fnns an*
watching every move he makes, hoping to
find some evidence of new players. So far
no new ones have developed urn! the idea
prevails In many camps that Frank ia not
paying much attention to next year n out
fit.
Mnnnger Frnnk'* line of nctlon In the |
winter time has been on refill ly gone ■
In this column and the fnns who are
clln«*d to fenr that New Orleans Is destine! I
to agnln become a second division tow» |
have another guess coming.
While nothing authentic can he given out. I
It Is rumored that Mnnnger Frank has just I
nabbed a very rich prlxe In an outfielder, f
Ills name cannot be given at this time. a« I
the deni 1ms not been i*ermnnently Hose-!, |
but It Is sufficient for the fans to know I
that he Is fully capable of holding the pace I
set by tjie league und is regarded by Mana
ger Frank aud others ns a star in minor
company.
The writer hoard the other day from
unreliable source that Wen French,
of the best pitcher* ever seen In Dixieland. I
would come back to New Orleans next snw-1
iner. I don’t know how true It Is and |
It here *imply for what It Is worth. "•**
has I teen over in Portland for s-»me tins
aud they say he’s getting tired <»f th-’ "rat. I
Maybe Jakey Atz know* something about |
this, un Jake was In the same leagm
Wen for a long time, having played I
I.o* Angelo*. I
Speaking of French reminds no* of R** I
funny storle* he used to tell “on route
and ns he sat In hotel lobbies. Tie r- never |
was a uinn In thl* leagut' who muh
hint telling stories, and most of his were i
on the iuipostdble order.—Will R. |
lu New Orleans Item.
NAT KAISER A CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
15 Decatur St Kimball House.
Bargains in Unredeemed Diamonds.
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contest.
The new three-year-old stake of the
Coney Island Jockey Club will be
worth $25,000, with $10,0 : r additional
to be given the victor if he should win
also the Tidal and Lawrence Realiza
tion.
Polar Star, the season’s best two-
year-old In England, is not entered for
the Derby of 1907.
Lotta Crabtree will have quite a
string of horses on the Grand Circuit
next year. Nutboy, 2.07 1-4, and My
Star. 2.03 3-4, ure the stars of the sta
ble.
The eighth annual tournament of the
Triangular College Chess League open*
today In New York city. Cornell,
Brown ami Pennsylvania make up Un-
league.
The I’nivmUyiof St. Louis football
management 1* trying to arrange an
annual Thanksgiving day game with
Carlisle.
The Br*>oklyu baseball dub lia*
signed a new pitcher, George C. Bell, >f
Albany.
League
Pall pitched fo
last season.
the Tri-State
J«d»* L Sum
niuntcfi-r bU
Terry MrG«vori
wa* one of tlie first to
I.*-* for til* pi-ulMM*,]
tit to !*• given in New
TOM SHARKEY
HAS A SCHEMEI
Tom Sharkey has a »cheme uhlcM
he wants to have presented t-» b * f
fries. Tom suggests that Jeff i** I
on the best three men In the world P> I
ten rounds each, and a $100,0**0 pur*^-1
The three are to draw lot* f ,r n _ I
second and third chance. Half I
hour between fights. Each man * ^ I
stays ten rouftd* to get one-thlro l
the purse, those knocked out w I
nothing. So. if Jeff knocked them* I
out he’d get the $100,000. If he k h n ‘ J«jv I
out two he’d get $66,666.66. If h;/1
knocked out one he’d get $33.33Ju ■ I
he failed to knock out any j f , I
he’d get nothing at all. “I I
all out myself." says Sharkey. h ^ |
Tom didn’t nay what would •• *' . § I
if the first man knocked J-ff *’ , ‘
still figuring on that.—Exchange
Since bit* recent defeat at th" ’ ^
"Monk the XewstM*,’’ George !'•' f#
former featherweight ehampk»n. *
realize that hi* fighting d*J* a,v u **
good.