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FOOTBALL GAME
NEW YEAR’S DAY
8AVANNAH AND “ALL STARS” TO
MEET—BOTH TEAMS ARE
CONFIDENT.
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah, Oa„ Dec. 29.—The
Star" Southern football aggregation
will again meet the Savannah team on
New Year's day. The "All Stars'
were defeated Christmas day by a score
of 8 to 2. and Captain Forsythe and
Ills crowd determined on early ven
geance. They left for Jacksonville,
where they have been putting In hard
practice twice a das'.
The defeat of the "All Stars" by the
Savannah team was Indeed a kurprlse
to many. There Is no discounting the
fact that the local team Is made of a
wonderful lot of players, but the repu
tatlon of the visitors on many hard
fought fields had Induced a gentle be-
lief that the home players were up
against It good and hard. The lack of
team practice was ascribed by For
sythe as the reason for their defeat.
The “All Stars" have been practicing
In Charleston. S. C„ but did not like
the treatment In the Carolina city.
Cyclone Duncan, a great Florida player,
and J. V. Chaney, of Charleston, have
Joined the team since Its arrival In
Jacksonville. The general comment la
that the New Year's day game will be
one of the best ever seen In this city.
MURPHY TRAINING
FOR CORBETT RIGHT.
New York. Dec. 29.—Harlem Tom
my Murphy, who Is scheduled to meet
Young Corbett In a six-round bout at
the National Athletic Club, Philadel
phia, January 9, has been spending
Christmas In the country and will start
his hard training for the fight today.
Johnny Oliver yesterday reported that
his protege was In fine condition and
was anxious to get down to rogular
work.
Murphy was never more confident
of winning a battle than this fight.
Murphy does not expect an easy time
In the ring of the National Athletic
Club, as Corbett has made wonderful
strides toward regaining his old form
In tho last two months.
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ALL TEAMS LOOK TO BE STRONGER
Tho team batting average of the Atlanta team during the
past season was .239.
The team’s fielding average was .962. ,
First about tho batting average, for batting avorages are
somewhat more important to a team than fielding averages—
just as a player who con hit but makes errors is worth more
than a perfect fielder who seldom hits.
Of courso a team might bat nround .300 and then lose by
poor fielding, but if ever such a thing happened it has escaped
the attention of baseball statisticians.
During tho season the Atlanta players made 1,089 hits. That’s
quite a bunch of hits, but not so howling many, especially when
you consider that tho members of the team were scored at bat
4,564 times. Of courso this alarmingly large number does not cov
er all tho times that tho players actually faced the pitchers, for—
os eym the children know—bases on balls, hit by pitched bolls
and events of that character ore not scored against the players as
"times at bat.”
It may bo interesting to know that tho Atlanta team scored
477 runs during the season.
And tho sorrowful part to think about is that with only
perhaps a dozen or two more runs tho Crackers would have won
tho pennunt. If the one or tuff runs needed had como in those
1 to 0 nnd tie games, which were so numerous during the season
the Atlantn team would havo como home first in a romp.
At base stealing Atlanta did not shino.
Crozier led the team with 34 and Jordan was next. Altogether
during the season the Crackers stole 152 bases. That this was not
the top figuro may bo judged from the fact that three men on the
Memphis team stole 117 bases during the year. These three
men were Babb, Thiel and Nichols, three of the fastest men who
have ever played baseball in the South.
Token altogether the averages of the Atlanta team were cred
itable and next year’s averages will be better, no doubt.
,We shall be glad if they are just good enough to give us tliut
pennant we have waited for so long.
Representatives of the
Different Teams De
clare They Seek No
Trouble.
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GANS-HERMAN MEASUREMENTS
dans.
32 yearn
5 feet 6 3-4 Inches
14 3-4 Inches
36 Inches
38 Inches
29 Inches
113-4 Inches
13 Inches
101-2 Inches
121-2 Inches
8 Inches
7 Inches
19 1-2 Inches
71 inches
Ace
Helcht
Neck
Chest (normal)..
Chest (expanded).
Waist
Biceps (normal)..
.....Biceps (expanded).
Forearm
Calf
Ankle...
Wrist
Thigh
Beach
Herman.
23 years
.. C feet 3 Inches
.... 14 1-3 Inches
.... 341-3 Inches
38 Inches
27 Inches
..... 113-4 Inches
.... 13 1-3 Inches
.... 101-3 Inches
,... 13 1-2 Inches
9 jnches
71-8 Inches
.... 19 3-4 Inches
.... 66 1-4 Inches
PERCY H. WHITING.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 29.—The
prospects for a peaceful meeting of the
Southern league seem so good that
It Is a shame to forecast It In advance.
Also It Is risky. For out of such a
peaceful crowd at has assembled the
loveliest sort of a row Is so easily stir
red up.
Bach mogul, on his arrival, solemnly
announced that he hdd no complaint,
no hard feeling and was looking for no
trouble.
Tho salary limit was informally dis
cussed, but there was none of the wire
pulling nnd advance electioneering that
marked the last meeting—when the
limit was finally set at 32,700 a month,
nfter one of the choicest word-tlghts on
record In the league.
If anybody wants the limit changed
they are very quiet about It In advance.
President Amerlne, of Montgomery,'
stated that any limit satlsned hint, but
that he would like to see It lived up to.
When he was asked as to methods of
enforcement he did not know the
answer.
Traveling Auditor to Go.
It Is generally admitted that the “trav
eling auditor” system In use last year,
was something of a Joke. It was obvi
ous to all that any first-class book
keeper could bamboosle any traveling
auditor that ever hit the ties.
Unless Mose Wormser, traveling au
ditor, springs a report that surprises
everybody, he will probably be out of
his Job next season. •
A warm report from Wormser Is one
of the possibilities. If he found out
that any club was exceeding the salary
limit during the post season he has not
mentioned It to the newspaper men up
to yet. However, maybe, he will
will spring a shock or two today.
The possibility that the player-llmlt
will be changed Is worth considering.
Last year every team was allowed
fourteen men. This limit was not
tired up to by all the clubs. Fre
quently the managers brazenly carried
more men than this number and oth
ers dodged the limit In some way. Bil
ly Smith got around It by keeping a
few reserve men on the suspended list.
Charley Frank ducked by loaning his
utility man and so It went.
This rule caused a lot of talk and
hunt feeling last year and It may be
changed. As far as Atlanta Is con
cerned, that will make no difference.
It Is the policy of the club next season
to carry a small number of high class
men—as Charley Frank has done for
a couple of years past, and to the limit
Is not bothering the Gate City delega
tion.
Nothing But Pennant Teams.
Whether any of the old rows between
the clubs, which were so prevalent last
season, will be aired at the meeting Is
hard to forecast. Everybody on the
grounds early was In favor of peace,
but there was on air of expectancy
which showed that none of them would
be surprised at anything.
Each mogul, as he arrived, announc
ed that his club was going to be a
hummer, or words to that effect.
Down In Shrevetjort Torn Fisher baa
FIGHT BETWEEN ATLANTA CLUB
ANB KAVANAUGH TO BE DROPPED
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Birmingham, Ala., December 29.—
The preliminary meeting of the board
of directors of the Southern League
was held late Friday afternoon. Owing
to the delay of a trunk containing the
official records, all of the business
could not be finished Friday night.
Shreveport withdrew her protest
against Birmingham, and New Orleans
withdrew her protest which was filed
u» a ivault of (he tviiiuvtti of Breiten-
steln from the Memphis grounds, when
ho was acting as an umpire. Mike
Finn asked for a rehearing of a case
decided against him at a previous
meeting.
Tho league meeting will be called
Saturday about noon. President Kav-
anaugh’s annual report contains noth
ing startling. It shows the league to
be In a good financial condition, and
recommends a continued strict enforce
ment of the salary limit and a better
enforcement of the limit to the number
Iw la u.m S ."JLSSfi t * am ', ™ „™r. . oouy. „„„
uent will advocate a rule forbidding #hnn . th ' m ' T"
a club to suspend a. man except for hn _ #0,,, . n ° d
can** nmi *n nrahihit ..t.nDn.iAn. in done more to develop and foster this
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j SUBURBAN LIFE
I . AND THE WHEEL j
“It has keen said.” remarks the latest
magazine, TUe Circle, “that the bleyclo
made Long Island, although It might ap.
pear that the antomoblle haa alnce absorbed
It. Now Yorkers did not know what s gar
den spot was lying at their doors nntll the
bicycle came to lure them out on Its level
roads, where they might breathe Ita pure
air. The bicycle did Ita full share In bring,
lug about the great suburban movement
which Is to be noted In all large cities, and
which grew up along with the development
of tho bicycle habit. The city dweller
rode out Into tho country and was fired
with the desire to make him a homo there.
Through tho bicycle ho learned to lore the
country, nnd from loving green treea, broad
lawns, fr -sh air, nnd singing birds to living
nraoug them was but n step. Nothing Is
moro condnclro to health, body, mind, nnd
cause and to prohibit suapenalons In
case of Illness or to keep the team
within the fourteen-man limit. No
change v.-{.’! he r.truiu ir. the salary
limit or the players' limit, but the
Atlanta delegation will nsk that the
time which the players' limit goes Into
force be extended a few weeks. The
fight between President Kavanaugh
and the Atlanta association will proba
bly not be aired.
corralled what looks-like a really fast
bunch.
Shreveport has twenty-four men al
ready and may have a man or two
more before the next season. Among
tho new men secured by Shreveport
are: Graham, of Grand Rapids, a left-
handed pitcher; Gasklll, of Houston, a
pitcher; Jeffries, of Juckaon, Miss., an
outfielder; Massey, of Houston,
catcher; Noah, of Ogden, Utah, _
pitcher; Torrey, of Tallulah, a pitcher;
Hazel, an Infietder of semi-pro, re
nown In Cincinnati, and Hevan, a col
lege man who played third base with
Ohio State College last year.
Jeffries had a try-out u couple of
years ago with Memphis, but he was
too young then to do much good.
Is a wonderful base stealer and
hard hitter. Tony Smith Is another
man who will be given a trial and he
looks a wonder. He played with Gal
veston In 1906 and Bobby Gllks picked
him up nt the last of the season.
He played a game with Shreveport In
Atlanta lost tall and showed up won
derfully well. In Tony Smith, Fisher
thinks he has a successor for Byrne,
who was.drafted by BL Louis.
Byrne wda one of the three men
Shreveport lost from last year's re
serve list The other two are Abiitoln,
who went to Pittsburg, and McGlynn.
McGlynn did not count, however, for
he was with the outlaws up to the time
he was sold.
Of tho old men on the Shreveport
club who will return for a trial are
Grafflus, catcher; Hess, thlnl base
man: Clarke, first baseman; Powell,
catcher; Rapp, catcher; and outfield
ers King, Kennedy and Farrell. Clarke
was signed last year as a first base-
man and played In the opening games.
Then he wna taken sick with typhoid
and was out for the remainder of the
season. He le from Spokane and Is
touted as a record-breaker.
Farrell Is a grocery store mogul up
In his own country, and was Blgned
two years ago. He has never reported,
but Manager Fisher expects that he
will come down for a trial in the
spring.
Babb Has Good Mtn.
Charley Babb, who caused much
amusement by hts announcement, that
he would win the pennant If Atlanta
didn't—which remark he seemed to
mean—has a good bunch corralled and
Is trying to put his brand on a few
more.
The squad at present contains Wag
ner, a left handed pitcher from Padu
cah; Taafee, an outfielder from Indian
apolls; Brotje, a semi-professional
pitcher from Toledo; Bells, a pitcher
from Keokuk; Watkins, the Galveston
pitcher, who was traded for.Hetdt and
Clark; Stockdale. Loucks and Suggs,
of the old pitchers; Rntchfnrd, of Ma
con; Jimmy Smith, second base of last
year’s team; Babb and Buemlller, who
may be tried at short; Richards, of
Burlington, and another third baseman
for whom Babb Is dickering; Thell,
Nadeau atul Carter, of last year’s team,
and Nabors, of Burlington, for the out
field. Carey will, of course, play first
base again. Charley Babb thinks that
he "may" make good at short and will
play there If he can get a third base-
man.
Over In Montgomery they are go
ing to depend largely on their last
year's team, though all the weak spots
will be strengthened. The squad at
present consists of Bigger, first base-
innn; Perry, former third baseman, who
will be tried at second; Busch, short
stop; Malarkey, Maxwell, Walsh and
Walker, the man Billy Smith tried to
get and failed; Burnum and Bretten-
steln. pitchers; Hausen, catcher, and
Hautz. Apperlous and McCann for out
fielders.
develop and foster this
affection thnn the bicycle. To the ezhll-
nratlon which conics to tho automoblllst
!’ “'M* the rtssresg exercise of pedostriiB-
ism."
Aleck McLean, the bike rider. Is
“ *“ * trip to Australia
Jeffries and Squires to
Fight For Championship
San Francisco. Cal.. Dec. 2i.—Arti
cles were signed today by William De
laney, representing James J. Jeffries,
and B. F. Taylor, representing the
Rhyolite Athletic Club, for a fight be
tween “Jim” Jeffries and "Bill"
Squires, of A—'ralta, for the heavy
weight championship of the world.
The fight is to be with five-ounce
gloves, under the Marquis of Queens-
berry rules. Taylor has received a ca
blegram from Squires, saying that he
Is ready to start for America. The
fight will take place at Rhyolite, Nev,
next AprlL
Harry Vaughan, of Birmingham, and Ed
Rsnslck, of Augusta, are so sure that their
teams will win tho pennants of the South,
ern end Sontb Atlantic leagues respectively
that they here arranged a post-season se
ries. (Press agent story.)
A remarkable, thing about the fielding
nveragea of the American league, anya
Tho New York Globe, it the errorleaa ree-
ord of Pete O’Brien at third bale for
fit. Lonlft. O’Urlen I» a second baseman,
lie was moved over to third toward the
cIobo of the aeaaon, and played twenty
game, without making a hobble. The po-
altlnn waa unfamiliar to him. and he had
to handle many bunta. In all, hb accepted
ilxty chnncca without an error. All of
which lea da to a gueta aa to what Infielder
holda thla record. Bobby Wntlace once
accepted 19 chancca at abort for the old
St. lamia Cardliutla before he fiaally clip
ped up. Thla record covered eleven
atralght games.
Ban Jnbnaon nml Charley Comlakey are
"old pals togetber In nil sorts of weath
er" again. That there waa no fake In the
renewal of their old-time cloae friendship
Is shown hy Bun accepting Commy’a Invi
tation to go to Mexico with the White
Sox on the latter's spring training trip.
To make It atilt stronger. Ban la to ac
company Commy nnd Joe Cantlllon. with
several other baSehall celebrities, on a
banting trip to Arkansas on the good ship
White Sox, Tommy's famous house boat,
the litter part of January. Both Bau and
Commy are fnmoni hunters—that Is, they
*sy they an*, but neither has shown any
tnngtbte results In the game they have
killed—or parchaoed. The talea they will
tell of their Arkansas cxperiencea are ex
pected to meet their hot stories of the
Northern Woods. It Is "Ban and Commy"
again, snre enough. A goad thing for the
American league ami the national game.
On one of Conilakey'a bonne boat trips
down i he Mississippi the colored cook de
parted, and Commy took up the black
man's harden temporarily, telling bla
guests that he would get them up a meal
that would surprise them. They believed
him until be aent the cabin hoy up to the
village near where the White Sox waa
tied up for a -tmple of sponges for the
sponge cake be was to make. T.g-n Joe
cantlllon. who Is s chef to warm up to.
took the preparation of the meat In hand.—
Exchange.
NAT KAI8ER & CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
15 Decatur St Kimball Houos.
Baraama in Unredeemed Diamonds.
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0 Automobillng 110 78
0 Hunting 72 81
O Football 14 19
0 Baseball 8 12
0 Boating . 4 7
0 Cycling 5 4
O Horse racing 2 13
0 Boxing 2 6
D Wrestling 1 3
0 Gymnastics 1 3
0 Polo 1 1
0 Golf 1 1
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More than 400 persons met their
death during the last year from causes
directly due to sport, and with almost
every one there rose the ever-burning
public clamor against the dangers of
some game or other. Of the various
branches football was the most criti
cised, as usual, and there seems to be
no question that It Is dangerous, since
eleven weeks built up a total of four
teen fatalities, with something over 149
cases of more or less serious injury,
but a glance at the Items of death'a
creating in the various fields of sport
since January shows that mountain
climbing leads.
In the first eleven months of the year
191 adventurers lost their lives In that
haxardous "pleasure.” Automobillng
has accounted for 110 deaths and 72
hunters have been accidentally killed.
It la quite a drop from such figures lo
the 14 fatalities of football, with, fol
lowing in order, baseball, 8; marine. I,
and 2 each for boxing, wrestling and
horse racing.
Climbing Comes First
Mountain climbing this year reached
its “furthest north” of deaths. "The
sport of only the very few" has been
said of mountaineering. But Swiss
statistics show approximately 160,000
making one ascent or another each
season, and this covers only the Swiss
Alps, saying nothing of the outlying
portions of the chain or of other great
ranges. Moreover, only 10 per cent of
the mishaps are laid to what may be
held aa unavoidable causes—falling
stones, etc. Only 8 of the 191 unfortu
nates were well-known climbers, and
only 48 of the accidents occurred among
the highest and most dangerous peaks.
The nationalities of the dead-
strangely enough led by the Swla2
themselves—follow In this order; Ger
mans, Austrians, English, Italians and
Americans.
The “Red Devils" and “Galloping
Ghosts” and "White Whizxers" of the
years have left a dreadful tale behind
them. January recorded but one death,
and February added only two to thnt.
but November closed with the total
raised to 110. July (the worst of the
eleven months) accounted for 22.
Hunting ranks clearly third In the
annual “sporting deaths." Wisconsin
seams to have the blackest portion of
the list to show, for her first day's rec
ord tells of 29 casualties (13 of them
fatal); but Maine reported for the first
forty eight hours of the leaser. ! Si!!t‘
and 7 wounded, so that the ghastly to
tal of 72 fatalities and 77 other casual
ties for the entire country exhibits a
reasonably divided responsibility.
Eight on Diamond.
The death roiter, In so tar as III
Items fall below football's fourteen, H
headed by eight fatalities on the
mond field of the national game, o!
these twp were spectators, struck In
the one case by a ball and In the other
by a bat which had slipped from the
batsman's hands on a swing. Pitched
balls again accounted for the deaths of
five players: Casper Musaelman, of Al
ientown. Pa: Thomas F. Burke, of Bos
ton; Teller Marina, of Brooklyn, Ohas.
McDonald, of Camden, and Jesse Rob
ertson, a sailor In Uncle Sam’s navy,
who was playing at Norfolk, Va. The
death of F. R. McKee near Holla, Mo.
In October, was due to a collision with
another member of his team while both
were running for a foul balL
These facts and figures have been
gathered with no thought of bringing
discredit upon any of the sports r»-
ferred to, nor has there been any In
tention of "bolstering up” this much
talked-of football record by dwelling
upon the hdxard of other outdoor
games. The element of danger In sport
exists wherever there Is fascination or
popularity. It exists more markedly
for the callow boy than for the man
of experience, properly trained to meri
the conditions In question. And it
would seem only fair that the critical
public should bear something of tht«
sort In mind In commenting upon one
sport or the other—should have son'*
eye for the whole field, and so’!’* 8 *
with a view to all the facts.—Boston
Journal.
GIRL ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
WHILE SEATED BY FIRE.
Special to The Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala.. Dec. 29.—Lillian Clif
ton, the 16-year-otd daughter of » »-
llam Clifton, was accidentally »n- ’•
Thursday at the ,home of her father, m
Lookout Mountain, above Noccaluls
Falls. The young lady's father and
Luther Foreman, a young man wkj
resides In the neighborhood, came ’
from a hunting trip and were sit" 1 ’*
by the fire examining their guns. »>■
Clifton was also sitting by the nr*
the opposite comer from the m*
Foreman started to shove his gun ""
der the chair In which he.was
when the hammer caught In
manner, the weapon was discharge-
the load of shot taking effect IIn tn*
young woman's face, arms •tifli** 1 -'
Luckily the moot of the load of *"
struck the mantel nnd glanced b*wr
striking tbs girt.
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