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IV TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1006. UP-TO-DATE NEWS OF SPORTING WORLD NEWS OF SPORTS EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING 41 NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS It was impossible for anyone who attended the annual meeting of the Southern League in Birmingham Saturday not to be impressed with the strength of the organization. President Kavanaugh referred to it in his annual report as the strongest minor league in the country, and presumably it is. What helped most strongly to create this impression was the character of the men behind the organization. This feature was mentioned by Lovtry Arnold in his speech accepting the election as vice president, and it could not have been overlooked by those who saw and knew the delegates. Each man was a person of importance in the city in which he.lived, all of them are men of means and they represent all that is best in their respective cities and stand for all that is best in baseball. That all the petty differences of opinion which loomed so large when the battle for the pennant was at its hottest were for gotten at the meeting indicated that the delegates were trying to do whBt wns best v for the leaguu. The breach between Judge Kavanaugh and the Atlanta delegation wns very wisely nnd pleasantly healed. Neither party to the disagreement wns forced to recede from its position and neither tried to carry to a finish an argument which could only have resulted in ill feeling and possibly even more serious things. The condition of affairs in the league could not be more sat isfactory than it was shown to be. Financially th(j league is sound. A guarantee fund of $10,000 is in the bank to the credit of the league and there was something over to divide from the year’s sinking fund. This means that every club 1ms put up a guarantee of $1,250 that it will play through the season. If the club does not fulfill its contract the president of the league can call on this fund to pay the expenses of the wobbly member through the remainder of the season. This fund makes certain thnt, barring some calam ity the like of which was never known,, every team in the league will finish out next season and every season ns lon^ ns the league wants to do business. Atlanta got everything out of the meeting she wanted—a vice president, who is, while inofflce, a member of the board of directors; she won out in her effort to secure the spring meeting for this city, and she succeeded in having the time when the play ers’ limit went into effect sot forward a trifle. MEETING OF LEAGUE PASSES PEACEFULLY Lowry Arnold, Secretary of the Atlanta Asso ciation, Elected Vice President of League and Atlanta Gets Next Meeting. the eastern Hull* will go west. Thla will make the wentern elutm play the closing h' the east, n« they did Inat year. * A liOgniue schedule will be played, and Well, that ominous calm which preceded the Southern League meeting waati’t any thing hut a bons-fldo calm, after all. We bad It piped off oa the advance agent of a Itiaclous ruction, but It proved to bo the moat peaceful cnlui which ever eacapod from captivity. The.Atlanta delegation went to the league meeting armed to the lighting tope and ready to repel an attack any kind. Hut while their poeketa brlvtled with metaphor leal gnu a, they were ready to make peace If the reat were. And. It proved that the reet were. There la not any u»e In golug Into the murky paat to eonalder the old row and the causes which led up to It. Buffi* clout to any that President Kavanaugh nnd the Atlanta delegation got together about 1 o'clock Saturday morning, nnd In a 1 <1. M. nnd 3 0. M. aeaalou made up nil paat differences. The rubber ball charges. I the Jordan Incident, the Lowry Arnold let- [ ter, and the other causes for war which • arose during the senaon, were talked over I «x»d passed back into league history. With this fruitful source of trouble out ) of the way before the league meeting lie- ;**n. there was no possibility of any excite ment. , { The only question which caused any dis cussion during the meeting waa that over the new waiver rule, whleji waa adopted. Against this question the league ran with • sickening thud ns soon as the aeaalou was fArly started, and they argued It from noon to auniet. And at that there was no vital difference In what the va rious moguls wanted. Only they could not aeem to understand what the other man wa* driving at. After the great white likht bad broken/through the akulls of all gnd the speechronkers had done their worat, the rule went through with a whoop, and after that It was smooth tailing for everything that was proposed. 'Briefly, here Is what happened at the meeting. In the order In which it enmo off: • Roll called. Minutes Of last meetings of league and board of directors read. president Kavanaugh rend his nnunnl re port. yrUTu'tt with the president. The contract with the Western Union waa renewed. It was decided to leave the making of the schedule to President Kavauaugb. .The eastern dubs will open against the eastern clubs, as they did last year, ami the w*»st will open In the west. Then HERE IS THE MAN WHO MANAGES NEW YORK AMERICANS A lto-gaiue schedule wifi be played, the season will begin about April 10. It was voted to leave the question of transferring games open iiutll the spring meeting of the league. It was decided to hold the spring meet ing !u Atlanta. The clubs which voted In favor of Atlanta were Memphis, Hhrove- jx>rt. New Orleans, Nashville, Ulnulnghatu and Montgomery. The following o....^.„ „ v ..- «. n .ni. President and Secretary and Treasurer- William Havana ugh. of New Orleans. Vice I'resldrnt—Lowry Arnold, of Atlanta. Hoard of Dlrt>ctorft—Hubert llnucli, of Birmingham; tamnnrd L. Stern, of New Orleans: Captain Crawford, of Shreveport, and ft. 1\ Amortiic, of Montgomery. Hoard of Trustees—President Rather, of the Little Roek Club; President Kuhn, of the Nashville elnb, nnd President Coleuiau, of the Memphis club. Auditor—Captain Crawford. Vote of thanks passed to Birmingham club. Offer of Chattanooga to buy a fran chise In the league was'made. Iteouest of New Orleans semi-profession al club for permission of the Southern Leigne to place a Cotton States League dub In New Orleans was turned down. Thu meeting thru adjourned. TERRE HAUTE GETS N0BLETT Mlko Finn has sold Bert Noblett to Torre Haute. The deal wont through a short time ago and. was unnouncod at the league meeting. • Noblott la a fast player and has many friends In the Southern League. He will certainly make Terre Huute a good man. ALL-STAR8 AND A. A. C. TEAMS PLAY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. The Atlanta Athletic Club football team nnd the All-Stars will play their second game of the winter season i Tuesdny afternoon at Piedmont park.* Both teams have been Htrengthened since the Inst game and it seems prob able that the tie which resulted then will be broken on Now Yenr'r* Day. Nleuns, the ex-Tech player, will hold forth on the AU-Htar team, while Ack erman wilj play on half for the Ath letic Club team. QriftUh will play at quarter ami Sam Roberta will play at end. r Clark Griffith, the man who directs the activities of the "Highlander." during the baaeball seaeon. He will be at the head of the New York team when It vlelts Atlanta In the eprlmr. IMHMHIlHMMIMmiHMMMIMHHMIftllMeMIUIIMIHIHIMIHMIHIHMHHIHHHHMHHIIIHHIHHHIKHtllHIlHMMMIHHIHI CANS AND HERMAN READY FOR CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT Of Course— /mu <CHE STANDARD OF PURITY. K= 00000000000000000000000000 o o O FACT8 OF INTEREST O O ABOUT THE BIQ FIGHT. 0 O O O Place—Canlno Athletic Club. 0 0 Tonopnli, Nev. O 0 Principal.—Joe Oane, of Bal- O 0 tlmove, and ”Ktd" Herman, of O O Chicago. 0 0 Weight—133 pound,. 0 0 Stake—Lightweight champion- 0 0 ship title ami 320,000 puree. O Referee—Jack welch. 0 0 O0000000000000000000000000 Tonopnli, Nev., Dec. 31.—Trained to the hour and ready for their battle,, which will decide the lightweight championship of the world, Joe Oane and "Kid” Herman await the call to the arena of the Caelno Athletic Club tomorrow . afternoon. Thlt mining town 1, intensely excited over the big light. Mporting men are arriving in large numbers from Fan Francisco, Los Angeles, Fait Lake City and even as far distant as Chicago, and the fight Is the sole topic of conversation In the streets und all public places. While both lighters have about an equal number of well-wishers. It Is a different thing when It comes to bet ting money. The odds.are decidedly In favor of Gans. But there are many men who believe tho Chicago boy has a first-rate chance to win the battle', and those that fancy the chances of the champion' are cot having much trouble In placing their money. The betting Is heavy among the money spending miners, who arc here from nil over the Nevada Beta, and an im- menac sum Is hound to change hand, on the result of the battle. From all appearances neither fighter will have ary advantage when It comes to condition. Gana has never been In clined to hold Herman chetply and he has prepared os faithfully for this fight oa he did for hi* encounter with Battling Nelson. He appears to be In the best possible condition and the only question Is whether he will be ablo to stand a long and hard light at the 131-pound mark. Herman, under the cireful supervision of Mnnager Nate Lewis and Trainer Adnm Ryan, has been putting In the time to the best .advantage Rlnpc his arrival here and lit his camp today' tho report was given out that he Is In the finest fet tle. Both men have completed their heavy work of preparation and from now until the gong sounds they will exercise only enough to keep In con dition nnd at the proper weight. Her man expresses tho greatest confidence In his ability to defeat the champion. The Casino Club's arrangements for the fight are of the most perfect char acter. The new arena has cost the club over 340,000. It covers a site 140 feet square and has seating accommo dations for 8,800. This means that If tho house is filled, and the Indications are that It will be, the gato receipts will total 392.500. The ring platform Is located In the center of the arena and Is 24 feet square The platform Is CASTRO COMES, MORSE GOES ATLANTA TRADES WHITEY FOR MAN WHO HELPED BIRMING HAM WIN PENNANT. \ "Wbttey” Morse has been traded for Castro, the man who played such good ball for Nashville early last season nnd who finished-out the year with Birm ingham, filling the place left vacant t>y the Illness of Oyler. This deal waa put through late Sat urday afternoon and was practically the only trade accomplished while the meeting, was In progress. Tom Fisher tried to trade "Wild Bill" Evans for Morse, but Smith couldn't see that. elevated 31-2 feet above the floor level, and is surrounded by a double row of press seats. Three rows of boxes run back from the four sides of the ring, each box having a seating capacity of twelve persons. Prospects Brighter For Last Year’s Tail-Enders The attempt to round up Information about the teams ot the league for next year’inet with no great success. How ever, It was posalble to get a vague line on some of them. Johnny' Dobbs has evidently not been Idle In Nashville. Here is the list of meu he has secured and from which bis next year's team will be drawn: Catcher Wells, Pitchers Hermann. Duggan brothers. Ely and Sorrell; first base, Frary; third hose, Jansing; Wise man, Miller, Pearson, outfielders. New men—Mills, pitcher, from East ern League; McOammel, first baseman' from New York State League; McCor mick, third baseman from Holyoke: Tacks Lsttimer, catcher from the Eastern League. Mike Finn was as reticent as usual about hia team, but after some pump ing he admitted grudgingly that he had the following men where be could place bis bonds on them: Catcher, Orr; pitchers, Keith anl Allen: tint base, Douglas and Kem- merllng: second hose, Noblett; short stop, Johnson; third hose, Hickey, Bird 8HORT8TOP CASTRO. DeArmond, Drennen and Meaney, New men—Zollers, Infielder; Hart man, outfielder; McKerson, pitcher; Page, Inflelder. NAT KAISER & CO. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS ON VALUABLES. 15 Decatur St. Kimbift House. Bargains In Unredeemed Diamonds. REALYACHTS'I MAKES PLEA FOR RACES BE- .1 TWEEN SEAWORTHY SAIL- ING CRAFUi New York, Dec. 31.—"Give us real yachts, not playthings," Is about 'hr substance of an article on tho gieat sea sport by Sir Thomas Llpton In Yachting, a magazine. Sir Thomas Is strong In his declara tion that all yachts which challenge for or defend America's cup should bo really seaworthy sailing craft and not high-strung, delicate speed toye, whoso usefulness ends with the race. "Under the uniform rule adopted In' 1905 It wns hoped that a more whole some type of boat would appear," says Sir Thomas, ."and the results of last season’s racing In the United States have entirely Justified that hope. It Is what has been needed both here and abroad, a good, wholesome boat—about that cannot" only go fast, but can give a good account of herself In heavy weather; a boat that can crosa tho ocean with no feare that It will suc cumb to wind and wave on the way over." Notes on the League Session Preildcnt Kavanaugh drew a laugh while I making hla annual report by atatlug (hat | the senaon was one which roused the lro of I the competing clubs and raised the hair of the president. The league received the enormous sum of . ISO last year In fines. Wouder who paid * them? • Ir In reporting on the working of the salary I limit. Judge Kavanaugh stated that last t ' season was tbo first time the Southern I League lmd .tried to enforce a limit and \ that he met with dlfflcflltles. He' stated I that he believed, however, that after a little I all the clubs of the league "’ere within the l limit. He recommended that the salary \ limit he continued and enforced. He also I asked that a law be passed forbidding the )' suspension of n player except for cause, { such as the violation of the rules. He said that the suspension of Injured players wns not only unsportsmanlike, but almost dls- honorable. President Ksvansugh's recommendation thnt the salary limit remain unchanged was adopted, but no action was taken to prevent the auspenslon of players. The new "waiver rule" of the league,, while of no especial Interest to anybody but the players and'managers, Is a novelty and Is worth some little space. As proposed by President Kavanaugh, this rule provided thnt no transfer of plsyers from oue club to another In the league be allowed until the president has been noti fied and has given his approvsl, and tbst the president be authorised to approve only absolute transfers. lu case the transfer wns not absolute the player was to be given his release nnd all games In which be played forfeited to the opposing club. He suggested that this change go Into ef fect thirty days after the season opened. After beating around tho bush for botirs i a stretch and voting ou amendments tu substitutes, substitutes and amendments and n few such, the rule was worked out virtually as follows: Any mnnager wishing to dispose of a player to any club except In the major leagues must give notice to the president before he can sell the player to a club In some lower league; the other clubs In tho Houthern League have three days In which to file claim for the player. The first club which applies for the man can have him by paying $100. In every case- of transfer tho president must be notified and give his cou- sent. Kvery sale must give absolute title. If It does not the man becomes the prop erty of the league and must bo sold by the president to any dab In the leaguo for tho benefit of the league. Any gomes In which a man plays the title to whom Is uot abso lute shall bo forfeited. This rule takes ef fect the day the season opens. This rule does away to s largo extent with tho practice of "farming" players. Before It went into effect any manager who had a player who wns not quite good enough to use and yet too good to turn loose, sent him to a "farm"—that Is, a club In a lower clast league, where tho player would be held until needed. Atlanta farmed Ray mond in Snvnunnb, Charley Frank ran a "fishery" nt Gulfport, and so It went. Mow, before a manager can farm a player ho must give every other club In the league a chance nt his services, Thla will probably be better for the league and certainly better for the players. NEW OFFICERS ELECTED i BY GRIFFIN CHAPTER. Special to The Georgian. Griffin Ga., Dec. 31.—Pythagoras ; Chapter No. 10, R. A. M., which has a j large membership, at Its last meeting In the Masonic Temple elected tho « following corps of officers for the ensu- j Ing year: Dr. J. M. Thomas, moat excellent E high priest; J. Lon Davis, excellent* king; Colonel J. M. Strickland, excel-* lent scribe; A. Lower, treasurer; J. O. \ Rhea, secretary; Dr. R. H. Taylor, cap- ^ tain of the host; Colonel T. E. Patter son, principal sojourner; W. H. Tay lor, royal arch captain; L. W, God dard, master of the third veil; E. H. Davis, master of the second veil; P. B. Head, master 'of the first veil; B. 8. Harsfleld, sentinel. 8ingino at Work. Give us, O, give us, the man who sings at his work! Be his occupation what it may, he Is equal to any of those who follow the same pursuit In silent sullenness. He will do more in the same time—he will do it better— he will persevere longer. One fa* scarcely sensible to fatigue, while he marches to music. The very stars, are said to make harmony as they revoiv* In their spheres. Wondrous li Hie j strength of cheerfulness, altogether post calculation Its powers of «ndur- once. Efforts, to be permanently use ful, must be uniformly jovous—a t- jdrlt an wtinnhinf—grace-ful fgfcm gludruax, beautiful because bright—Carlyle. i | 1 i \ _ IgjgHiiiffaBiMHi