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OF SPORTING WORLD
NEWS OF SPORTS
EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
BONHAG, A GREAT RUNNER
TUUNE WON
GOOD GAME
NASHVILLE OUTFIELDER.
DEFEATED LOCAL Y.M. C. A. DAS
KET BALL ARTI8T8 BY THE
8C0RE OF 23 TO 13.
The Tulsn# lasktihsll team w..n it /rent
rlclurx from the AtlantaW M. i'. A.
•rs if fli** Y. M. C. A. gymnasium Tbum
day night by a score of a to 13
Tb*'local player* midi i very creditable
•bowing. They played fast iMwkclb.ill
throughout and did not let tip until Hn-
Talnnc team, which show*-1 the ef-
fecta Of Its hard trip lu I’uhiiuhu* and
Athens. roundel into form for mo- Atlanta
gamo abd surprised the local* by If* openly
—Below will be found i Hat «d
games which tho University of
glnla baseball team will play
spring;..
AT rHAHI.OTTEHVIl.i.i:
March Id—Woodberty-Forest.
March 21—LoFayette. .
UmmIi 9 A I 'nmalt ~ *
March II—Cornell.
March SO—Columbia.
April S—Pennsylvania.
_ , killa Novu.
April 10—irartimuth.
April 1J—Georgetown..
April 1A—George Washington.
April 17—Trinity. • "
April 20—llampdon-Bldney.
April 22—Davidson.
April 26 and 27—Georgia.
ABROAD.
May 4—Georgetown at Washington.
May 6—Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.
May 7—Villa Nova et Villa Novu.
May •—Princeton at Princeton.
May I—Yale at New* Haven.
May 11—Army at Wcat Point.
LARRY HAS
SIGNED UP
A COUPLE OF HEAVIES
ATLANTA'S THIRD BASEMAN
POTS FIST TO AN AT.
LANTA CONTRACT.
Tb, ilfmsl rontrart of Tarry Hoffman
lu. arrival at Atlanta boooball kradqoar-
trr. In tho C.n.llrr building and baa boon
duly raranlad i.y Billy Smith.
Uirry will l><- triad again at third baa*.
- gnd-lfha ran V.v|. up lb. fait drldlnf clip
ba bit laal yrar and Improra bla batting a
trlfla ba trill il»nlitl*aa bold down tba job
durlux tb« y«tr.
Billy - Smith ban lannwd tbit Cbarlay
Frank baa Imtixbt from tba N'owork tram
of tba Baatrrn l.ragti* a abort atop nam'd
Prad Oatlna and that Ulka Finn baa ropprd
Bill Mabllnf front lb* aam* aotirca.
New Ball Park For Nashville,
( Not Now, But Soon 9 —-Maybe
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PXROYH. WHITING.
The feeding of n IuikcImII team on the Europcnn plnn will lie
tried thin year. Barney Dreyfusstis is going to have $■'! slipped to
each of his players every morning that they ure on the road mid
out of the three plunks they will have to obtain three sipmre
meals.
ling him by and largo Qooraa
tun. tha Iriah-Amartcan Ath-
latlo Club ehamplon. la ont of tho
very boat long-diatanca runnara
In tha world. Bonhag baa hit off
day at timaa, but ha la ganarally
a aonalatant porformar and tha
—in who baata him in any eondl*
ion muat ba a craokar-aok.
Riippose tlim-plmi^ ever hits—the — Southern League! And
especially-Atlanta! It will mean starvation for some of the
Crackers and opulence for a few more. *
-as
Billy Smith would make a fortune out of it. For 22 hours
oftur each gauio Billy isu't quite responsible. If the team has
fcArtaON.
agar Johnny Oobbs, of Naahvillo,
la oounting for hit toam thia yoar
la Paaraon, who playtd a nica
gama in tha outflald for tha da*
crapit Finnltaa last yaar. With tha
raluvanatad Dobbitaa ha ought to
(hlna.
Naahvillo. Tenn., Jan. !«.—Naahvillo
asoma practically aura to have a new
ball park some time, though at prtaent
the deal la atalled.
A special meeting of the board of di
rectors of thff' Naahvllle Railway and
Light Company was held yesterday lu
dlacuaa the proposition of President
Peril Kuhn, of the Nashville baseball
club, on the now park.
Mr. Kuhn failed to attend and submit
hla proposition fur consideration, and
no actli n was taken by the dlractora. It
la understood, however, that the iiew
baseball park will be located on the
Ml 1st'in properly, near the Centennial
park, and will be accessible o., either
the Broadway or V u ‘ Weal Nashville
cars.
The proposition of President Kuhn
had (o do with the amount that the
club desired Ihe Nashville Hallway and
Light Company to contribute to the
enterprise, and while President War
ner did not commit lilmaelf, he Inti
mated lhat the company would do the
fair thing.
Hera la another view of Bargar
and Kaufman, tha young coait
Heavyweights.
'•••••••••••••••I
HARTZELL NOT
FOR FINNITES
ti
Ball Players Eat Too Much,” Says Dreyfuss;
“European Plan For Mine Hereafter," He Says
-LOUIS—BROWNS—WILL atVE
THEIR THIRD BASEMAN
ONE MORE TRIAL.
won he is tun happy to cat, if it has lost be Is too grouchy
of wheats
LIGHTWEIGHTS
HAVE SIGNED
When the madness is on him he usually has a stack
for breakfast a plate of soup and a dish tif tce cream for dinner
and a nieltlc cigar for supper. The only time he works in.a
bit
•wjuare-mcttl is after an off day.
YOUNO CORBETT AND TOMMY
MURPHY WILL FIQHT IN
MARCH.
New York, Jan. IS.—Tuun* Corbett
and Tommy Murphy have signed nrlt
den for a finish fight (or tho best purso
offered and a *5.000 aide bet Tha liat-
, tie la to be fought op or before March
20, and blda from the Nevada fight
towns are expected and will be re
ceived for the neat ten daya, accord
ing to tha agreemant
RIVAL TEAMS
WILL BATTLE
PHILLIES AND ATHLETICS WILL
MEET IN LONG ANTE-SEASON
8ERIES.
Philadelphia. Pa., Jan. 1*.—Arrangementa
far the tieoll ante-aeaeon between the
Philadelphia National and Amertn.ii leagues
trams bare Iteen nmipletrd. The Phillies
will return from th.-lr Southern trip on
March S5. nuj on the following day wilt
Wets the series of ten games with the
Athletics on tba tatter's rtvunda. nt Tweu
tjr alnlb alreet and Columbia avenue.
Saturday. March 30. the I'hllllea will play
the Athletics at Broad nml Huntingdon
Streets Tho other games la-tween the two
liana follow; April I. American bragne
park; April :. National Ltagur park; April
S, American Leagne path; April i, Nation-
nl Laagne nark; April 5. National league
pork; April tl American league park; April
IT National League park; April s. Naljon-
n) Lengne park. Ilaln or cold weather will
■ot affect this acbedola, even if two or
naora cnwnocnnvs gnmea are piard on
either ground* by tratou of weather remll-
twaa.
It would he an awful game for Rube Zeller, the champion
pie-cater of the Southern Leugue—a sort of battle between nppe-
tite and thrift.
For Rube comes of sturdy Dutch stock and if there is one
thing for which the said “sturdy Dutch” are justly famous it is
frugality. But then there is that reputation to uphold—tho
reputation of having the best appetite, win or lose, of any man
in the league.
tree, it will lie a sail day fyr the Rube when the new system
hits tho South. Probably Rube will take it nut in pie. And for
once in bis career he will doubtless get enough of that justly tu
rnout destroyer -of digestion.
The new stunt would be the financial ruination of Sid Smith.
For how could a man with a discriminating appetite cut live, meals
a (layout of fcl. And Sid wasn't brought up with any great re
gard for the value of a dollar—or a hundred.
And Jim Fox, the man with the sincere appetite and the lung
neck! And Doc Childs, the man whose appetite never sleeps! It
would hit them where they live nml Int them hard.
If the new Kchcine ever met with favor among Southern mag
nates the players cry before signing would not be for advance
money or more salary. He would ask one question: "Ilow much
am I allowed for mealst” and if the answer was not right bo
would go to “work.”
BATTING VS. PITCHING
1
rttoiw
Hatting strength. says the rhlcsgo New*,
considered nu'st *»«u>entlsl aiming the ir»p»l-
site* f«»r u pennant winner In baseball, but
S careful study of averages rexeals tin*
fact ttmt tenuis with g»**d idtehlug staffs
ak bitters get to tho front n>o% fre
quently than u collection of aluggii* h*eked
by Inferior pitchers. Hitting l«nm« have
always twen more popular with tin* fnnn.
who Hko action, thnii machine teams thut
i* or three hit* Us-Huse of •
plttiter’* sMIlty to baffle the other ** t of
bit*.
Flutters nrc tho life of tho inttm*. sn«l
tboutli they tnuy not win .tH innintB they
nro slwsya ctmion.lor* utnl arc gruci-ally
fmin«| i.ottr the top wbeu tho rmo emla.
GREAT DEMONSTRATION AND SALE OF THE
Brandt Self-Honing Razor Strop
gootl* i
97c each
The URANTW KKf.F HONtNO ItAZOR 8TIIOI* l» the twst
ttflior Hirer »t»e market t«wtsy The- «w.u m«.*r •»«■«** in
llo* worht that hones nn#t strops your rssor *t ttir *.nue time
nml rusbjPB t*» t*htaln an e*l«e which ouiy an c\p. rh nc**t|
liarliei e*n t^re The llrsndt heif ll**nltif M*«or Htmp will
pnt a kwiipr etlte «»n s rat*»r with fewer stroke* than nnv
nt her r.itor *tr»|.. Your rnsor will slo*w. suit your face will
fe»-t tho illflrerewew st oun* «l«t.nrnnt*-.Nt Iietoe to tns ..mo
hsM *>r tt.***y This U without n •Inntit the finest ra*«r
it,op lu the worM. MAIL »» U 1» IJ UH V\ 1.1. K l»
Elkin-Watson Drug Company,
COR. PEACHTREE AND MARIETTA STS.
I
v genernlly «lveu more crwltt
for n »ur«*v*«fut esmpnUti tliin hatters.
The oM liillRilolphlu dill* Ittnwtrnt«e«l the
futility of trytun to win |H*unauts by list
tint stone. Hitch fence hnuk.'r* n« IjiJoIc.
K*l IteWhnnty, Wolwrtou un*l others were
supported hy n (air staff «>f pitchers stnl
they a Iwny* fliilpho*| well up lu the nice,
hot never won. Wheu**ver so ninny stsr
hitters are coHectetl f.»r one tesai there
aceinii to Ik* too much tiullvhluut »trtfa for
S\ernce* ami not emwigb t«-nm w»*rk. lint
wticre 1‘Attere are tlevelope*! together under
one uuuafer ami that inuu.ig«*r can nt tho
■nine time control n l*«hmI st iff of pltchsrs
he iiBUitlly win* s peunaty
(Mark (irlffltb ha* he*u working for thres
year* to give New York • p« unont wlunsr
In the Amertesn l.e.igue. lie nearly suc
ceeded twice, lie ba* develop'd the hitters,
hut unfortunately he ws* Imn.ll, ;ipi*ed by
an errstle pitching *tnff.
The pitcher v* letter thi-*»ry Is well Illus
trated In the Aiuertcnn l-esgue n\entires,
l**ue«l last week. Not one meintH*r of the
I'hlcsipi team of world's champion* hatted
In the class, hut the pitcher* to l.| op.
poitcut* to few hit*.
On the other hand. Cleveland had (Ire
tneb hitting nUxve AH and fixe of the Yan
kee* bit at a clip t.f .:x» or better, Jim Me
lt ul re falling Just one pdnt short of the
coveted sverage. Moth of these te«m* were
lit the three cornered ngtit which marked
the AnUh of the Auu-rtcan Leafxte race,
twit their TiltTWi dT*t not hold out as well **
Chicago* pitcher*. All «>f which I* pr »»»f
that It I* l*efter to dein-ud **n shout throe
•tar pitcher* than to take n chance on live
good hatter*. *n,v or ail of whom may *luu>p
time
Alton hit*
jeeded.
Mike
Twin! bidIIvan oeiit the ftxllowtng
niesKtge to hi* brother J«. k after the lat
ter w** defeated by Jliu livnn at Ia* Aii
gel***• "You are r«‘-nn*ic| to teturu home
and Urlvs a one horse tl|M-art.“
The c|ue«tlon “Did Mike Finn fet
Third Uttweman Hurtzell from the 8t.
Louis Ilrown*?** cun now be answered
In the negative,
lie did nob
Finn tried to get him, but failed.
The player In «jtiext|on will be taken
BouOi with tho Browns and given an
other chance. If he full* again to mnke
k«mmI Finn may get him for the Little
itucic-tcam.
Finn also tried to get Butler, tho
player Me A leer drafted from Akron.
O., twit he failed there nhm. "Mac** of-
farset tn weU htm ltllty Pbyte. but
Mike docs not think much of the mah
who stirred up such u rupture In the
Southern League, and. moreover, he
knows that Phyle will never be tol-
t-rated in the Southern again.
linn was also offered Zimmerman,
Urn xiu-dlnaf outfielder, but this man
wanted too much money for the frufal
Finn.
Tin* drafting sesnoti has closed, Clss* C
Mug Urn Inst to select players.
Tin* U.Theater etui* of the Eastern f*espto
h;t* plncetl on mIc n h.mk of tickets ot the
rate t.r fifty ticket* for fii). good soy time
during the oensuu at any gate.
•Tit- got s vsennt room for you.” says
Manager "Chick" Stahl of Itoatou to Uobert
li-.lil.iuh.
A IMitNluirg paper say* that President
iuy or tho P. I), and M. IlsselisU Ijragne
in* signed two strong arm umpire*. Wbat
ire they, hold up men)
iff
Baseball on tt)C European plan Is
what Colonel Barney Dreyfuss, owner
of the Pittsburg club, proposes for
the Pirates nest season.
By thl*. Colonel Dreyfuss explains,
he does not mean to Introduce any new
features that win not conform with the
rules. It’s a matter which does not
concern The actions of the athletes on
the field, but iheir habits at the table;
The Pirates won tw’o National
Leugue championships on the Ameri
can plnn. So did. the Giants, and like
wise the two Chicago teams. But Mr.
Dreyfuss has discovered that he owns a
peculiar- aggregation of ball fossers.
imd he thinks be tiai dlBCOViifed why
they full to land the pennant. They
ent too much.__Hence tha .European
thing. -
The WttBlWQf wsfftRW Hill
ed some strikingly original theoria* In
tho. last year. Not long ago ha- de
clared that he had too many wealthy
athletes on hls team, and that they
were not ambitious. He opined that
they would hustle more If they*needed
the money. He traded Claude Ritchey,
a rival of John D. Rockefeller In the
nil buslnese. but ha still retains Hans
Wagnar. w*ho Is said to still be In pos
session of the first pay check' he re
ceived from the Pittsburg club.
Major league ball teams put up at
the best hotels around the circuit at
the expense of the club, und usually
stop on the. American plan. Their
menls are paid for, and they arc wel
come to eat as much as they can. As a
rule they do.
Colonel Barney denies the insinuation
that he Is trying to save money by the
adoption of the European plan. Sev
eral hotels on the National Lehgue cir
cuit are noted for the excellence of
the cuisine, and the temptation has
been too much for the athletes.
steak or delicious seafood Is almost Ir
resistible to some ball players when
such thing* are on the bill of fare, and
do not cost the club or player any
more than If he makes his dinner on a
plate of coup. Rich desserts, too. have
affected the batting averages of muny
'fuss: —He believes ~That it player
wb*» gets away with family steaks and
other run but unpalatable food at noon
is not cnpable of hls-best game three
hours later. There Is n tendency to"
drowsiness, gout and corpulency which
Colonel Dreyfuss desire* to overcome.
The Pittsburg club will put up at the
same ho.tels^thla summer, but the^ eat
ing will be done on the European plan.
The secretary will hnnd each plover S3
every morning and the player will be
asked to subsist on that for one day.
The average is a dollar n meal, but Mr.
Dreyfuss believes that hls athletes will
not overfeed themselves or take nine
with their dinners. He admits the
danger of having a player sleep late
so as to eat only two meals at Jl.51
apiece, but will Instruct Fred narks
to have each man routed out of be«l a: I
a. m., ao that breakfaat will bo necc*.
•ary. ,
Colonel Dreyfusa counts on tho fru
gal habits of several well-known play-
ers to keep them down to weight Ho
foresees the probability of some .»f hls
men "hedging” -on tho "grub stake'* -
by eating 60-ront lunches and etiab-
llshlng a bank account on tho accumu
lation of chunge. There are several
artists In this line In both leagues.
John Anderson probably will try tu get
a transfer to Pittsburg.
Some players have been known t-»
accept n ftntlnr trnm ttr«TI£cFeUi y Lf
a meal In a dining car and then buy
a dozen banana* at n.W’ay station..iLu
saving . 5U cento. The natural -
sltlon to stay with in file limits ?»f *.a*.
doilar white gt tho plate, he thlnxc"
will have exactly the opposite effort
to'the results that followed noonday
discussion* of a heavily laden tab.#
decorated ut the chib’s expense
In support of hls theory Colonel
Drey fuse points to thr fact that n party-
every team plays its best ball at home,
where the performers pay their own
board. The Pirates* motto henceforth
will be "Every man for hlm*«if." anl
no more will they look forward to 'Is-
Itlng the Copley Square hold In But
ton. Walters' tips are not Included in
the club's dally donation.—New York
Globe.
In*,** anybody know of • fighter who
would like a go with Mexican Peter Ever-
ett*V Pete Is now oat of Jail and Is nuslous
to arrange n bout.
The Canton. Ohio, team holds the straight•
victory record la the laterstste Roller I'olo
League, having wou 12 games without suf
fering n defeat.
Kitty League Is Expiring;
. A Victim of High Salaries
A PUGILISTIC DEAD ONE
Vincennes, Ind. Jan. Iff.—The Kitty
League has developed Into an awful
example of wlmt unlimited salaries and
limited patronage will do for a once
prosperous organization. The leuguo U
on the blink and will probably nover
start on another senson. President
Gosnell, of this city, has called a meet-
Ing of the lenguo for January 27, at
fentrulla. III. At this meeting the fu
ture of the league will be decided.
Practically It ha* already iieen set
tled that there will be no Kitty league
BETTER TEAMS
FOR THE HUB
THE NATIONAL AND AMERICAN
TEAMS OF BOSTON ARE BE
ING STRENGTHENED.
-<’y Young mu!
ivltb tin* llo,tun
Bouton. Mn.v, J.m. 1
l.ou ('rigor bnw olinio-1
Auiorloan. for i.. \r your,
('rigor la «m.l to u- lu g.w,l comllllou
mul 1. twin* eounto.1 „„ ,i,o nuilnatny
*l*o tomu. A your ago II looknl a.
though ho hail oonio to tho oml of III.
Im.'ball raroor. Ion now ho I, buck »t lop
•fftMGKMMIMffffl
Hers is • photograph of Torry McGovern, taken just before his last fight. Terry has joined the Down-and
Out Club now and nis friends are raising monsy to ksep him in comfort until ths snd.
the coming season. The Paducah as
sociation has turned over It* framitba
to the Paducah Traction Company, and
Manager Hleeker has stated that If *w
can get the right man the company "ill
nsMst an independent tram. Word-fr***-
Vlncenne* Is also to tho effect that
there will be no league team here. Fairs
Is also down .and out.
There are enough Independent trains
In surrounding cities and towns to
make baseball pay hero and Paducah
will probably have a strong Independ
ent club.
form.
John I. Taylor, president of the lt*»*?*'a
Americans, believe* tbnt hls team
In the rutinlug this year. He says:
"We will not 1h? the tail end c!ul» »
siu not rlnltultig nny pennant* J»»t vet,
but with t’olllus back In line, our < v »b
field braced up mul n good utility uuin la
liiglnub we will k«»e|» the other te.un«
busy. Jimmy Barrett Is said *•»
right, hi* knee having entirely r««r>x* rel
It* Htrength. Manager Htshl saw |t «« k* u-
liergef, of the ttoebester team, n fe» «
ago. und the latter Informed St.ili' t!.it
during the latter half of last season lurott
played as Jsst ball •• «t any time in *»i#
career."
I'msldent Dovejr, of the B«>«ton Nailer, us,
I* hanl after s pitcher oml on onto ■ ‘“f-
He left here several days ip» f*' r *.'•
Witt, where ho wilt be,until itb.M.i tw
end of the month. He will try to m> £
b ast one idnyer from * bl' , -')R'» ‘i' 1 " ,.
from Ht. Lulls. Ilow he "ill sure * i •
hard to Judgs. , . . . ,
ilie UH.a .ffiitlonsls have lost out l 1 ' ‘
iitteut'it to (and William <"tlo*t *
•on, from the South Bend team.
•on, from the Boutii pena " ,., t
Ventral Lwgue. littsburg made tb-
offer nnd gets the man.
Khmrtn of the Akron tea®.. 1 " ,,,u
f lteher of the Ohio and 1^®"'-'! ' D |
^Nigne. Tb»* post season he ^'^“'4 &
New Haven and Newark •/***!*“*
htrante far the lead In the latersUt* 1
.Word from Dartmouth **V» \ *
will not pitch for t>- ‘ *
the mmtng sessou.
NAT KAISER A CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
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