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THE ATLANTA ggQ&QIAN. SATURDAY, JANTTABY 19,1907.
EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
ABE ATTELL
BEAT BAKER
Tlw ('baliauiugn Oolf Club will aoob
bold an Invitation team match over Ita
conrav. and the Atlauta Athletic Clab will
doubt leva lie tepreaented with a team.
An Invltatlun baa been received from
K. a buulrea. chairman of the tournament
committee of the Chattanooitn club, to sue-
neat datca and comlltlona for an Intercity
team luntcb In wblcb Albintn, Birmingham,
Iam Angelo*, ful., Jiui. 1».—Abo Al-
tell clearly demonatrated hit auporlori-
ty over Harry liaker before tho Pacllk-
Athletic nub’ lit*i night, giving th«
Ban Franclacu boy a thorough drub-
After a tnlnute of flfhtlng In th
eighth round, lluitor was ail In, and tho
aponge wan loaned Into tho ring.
Baker could nut have laa'ed a mlijut-
longer.
Of the ten ball playera transferred
from Loulavllle to Plttaburg In l>oo
only four, Clarke, Phllllppe, Leucli and
Wagner, remain.
Charlae B. (Chick) Stahl, the new
manager of the Bouton Americana, had
bin flrat profcaalonal engagement In
1IH. In the aprlng of that venr hr
itartort n« n pltrhor for a la.
It lu uald that Oeorge Stone and
Rhody Wallace will coat the SI. Lout*
Americana an even llo.r.uu In aulnrlea
the coming aeaaon. Ball players must
be starving to death nowadays.
SNAPPY GAME
' * fTi>T).i>.y ♦
PLAYING HOCKEY IN NEW YORK RINKS
Hockey It to tht fort In New York, and gtmot tr# being playod on all tho rinks in tha Metropolitan districts. Thia picture ahowa the atrong
New York Athletic Club team practising defensive work near tha goal. From left to right there are Dalton, Muter, Reilly, Dtllababgh, Caetleman
(captain).
Atlanta Golfers To Compete
In Inter-City Team Match
Nashville, Memphis snd Chattanooga ...
be teprsssstsd. ™
Mr. dqslrst writs# that tbs Chattas-M,
morse Is la ebepe now eed that b!< iJI
Is susloue to rattrula some rlaltlug
It Is expsetsd that the local elm,
suggest the sending of n team of r ,,«,„
able sUm-perbsM six or eight ra ..„
playing the rnntcb nt toy early d.“ ~ j1
LIGHTWEIGHTS IN ACTION
C’S AND M’S
STILL TIED
Y. M. C. A. BASKET BALL LEAGUE
TEAMS WILL PLAY FINAL
OAMES SATURDAY.
The doelng gmmea of the Toung
Men's Christian Asaoclatlon bosket bell
league series will be played In the
Toung Msn'e Christian Asaoclatlon
gymnasium Saturday night. Tha Ca
and M'a are now tied tor flrat piece,
end both will light to the lost gasp to
win tonight In order to stay In front
play the Y*e and the At play
If both the C*a and the M'e
tie will be played uS at sans
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PERCY HI WHITING.
They arc talking of abolinhing tho Carlisle Indian achoul.
Probably the Indians would wtnml it ull right, but it would
be a hard blow to football.
Speaking of Carlisle football players, Little Heart, heir ap
parent to the chiofhond of the Osage tribe, is going to establish
a breeding farm for trottcra at Skyhoot or some such place in lu-
dian Territory.
A lot of men with good big Anglo-Saxon brains have gone
broke bucking that very same game, but maybe Little Heart-i»
there with the gray matter and the luck to be a successful breeder.
MUIedgevllle. Ox, Jan. It.—The Re
cruit. managed to win a game at last,
nibbing U Into the Regulars yesterday
afternoon to th# tune of fi to S.
The ploying woo foot and .getting
every Inning, and the lest few Inning,
reminded one of those good old last
season days.
The rooters were In evidence, giving
the Qnal touch needed to make Janu
ary resemble May.
Scoring was started In tha flrat In
ning, when tha Recruits tallied twice.
Men were frequently left on bases,
often at third. Chases between the
bugs also livened things up consider
ably.
Kiker. Reynold*, Jordan and Forbes
were nU stars, while Whtlden, llarron
and Membridge took the 'honors for
the Reg alara Btembrtdge Tanned 11
In six Innings, making for himself a
new recor.L
Tha scoro In detail of yesterday's
battle:
Reoutare— eb. r. h. a. po.e.
.4 0 0 1 1 1
.411110
.41301
..4 0 1 1 0 0
.4 0 0 1 0 0
..4 0 1 1 1« 1
.4 0 0 0 0 0
.1 •' 1 0 0 0
.1 0 0 3 1 0
.34 1 < ( 3? 4
Hutchinson. 3b... .
Barron, 3b
WhIUlcn, lb. . . .
Allen, ts
Btembrtdge, rf. A p.
Kxley, a
Taut, cf
Tracy, If
Ellison, p. & it. .
Total. ......
Rscrulte—
Xtker. os. .... ,
Forbes, 3b
Reynolds, lb. , .
Jordon. 3b, . . . ,
Oorhsm. p. A it. .
Smith, rf. A p. . .
Tracy, J. If. . . »
Davis,
Harrell, rf
Total . .13 & * 13 37 3
Bcnre by Innings:
Regulars.. »• .. .. ..fen 201 ooo—3
Recruits.. .. •• 301 002 000—6
Hummnrv—Innings pilched, by Hill-
son 3. Btembrtdge *; Oorhsm 4. Himth
B. Struck oat, by Klllson 3. Btembrlilgs
11: Oorhsm Bmtlh 3. Time ot porno,
1 hour 30 minute). Umpire, ll.irdy.
Wllllnm Buckley will umpire In the
New Yolk Bute League the coming
season.
Friends of Joe Choynekl. one of th*
flne.t chaps who ever drew on a mtt.
were pleased to learn that ho had been
„ Li pointed boxing Uistractor nt the new
lliln.as Athlete Club In Chicago. Jue
I- ne nl the few obl-tlme pugilists
"I- managed to hold on to some of
I I- . -In '
When profossionnls in any branch of gport* compete as ama
teurs it ii timo for tho amateur* to tto somoiliinR.
And there is no branch of amntwir sport ■where there is nnr
more rottenness along this line than in trap shoot inn.
Dozens of men who go to. tho varimiR sluiota throughout tho
country and compete as amateurs are in the pay of the powder
and arms companies anil have no more right to shoot as amateurs
than have the out anti out professionals. In fact, a lot of them
have less, for, in addition to being out of their proper class, they
have signed lying affidavits of their eligibility.
In tho Interstate shoots hereafter these fake amateurs will
find it heavy going. The Interstate association reserves the right
to refuse without explanation any entries and it is the purpose of
that association to turn down the application of all hut bona title
amateurs.
This will force some of the psid "amateurs” to get in their
proper class, which is the professional division.
The Interstate association is no blooming hand of athletic
reformers. They art* out to promote interest in the sport because
it pays, but they timl it pays best to keep professionals out of
the amateur ranks, so that the real amateurs may have a fair
chance. And when a lot uf hard-headed business men lind that
a reform pays we generally get the reform.
"With the opening of the motordrome at Weybridge
surrey, the bookmaker will make his appearance as a regu
lar feature of auto racing.”—English paper.
That puts the English auto racing game on the hum.
Our cousins over on the wee island are pretty good amateur
sportsmen, hut when they get to betting they haven't any more
sense than the average American doing the same stunt—and that
isn’t very much.
Egans Will Play Golf in Atlanta
H. Chandler Kgan, ranked first among
American golfer* this year, mul Walter
Kagan, hie cousin. will be In At hint a
to play the Atlanta Athletic Club's
court** nt Kami l«nke tome day In the
latter port of January.
The Kagans will paws through Atlan
ta Saturday night en rout** t«» Palm
Dench, Fin., on the Dixie river. ni« the
truest of H. F. Smith, piv.-idi nt of the
Houthrm Oolf Association. and will at
that lima be met by a delegation of
local golfer*. Who will Invite them to
play over tho Ka*t Luke coui-e on their
return from Pnlm Beach This Invi
tation will douhtle** be accepted and
Atlanta will haw an opportunity of
seeing two bf the count ry'n l*e*t golf
er*.
In announcing that lu* would bring
the Kagan* to Atlanta Mr Smith said.
Iti a letter to Fulton CoMllo, u promi
nent hval golfer:
"l an» very much In hope* that the
opportunity will be afforded us to
make stops en route home at mine of
the Important point* at which th®
Bout hem Oolf Association maintain®
loyal and enthusiastic meml*cr»hip. At
lanta I* one ofsfhoae point*.
"I am assuming that the Atlanta
Oolf Club, a* n member of the South
ern Oolf Association. will lu* glad to
entertain the*® young golfer* of na
tional reputation, inamnuch u* tho ob
ject in having them make a brief tour
of the Houtlu rn Oolf Aaaoclatlon terri
tory I* to stimulate the Interest In th®
game, and to. In n *-nnnl*tent and prop
er manner, accord the Atlantn «lub the
opportunity of advertising It* course
and the fact that the chainpionnhlp
tournament of 100? of the Southern
Oolf Aaaoclatlon will be held under the
auaplc®a of the said club.
NAT KAISER A CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
{> Decatur 8b Kimball House.
Bargain* in Unredeemed Diamonds.
JOE GANS SAYS HE WILL TACKLE
WELTER WEIGHT FIGHTERS NEXT
”
By TAO.
New York. Jan 19—*Tve made up my mind .to go after the Mg
fellow«. t.ui.” said J«*v (Ian* yesterday nt the Metrt*pole, whit® Corbett
and Murphy wviv Miming up for their battle.
"And IM Juet n* *•*»» meet O'Hrten hm any on* of the other heavy
one*. I don’t want any * m* to think that I'm swelled up on account of
tht* offer, but. really I am in earnest and will tight him to a finish a*
Mk.n a* 1 am through with thv match 1 have on hand. 1 really Intend
to get after the weiterw eights, but I think there I* more money In a
tight with O'Brien Vtints yiith any of the others."
This photograph, posed by Tommy Murphy and Young Corbott, shows tho knockdown in th® second round that noarly ended fho fight Cor- I
bott is kneeling until hit brain racovors from tha shock of tho blow, and Murphy io standing ovar him, roady to attack as soon as hs risss. Tht blow S
that aent tho Denver fighter down was a terrific right uppsreut, and aftar ha had risen, Murphy drove him ratling about tho ring until tho gong saved •
Corbatt hanging weak and helpless on tho ropes.
RACE TRACK WRECKS MANY IN NEW OUEANS
Two Thousand Turf Followers Have Carried the Betting Game
to Its Logical Conclusion and Are Now Broke—Some
of the Many Curios of the Gambling Game.
By J. 8. A. MACDONALD.
New Orleans, La., Jun. 18.—Like the
men who go down to sea In ships, the
turf soldiers of fortune nr® to be pitied
when they strike along the shoals of ill
luck, here In New Orleans, hundred* of
mile* away front their friends and suc
cor In the North. From a distance, the
will-o'-the-wisp life of the professional
race track follower I* tinged with tho
glowing color of romance, but how
really different It I* nil when one get*
dose to the inline It la Impossible
to com® to New Orleans during the
second part of th® long winter cam
paign without realising how extremely
hard l* the lot of the race track ne'er-
do-well.
Yearn ago the average Creole dtlson
met with a warm heart the entreaties
of the man who, having gone "broke'*
on the pontes, was obliged to seek as
sistance. Then came a scourge of im
posters until, nowadays, the unfortu
nate professional who fulls upon lean
days snmetlm®* actually starves to
death unless the charity of one of his
kind ran be availed. Of course, tht* Is
a circumstance not confined to this
city, for It 1* Just as hard to strike
on one's feet In Han Francisco or any
where else w hen once you go down for
a fall.
When the winter campaign opens up
during Thanksgiving week, the great
hordea of owner*, trainers. Jockeys,
bookmaker*, clerks, touts, tipsters and
bobtail hangers-on corns to town fairly
well staked. However, they soon find
the sporting season an expensive one.
each day wearing down the little
hank roll, until a series of losing bet*
lands the average on® of them on th®
reef of Norman's Woe. Then ensues
a wild, frensled scramble for a dally
existence until th® balmy breath of
early March days betokens tho wel
come moment of departure for richer
and more familiar pastures at Wash
ington, and along the line at Memphl*
and Nashville.
A* th* days of the latter half of the
winter arrive the unfortunate* grow
desperate Then the city newspaper*
ore brimful of sensational police stories
—a race track man fallen by the way
side generally playing the principal roie
In the little drama. Home of the ben
stories and richest experiences related
by turf folks have to do with the
•'broken guys" here In New Orleans of
u winter.
Big Crop of Bums.
This winter the crop is a bit more
luxuriant than usual, for the hotel
clerks say the nil-night loungers In the
lobbies were never before so numer
ous, while a "live one" with money In
hls elothei Is generally beset by his
friends as soon as he leuvea the City
Park or Fair (>rotind* gntes. with the
fury of a famished wolf pack tearing
to shreds the fullcn traveler. Since
the opening of the season back In No
vember hundreds and hundreds of men
and women who came to town Hush of
iHH’ket then, have gambled off their
money and must now do the best they
may until the exodus to the summer
fields. And what they do and who they
<lo is a story which can be told only In
chapters.
Talking to a member of the "Down
and Out Club" the other night, he said
to me: "Do you know there are 2.000
broken fellows In town this present
minute? To get a meal a day Is no
more than th® average one expects; to
grab two In a bit of luck, and to enjoy
three straight Is positive luxury. You
know Famishing Flynn?* Well, he In-
treduced a gang of the fellows to .*
Joint up on Rampart street The pro
prietor used to be e mun himself and
Is now well-to-do. He sees no one go
short on a meal and a warm place to
kill out the long, weary nights. At first
two or three guys would drop around.
I Now there are twenty The saloon
j man take* a personal interest in each
one. He get* to know their names ami
wises up ns to Just how they came to
be bums, and I don't believe he would
object If twenty more made hls place a
temporary home At midnight be puts
on a soup for us fellows, ami aft »r
we’ve all got nround a howl or two,
w hy, he comes Into the circles anil dis
cusses the entries for the next day and
argues with us us If we were going to
bet fo.aoo on a gi*nd thing Hut. say —
it Is real charity, and If any «»f the fel
low* do well after hiking away from
here In the spring, you can bet the obi
soup thrower won t b© overlooked any."
Some of tho Curios.
One of the curious sights to the New-
Yorkers Is that of "Hilly" (lavnn. the
oUl-tlme Gravesend horse owner and
bookmaker (he was a power years ago
on the Masheth. L, l.. electric-light
course), hawking tips on t’unul street
to the crowds taking curs for the race
track.
"Illddy" Cornish, who made two
hundred and fifty thousand in tile* get-
rich-quick boom. Is here this winter,
ns he was three winters ago. when
he held out In a suite nt the 8t.
Charles. "Illddy" Is a modest rubber
for $35 a month In Mose (ioldhlatt's
stable out at th® fair grounds.
Then none of thet sports from Wash
ington. D. C\, or Hulttmore, Md., here
on the ground hut find it smile wreath
ing up their faces ns they contemplate
the vicissitudes of little "Freddie"
Hcharff. "Freddie" Is a dapper little
man who u year ago was satisfied ami
happy Ht 12.* a week In the treasury
department nt thy capital, one dav at
Pimlico he purleyed n $10 note Into a
small fortune Nothing would do hut
Scharff tries bookmaking a few days
later nt Henning with the newly ac
quired bank roll. Hls luck stayed with
him and si*»»n It® had tnore money than
he ever dared to dream about. A s|*eedy
resignation from the department and
he was ready for the Hush high tide of
S|s*rtlng enthusiasm for New Orleans.
He came to town clad In the latest
cuts .and the most daring tu*eed* with
an entire crew in tow. each one of
whom was not in any way less pros-
P®rous so far as from outside appear-
nnres count, than the lucky Is*** him
self. 8oon he had drawm In nt the fair
grounds. What the sharpshooters front
th.* paddock didn't take of hls bankroll
lh® thletln* clerks purloined The kid-
topped patent leather shoes disappeared
along with the sporting stone from hls
cravat. 8chnrff was beaten and broke.
"Hut Pm not dead by a long ways."
enld he one day and he spoke the truth.
"Freddie" |* Just now selling specu-
latnrs'i tickets In front of the French
opera and waiting for the time when he
can run up a $10 note Into a compe
tency again.
This bleu of stretching a shoestring
Into a tannery Is the fond hope of the
gambler, and one might say the verv
heart throb of the speculative system
of th® turf. Thousands go on for days
and years, and wtu continue to do ao
until their death, yearning and dream
ing for the moment when luck will give
them n fortune for which they won't
have to work.
Famishing Flinn's Cate.
To talk about the fallacy of the thing
to these dyed-ln-the-wool race play
ing regulars who come down here t»
New Orleans every winter Is Just *•>
much wasted words and time. One® a
race gambler, always one, Is the thing.
"Famishing Flynn" la the chief char
acter among the New Orleans r.ica
track tramps. It Is related of him that
he la the son of a wealthy New Kng-
land shoe manufacturer and ,-that he
left home with pockets full of money
and possessed of the dignity of a mil
lionaire.
The races got him. Hls final dollars
hraught him from Han Francisco, ful.,
here to this city, where hls financial
light snuffed out. Before becoming *
member of the professional - colony
dead hard bums, he walked around t' 1 "
"porting resorts In a pair of old tennis
shoes \\w m*»»t forlorn being you evr
saw. It was a tough lesson. It ml** 1
the mark, though, for Flynn If* s 1 '*, 1 ,
hoping for the "three-time pnrb'
Many come, but few are winners m
the New Orlenns winter grind Mam
a stranger Is laid to rest In rotur*
field and tho suicide list grows m ’
ever winter down here—nil eloqtien* • ■
the tragedies of the foolish notb*n • •
getting something for nothing by "«>
of the race track route.
IVnver fight promotora have been u»
against It trying t® ret * dc ? t , , r , S
opponent for Harry Lewis. ' Kuik
Smith Is the latest to sign for a>
with Lewis, the bout being scheduli i
for January 22.
A world'a figure skating champion
ship for women Is to take place tomor
row In Vienna.
The first of the big fencing
of the winter Is scheduled for tonlxh■.
when ttw Boston Athletic Assncla^ »
will hold a tournament for foil" •
gold, silver and bmnse medal*.
week the Junior championship# ® [»>
decided at th. New tort Athletic Uu&