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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TUESDAY, JANUARY, 29 1907.
EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
FITZ WANTS TO TACKLE BURNS
I
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loom
art two pictur,, of Bob Fitiilmmon,. who ha, held mora pupil
iatio champion
to prova hla <1
tommy Durni,
ral crop
plonahlpa at tna aama time than any man living, and who aaaka
•la claim that ha la no back numbar by taking on a match with
orna, tna eiavar ana veaftii Satroit fighter, v.ho I: perched near
♦ha, top-notch of tha near champion*. At the laft Fltxaimmona la ahown
with hla wig on, and at tha right ha appaara with what la laft of hla natu-
—‘ —-i of hair.
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
SPORT DOINGS
OF THIS WEEK
TUESDAY.
Motor boat racaa at Palm Beach,
FUx. to continue four day*.
National amateur skating champion-
ahlpa at Saranac Lake, N. Y.; to con-
tiBu« threo* days.
Annual meet of Georgia Field Trlala
Aaaoclatlon at Wayneaboro, Oa.
Kid Oeodraon va. Dave Deahler. 16
rounds, at Thornton, R. I..
Alex Reed va. Jack ‘ Graham, lu
rounda, at Beaver Falla, Pa.
WEDNESDAY.
Opening of Wleconaln State Poultry
Aaaoclatlon show at Oahkoab.
, THURSDAY.
Annual meeting of Woman'* Metro
politan Uolf Aaaoclatlon In New York
city.
FRIDAY.
Canadian npecd nnd figure akatlng
champlonalilpa ul Toronto; continue
two daya.
8ATURDAY.
Opening of Chlcoao automobile allow;
to continue one week.
Athletic cnrnlvnl of the Irlah-Amerl.
can Ailletlc Club at Miullaon Square
Garden.
By PERCY H. WHITING.
It waa announced Monday, with a considerable splaslt, tliut
the ten Memphis Jockey Club stakes would close on that day.
They may atay closed, too, for if Tennessee passes the anti
race track gambling law those races will never be run.
The size of the crowd which braved what looked ns though
it were going to be bad weather and tramped the five or more
miles around the East Lake golf course to see the Egans, Smith
and Maiden play an exhibition match indicated the interest
which is felt in the game in this city.
Though not one man of the four was “on his game” they all
played brilliant golf, in spite of the soft condition of the ground
and the -erratic surface of the temporary putting greens.
There was considerable satisfaction . to local golfers to Ree
such iinmtcur stars an the Egans make—now and then—the same
old mistakes that everybody else makes and go in the same old
hazards. Walter Egan drove into the lake with a loud splash,
Chandler Egan sliced into the ditch on the sixth hole and at
other times both of the players made enough mistakes to encour
age local beginner*.
The thtnka of Southern golfers is due II. F. Smith, who
brought the Egans to Atlanta and who will taka them to Bir
mingham, Memphis and perhaps other Southern cities. Mr. Smith
who is president of the Southern Golf Association, feels that
such a tour as the Egans are making will do much to popularize
the game in the South nnd to increase the interest in the Southern
golf championship, which will be held in Atlanta the second week
of June.
As presidetit of the Southern Golf Association Sir. Smith
has proved n hard worker nnd has done much for the good of
the cause.
The elmnges proposed in the football rules will no doubt
prove satisfaetory to players and spectators. The scheme to
innsen tip the forward pass nmt make it less dangerous is com
mendable. Lnst year the forward pass was so hedged around by
penalties and restrictions that it could be used only ns a Inst re
sort mul then with little yhanee for success.
The rule which caused a long and bitter newspapers squab
ble—that of a linesman running from his position with the ball—
bns been changed so that such running is now made legal.
It was doubtless the intention of the rule makers that this play
be legalized under lust year's rules but somewhere a cog slipped
nnd the necessary language was not inserted in the code.
The fuir catch rule will also be changed in a minor particular.
<Y Wokblihgs of tbe Bassball World
"Punch" Knell, Inte ot New Orlcane,
may be out of a manaaerlal Job before
long. It la nimnreil that the Evans-
vllle franchise will ho until. Maybe
"Punch" will go along. an one of the
Meets of the club. *Hohnnnon will also
go, but perhaps more In the nature of
a liability.
President Ehbcts of the Brooklyn
club has announced that hla players
will Msemble at Jacksonville, Klu . on
March I. They will play sshlbltlon
games In that City on klnreh 16. II.
and II. after which they will go to Sk-
vannah for four ganow an March 27,
U, It and SO. They will i lay In Macon
oa April 1 and 1. In Atlanta on April 3
and 4. In Lynchburg on April 6 and 4.
In Paterson on ApHI T, und will make
llMtr first appearance hi Washington
Park In a contest to be arranged with
Yale on April S, The Brooklyn* will
visit Holyoke on April 0 and then re
turn borne to open the championship
season with probably ihc Boston team
on April 11. _
Ebbeta believes that the Brooklyn*
will cat a figure In the National League
ton this year, and pays that while the
pennant may not he won Donovan's
man will be near the top at the end ef
the race. Donovan will have these men
under his control; Pilcher*. McIntyre,
mricklett. Henley. Sranlon, Paatorius.
Eason. Whiting. Bell. Rucker and liu»h.
catchers. Bergen. Ritter. Butler and
Hurley; first • base. Jordan; second
base, Alpemmn and Hummel; short
stop. Lewis; third base, I ssey; out-
flelders. Luodey, Maloney, Batch, Mc
Carthy and Reartfini Jordan Is hold-
MUENCH&
BEIERSDORFER
THE PEACHTREE JEWELERS
Diamonds, Watches. Jewelry. Fins
Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repair
ing.
M Peachtrto Street AtlanU, Gs.
•oil Phone 1311.
lug out for a salary of |5,O00. but Kb-
bei* Muyit tlmt ho will .not receive any
where near thl* amount. If the I>Ik
first baseman does not come to terms
Donovan may cover the bag himself.
Occasionally R baseball writer place*
himself directly In the path of expert
criticism, *uy* the New York (Hobo. .V
sporting editor haa been appointed
manager of the Louisville team. As a
mutter of retaliation, famou* baseball
player* are now becoming editor*. Once
In u while a aertbe attempts to ptuy
the national game. Judge Murphy,
now a well-known turf. official. once
pitched for a league team Ju*t to *how
that he knew what he was writing
about in u St. Smuts isiper.
Many ball player* dl*ogree with their
critic*. They declare they could write
ha Pal I better than the critic could
play It. Hut until recently the ball
tower* have avoided the quill. Now
it * different The other day Kfann
Wagner acted a* * porting editor of a
Plttaburg paper. The same week Na
poleon Lajoie conducted the pportlng
page of a Cleveland dally for one day.
und Adrian Jo**, the hlg Cleveland
pitcher, l* a sporting writer on a To
ledo paper. Help!
club la true. Probably the precedent
for dentlHtry among ball player* wiih
act by lluahong. of tho old St. Louis
Browns. He practiced at St. Lout*
while with the team nnd now haa a
good practice In Brooklyn Southpaw
Hlchmond. who made nWrccater fa
mous for a few brief week* In the early
daya of the National League, was one
of the enrlleat ball player* to become a
practicing physician.—Sporting Life.
Contract* h*\c been received at
Southern League headquarter* for th*
follow lug player*:
Memphis — Guy Saint, Joe H1H*. D. K.
Miller. Henry ScUults. Otto Thiel
Shreveport— Charlea Noah. Tony
Smith. Prince Onukell, Fred Clarke.
It I* singular fact that nenily all
the profe**|onnl baseball player* who
adopt medicine or dentistry a* their
profe**lon are either pitcher* or catch
er*. »inc exception I* Dr. Caaey, of
ihs* Brooklyn*, and another I* (Jesslor.
of the Cub* Among the pitcher* in
the two big league* who have 4»r will
have Dr " a* a prefix are White, Iteut-
bach. Hillfbrand. Coakley, Newton ami
Si anion. The catcher* are Power* and
Mai -shall. It Is to he preaumed Dr
('atfoii. of South Mend, may algn tfv-
er«l of these men for the Doaton Anf r-
k*an». if the report h^U to manage J»*ut
The Macon correspondent of The
Sporting News seem* to think well of
Bob Spade, one of Billy Smith'* new
pitcher*. He »ay»:
“We lost two good men by the draft
law—Pitcher Bob Spade, who goe* to
Atlanta, and Flrat Ba*eman Mike
Ratchford, who get* a tryout with
Memphis.
Spade, who contributed largely to
winning the ling for ua In 1905 ami
materially atrengthened Nie loo»i team
on hi* return about the middle of the
season, tcffi no doubt matte good with a
ruah In the Southern. Boh ha* terrific
speed, plenty of good curve*, a well-
balanced head and I* a consistent und
timely hitter."
Here la what The New York Herald
has to say about the spring plana . f
the New York (Rant*:
'The Giant* make their headquar
ter* at Lo* Angeles, playing at Han
Joae and San Francisco m the Interim,
until the latter part of March. Then
they start for home. On the way over
the desert they play twice at San An
tonio. Tex., with the St. L«>ul* team,
of the American League. The dates
uriy March 23 and 24 On March 27.
29. 30 and 31 they play at New
Orleans against the Philadelphia
American League club, the first time
that the team* have come t>«ether
since the world’* championship series.
“April I they tire at Montgomery.
Ala.; April 2. at Nashville. Tenn.:
April 3, at Louisville. Ky.i April 4. at
Columbus, O.. and April 5. at Wheeling,
W. Va,
“On April C the Olfntaeutd Yale play
at the/poto ground lit this city, and on
Aorti m the tram villi go to Newark,
CAROLINAS TO
HAVE LEAGUE
apeclal lo Tk# Grortlae.
Aeherllle. N. <?„ Jon. 34.—Tho whom*
lo organlxe a Two-Slate Baseball
I-euguc. lo conalat of duba repreoent-
Ing the principal cities of North and
South Caroling And, muchi. favor bene.
Ashevilla for the past two sessons
haa been without a representative base,
ball team, but tbe game when played
here has been well patronised. Aahs>
vllle would undoubtedly make a strong
bid for membership In such a league.
Il le thought here that the combi
nation proposed, Spartanburg. Oreen.
vllle, Charlotte, Anderson. Laurens,
t'nlon. Chester and Ashsvllls. would be
ir throng aggregation and meets with
entire approval hare.
TOMMY BURNS, THE “NEAR CHAMPION”
Thaos photographs art tha njost
rsesnt llksneasss of Tommy Bums
Illustration Burnt I, sparring with
sight, *1
tha colored Heavyweight, "Klon
dyke," who sets as his partner.
Tha big pugilist Is sstn in his
rsgular fighting poss in tha uppsr
pictur*. turns will msks hit neet
appearanse in tht ring at Los An
geles during Fiesta week, in May,
whtn ho will fight Philadelphia
Jack O’Brien 29 rounds for a big
puroo.
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O SOME FIGHTS SLATED O
O FOR COMING MONTH. O
O O
O February 1. O
O Charlie Neary and (probably) O
O Dave Deshler, 10 rounds, at Mil- O
O tvaukee. O
O Jack Langdon vs. Gua Bexe- O
O nab, 10 rounds, at Dayton, Ohio. O
O February 4. O
O Hammy Ryan va. Dan Barr}-. 20 O
a rounds, at Hot Springs, Ark. - O
O February i. O
O Kid Goodman vs. Reuse O’Brien, O
O It rounds, at Thornton, R I. O
O Art Bimms vs. Bert Wing. 20 0
O rounds, at Canton. Ohio. O
O February I. O
O Matty Baldwin vs. Kid Goodwfn, O
O 16 rounds, at Thornton. R. I. O
0 Jimmy Walsh vs. Fred Weeks, O
O 20 rounds, at Los Angeles. O
O February 22. O
O Jim Flynn vs. Jack Sullivan, 20 0
O rounds, at Los Angeles. . ,0
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LOWE AND RYAN DRAW.
Wllkeebnrre, Pa.. Jan. 29—Tommy
Lowe, of Washington. D. C„ and Hilly
Ryan, of Syracuse, fought n fust six-
round bout to a draw last night before
the Peerleea Club. The men met at
catch weights and were In fine condi
tion. Roth ware on their fret and able
to travel some distance at the finish.
AMERICA’S BEST GOLFERS
, PLAY EAST LAKE COURSE
Horace F. Smith, Jr., of Nashville,
president of the Southern Golf Asso
ciation; H. Chandler Egan, twice ama
teur golf - cEaifiplan of America and
rated as the best golfer In America In
1907, and Walter Egan, ranked 1 sixth
among the amateur player* of the
United States, paid a visit to Atlanta
Monday. On Tuesday they play In
Birmingham, and' Wednesday, If the
weather Is fair, they will go to Mem
phis.
Monday afternoon. Chandler Egan,
paired with James Madden, one of the
local professionals, played a four-ball
match agalnat Walter Egan and Alex
Smith, open champion.
The score at the end of eighteen holes
was all even. Malden and Chandler
Egan won the second and third holes,
inn losf the advantage when Alex
Smith ran down a three on the fifth and
a three on the atxth. A four on the
eighth put the open champion and his
partner one up and the same score
gave them the last hole, putting the
8mlth-W. Egan team two up at the
turn.
Chandler Egan, however, holed a
lucky three on the eleventh, winning
that hole, and Maiden squared the
match at the fourteenth with a win
ning four. The next four holes and
the match were halved.
Alex Smith had the best card, an 81.
By holes It was;
Out 45643364 —17
Tn . . .. .4 5 5 5 8 4 5 6 6—44—81
Chandler Egan had the better card
of the two amateurs. It wns:
Out 3 6 3 5 4 5 4 6 5—40
In 4 3 7 5 5 4 6 5 6—44—34
Walter Egan's card was:
3 6 «t 6 4 5 4 6 6—42
45566556 6—46 88
James Malden's card follows;
44444456 6—39
44554466 6—44 83
(Several holes were approximated In
these scores.)
The Egans played golf at Palm Beach
and Jacksonville while In Florida, und
will round up their Southern trip at
Memphis.
Both the Kguns expressed themselves
as delighted with the Atlanta course
and prophesied that It would become
one of the best In the country.
Mercer Baseball Candidates
Are Practicing Each Day
Macon. (iu.. Jan. 29.—Work on the
diamond :»t Central City Park Is be
ing rapidly completed and by the time
the sea*4»n open* will present n neat
appearance. The grand stand Is being
Improved am! the diamond being
smoothed down.
The Mtrccr pitcher* worked out yes
terday with slow ball* and few twist
er*. Paul Dyur, nbout whom there lm*
been some uncertainty a* to hi* piny-
Ing tlsl* season, has secured the con
sent of hi* parents and will be In the
game from the start. Thin comes a* a
great nelp to the team, ns Mercer waa
depending on nlm a* her mainstay to
win the pennunt this year.
be settled at tills meeting, as will also
the schedule for the season.
DEGROOTE, PUGILIST.
FOOTBALL RULES WILL
BE SOMEWHAT CHANGED
New York. Jan. 29.—The new Joint new pffldul was created, to be on the j.
rules committee has held Its first meet
ing and has worked over some of the
rules, which will be Anally passed upon
In March.
Among the changes propo*ed« Is that
of the lengthening of the halves from
thirty jg lhlr<y-flv* minutes each.
The new rule In reference to the
pama provides Instead of a penalty of
loss of ball on an unsuccessful pass a
15-yard penalty on the first and second
downs.
When a foul Is committed It counts
as a down. The proposed substitution
for the present forward pass rule Is as
follows:
If a* forward pass before reaching the
ground or a kicked ball either before
or ufter reaching the ground goes out
of bounds, the ball ahull belong to the
opponents at the point where It crossea
the side line.
Another Important change Is the cre
ation of a new offlelal, the field um
pire.
The new game. It was stated today,
often made It difficult for referee and
umpire to settle contested plays, so the
field In the defendant territory and
close to the scene of the play.
Buie 19 of last year was changed so
that on a klck-out after a touchback
or a nafely opponents may not come
within 10 yards of the side giving a free
kick.
In the present on-side rule the pro-
Yfayaa. wa# Inserted that a Un* player
Is permitted to carry the ball, provided
he does not leave hla position In the
line until the bait Is put Into ntav.
It was also decided that a player may
at all times pass the ball to another
of his own aide who la behind him.
A new section to rule 5 states that
the player shall be considered as hav-
ng opportunity to make a fair catch
If he Jm In such position that It would
be possible for him to reach the ball
before H-touches the ground. To the
same rule was added: \
I n f*** 11 far A fa *r catch Is
made by any player who has an oppor
tunity for a fair catch and another
player of hla side, who has not signaled
for a fair catch, catches the ball no
run shall be made and a fair catch
shall not be allowed, but the ball shall
be given to the catcher's side for a
down at the point where the catch waa
made."
Basket Ball Teams Play
Three Exciting Contests
Twelve signed contract* have been
received by Manager Llpe front the
players who will compose the Macon
team—six of them (mm old men and
six from new men. There are about six
more contract* out, which Manager
Llpe Is expecting lo receive lmnny mall.
Whc.t these contracts are received the
full number of man from whom the
team will be chosen will have signed
their contracts and ready to report at
the call of the manager.
The South Atlantic League will hold
a meeting In Augusta In a few days.
Macon win he represented by Mr. c*b-
anlss. Mr. Starr und Manager Llpe.
There will be neveml matters to come
up before the league at this meeting,
among which Is tho addition of two
new titles to the league. The question
of salary limit will also come up and
returning to New York and playing
Newark on the following day. April 9
the Giants appear In Princeton as the
guest* of Princeton College, and on
April 10 they play Jersey City at th-?
polo ground The next day the regular
championship season of the year will
begin."
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0 A CHALLENGE. O
O O
On behalf of Kd DeQroote, mid- O
O dlew eight champion of France. I O
O hereby challenge any man In the O
O world at 138 pounds ringside for O
O any number of rounda. Address O
O J. LEWIS PARSONS,
O Manager,
O Care 8porttng Editor Tbe Georgian.
O
Ituforc n Isrg4» efowd «»f their cheering
supporters severs! local Itasketlmll tcnni*
mixed It np Moudiiy night ami for nearly
two hour* there wan lisskotltall galore, nnd
It wa« of all kind* nnd vurletle* to null tin
most fasildkiu* fan. Htone .Mountain. At
lantn Athletic ('Inti and Y. M. (’. A. nceotul
tea in* wen- the winner*.
Tho first gsme wns l*etween the Roy*'
lllgh Hrliool and tho Fill versify Hchool at
Mona Mountain, resulting In n victory for
the Slone Mountain Ini)n h.v the score of P
to tk It wn* n pretty gmne ami was mnde
still more Itrllllaiit hv tin- excellent pa**
work doit* by the Htone Mountain tc.itu.
Although lieaten. the lllgh S*hoo| Ini.vm
Sever showed u sign **f gl\lug In and were
right after the hall until the game wn*
over. Tin* line-up of the two team-* I* a*
follows:
Hoys* High Hrliool—lllee nnd Kiickln*kl.
forward*: Holm*, center; Wright and Cape,
guard*.
Htone Mountain—WotslrufT and I bister,
forward*: Ktnlth. center; Halley nnd Tap
|miii. guard*.
HKCOND tiAMI! TIIK HTAIt.
The iMH-oiiil game was a hammer front the
•tart. Wlnm the Y. M. (*. A. men and
their next-door netghlHirs. the A. (’. t\
player*, advnuen! and t.**k their po«ltloiiM
they were cheered mightily by their many
loubtislly the fast
this sen son. The Ixtll
... first In one team'* territory mol then
the other** wild the ckfltires for the goal
lupport
e*t gailie
•imftfemTity by the
rk i»f the guard* on l*otb
When after iu few minute* of play
goal wn* thrown l»y the Y. 31. (’. A. the
- ..Jit with bold cheering f. . ..
Y. M C A Imys. The Athletic tfnh boy*
were right there with the in**!*, lint they
rtime u ,, nr meeting their Waterloo. They
did a goodly nuionnt ef fine ps**lng and
Here 1* a recent likeness of De-
Orote. the man who claims to Ik*
the champion pugilist of France nt
158 poutKjn. I VO rote Is mnv In
Macon, but will soon pay Atlanta a
visit.
DeGrote has been In the ring
since 1999 and has fought numerous
hat ties In 1904 be fought eleven
times In the South and since then
he haa taken part In seventeen
lights,
.xeellent blocking and their work *lu
the result of hard practice. oFr the Atldet-
b* the *far work wn* done by Thornton
nnd t’olqultt. Thornton's n« i nsn* y In throw
ing gun I* uearlj every time a foul wns
made Increased I he A. A. (*. score mate
lislly.
The Y. M. (’. A. Imys, while falling to
carry off first honor*, handl'd the A. A. I*.
Itovs tin* very lN**t they had In Mock, show
lug fine fertu ami pn*hlug them hard for
the game. TTien* w«* some tine pass wi>rk
done In the Y. M. t\ A. eaiup and the
guarding of Thornton and Wvnne by Dan
hard, mid If suy one w«* vtrlvlng for Imll
vlilus 1 gh*ry he wm* not sen by the writer.
Iliidnon'* work wn* of the *emuitloiiAl vs
rlety The man who wa* guarding hlui was
kept on hi* toes throughout the content.
The 9nal wan 20 to 19 la favor of the
Athletic Vtmk. ^
The Hue Op * the two teams was as ftol
enter; Thoiupnon and Davis,
klu* and Hudson, forwsn. ..
Key. center*; Whig. Dnulel* and Hud*ou,
guard*.
Tin* ln*t game wn* between the Y. 21. C.
A. ncrotid team nnd the G. M. A.. It re*
lulling In a victory for the second team by
lli” mure of *.M to 18. It wn* hard fought
throughout ami the result wmn In doubt un
til the gmne wif* over. In fnet. whgfk tho
whistle wn* blown, announcing that the
time wn* up. the m-orc wn* found to In* n
tie. mid the two team* wcut back on tho
floor to play It off. A foul wn* made by a
ti. M. A. player and (Jrccn threw a goal
mi It. and when n little Inter Mitchell
the fnstent gmne* of the nranmi. th- I »oy*
from the ti. 31. A. proved themselves ban-
ketimll player* from tin* start,, nnd they
re In the gsiue from the tN*glnidug to
the end.
The Y. 31. ('. A.-second player* also show-
flint they knew something nlmut tha
game, nnd they were here and then* ami
everywhere with the ball, playing fnat,
•nanpy baskidlNtll
Tin* line up of the two team* wn* n* fol
lows:
(I. 31. A.—I.i*c nnd Forlws, forward*;
fhynlworth, center; Whitley ami Taylor,
gimrdn
and one*, gunnl*.
FOUL ENDS FIGHT.
Fortlaliil. Me.. Jan. 2».—After aev-n
r»unda of whirlwind tlghilng, on, of tho
heat ring bottle, ever Bulled oft In thlo
city come to n dl,oppointing clow loot
night, when Tommy Sulllvon, of Law
rence. accidentally fouled hla opponent.
Hartley I'annelly. of thin city, tn tho
eighth, round of their echeduled fifteen-
round bout. The men hove met on
three former occaxloni. Sullivan win
ning each time.
Connelly wno etruck low by a left
twlng which he wo, trying to ovoid.
A. X C—Thorafuo t«* (Vtaea. fanrenlo;
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