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UP-TO-DATE NEWS
OF SPORTING WORLD
NEWS OF SPORTS
PERCY H. WHITINCj* 7.2
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LOCAL MEN
WILL WRESTLE
FOR SIDE BET
Dan York, the clever local light
weight wrestler. trill meet Kid Hurna
and Young Olover Thuraday at l;>9
P- in, at Armory Hall. D. York agrees
to throw both men one fall In thirty
minutes, catch-as-catch-can atyle.
“"York needa no Introduction to sport -
ins man In thla city, having already
defeated aeveral good men In private
K tlta. He la a aelentWr wreatler and
■ qulckneaa la remarkable.
Kid Burnt la a llt-ponndsr, Juat
returned from Birmingham, where he
attracted ronelderable attention among
the aporttng men of Hlagtown by win
ning live out of aeven matchea and In
almoat every Inatanre he had to go on
with men heavier than he wu. Ho la
vary clever aa well aa able to atay with
the Mg onea a good while.
Young Olover la a young lightweight
of thla city, who given promlae of being
a comer and when h. geta a little more
age and weight, will no doubt make It
fntereettng for acme one for the title
At prevent he only welgha 11B pound*
' and la game to the core. Thla will
make up for what he lack* In weight,
and York will huve no cinch when ne
goea up agalnat thla youngater.
The bout will be free, and aa each
man hae a good following, there will
no doubt be a large crowd prevent.
The bout will be for a elde bet.
All the men challenge anyone at
thelf weight and are willing to back up
their opinion.
FAVORITE FOR BIG HANDICAPS OF 1907
RUMBLINGS OF 1HE BASEBALL VOLCANO
•Big Dan“ McCanns aucceaaor la
likely to be John Mullen, a gent who
haa had a checkered career with Man
hattan Colloge, Philadelphia Atbletlca,
Waehlngton and Baltimore.
Mullen le a big booed and brawny
young man from Avoca, Pa., the homo
of Hughey Jennings. A few yoara ago
he entered Manhattan foliage. He
waa a big rough /allow then, but four
yeare In college poltahed him ofT. anl
he la now an adornment to the profea-
elon which he haa choeen. Mullen waa
a good Drat baaeman when he played
with the Manhattan team. He haa a
good reach and waa a fair batter
agalnat college pitcher*.
Hla flret big league trial waa not
attended with success, for he had no
chance to outshine either Harry Davie
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The New -Recreation.”
_ The flret numbera of the new Recre.
ntlon haa reached the a porting deak.
Thla magaelne haa been purchaaed )y
Illustrated Outdoor Newa and the beat
feature* of theae two great aportlng
magazine* have been combined In
new and greater publication.
Paul Thompaon. who ao ably edited
Uluatrated Outdoor Now*, will continue
In charge of the new combination and
It will retain all of Ita beat contribu
tor*.
: Of eapeclal Intereat to Southern
k raadera la an article In the current
number reviewing the Bouthern foot
ball aeaaon and giving the llneat work
on the queatlon of the All 8. t. A.
eleven. Hunting cornea In for Ita
uaual notice. Automoblltng la exten-
—-— eively taken Up. the flahermen are not
ovarlooked and there ta the uaual In-
tereatlng article on golf by Arthur
: Follow, publlaher of "Golf."
The llluatrallona, a* alwaya, prova
m at the moat attractive feature*
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ACCOUNTANT, DIAMOND JIM BRADY'S »40.000 RACER. HA8 BEEN ENTERED IN BOTH THE
BROOKLYN AND BRIGHTON HANDICAPS AND WILL BE BACKED BY MR. BRADY lbI THOSE EVENT8
IN THE FUTURE BOOKS. BRADY IS HOPEFUL THAT THE GREAT RACER WILL COME THROUGH
THE WINTER IN GOOD SHAPE AND PLANS A LONG CAMPAIGN FOR HIM. BRADY’S HORSE IS THE
PROBABLE FAVORITE.
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New Orleans Baseball Writer
Boosts Men Behind League
After everythin* hae been said about
the recent valuable legtalatlon which
haa been brought about by the Bouth-
•rn League for the furtherance of
baaeball, aaya Will R. Hamilton In
The New orleana Item. It muat be ad
mitted that the aport In the South haa
received Its biggest boost through the
deeerved prominence which Its leaders
have attained since they becamo con
nected with the Southern League. An
organisation of any character Is usual
ly known mostly by the manner or
character of men behind It. and In
aport where the public la ao hard to
please thla la especially the cnae.
It ta not atretchlng the point too far
to nay that a few of the South's best
business men and most popular clUsenn
are behind the Southern League. Its
president could be governor of his own
etate any time he said the word, de
clare many Arkansans, and the direc
torate and general body of the league
ta composed of men equally prominent
In their respective walks In business,
•octal and polltlcu! life.
New Orleans Is but one city ably
represented by good business men In
the league. Two years ago William
M. Kavanaugh. president of the asso
ciation, was boosted far and wide ns
tho coming governor of Arkansas. He
came very near making the race. The
roaaon was that he Is the president and
the director of so many big commercial
enterprises In his state thut he could
not afTord to be governor except at
an Immense sacrifice. It was a case of
the office seeking the man. but "BIH"
wouldn't yield. There's too much fun
for him In being a private clttsen—
'which he Is not except In the mildest
sense of the term.
Skipping over to Memphis, we find
Messrs. Coleman and McCullough,
These men not only look to sportdom
for popularity. Their business connec
tions and responsibilities make them .1
standing advertisement for the solidity
of the game In which they have Invest
ed so much time and money.
It's the same way with Messrs. Craw
fort! and Ehrlich, In Shreveport, the
men who go down In their own pock
ets every year for thousands of dollars
Just to keep the sport alive In one of
tho gamesL little towns on tincle Sam's
chart.
Nashville has been In a bad way for
a long time bemuse the club has not
been In the best of hands. Hut that
undesirable element which Is not cal
culated to do the game any good does
not stny long In t^o Southern League.
Nashville sportsmen have met the Issue
bravely and It Is now said that hence
forth the Interests of the sport In that
city will be preserved as never before.
Atlanta furnishes one of the best in
dorsements of baseball. This city's
mayor Is president of tho Atlanta club,
and Mr. Lowry Arnold, one of the best
townsmen. Is vice president. Mayor
Joyner. Mr. Arnold. Mr. Ethridge and
Mr. Smith arc an exceptionally brilliant
quartet and after all the bad things
we have said about them or may still
say about them In the heat of passion.
New* Orleans fans are bound to admit
that the sport Is far better oft for these
men.
It Is Impossible for a man to look
over this list of magnates ntul still
wonder at the unbounded popularity of
baseball. That Is. If he Is a believer at
all In frail mankind.
Manager Tench Q. Boozer Has
Good Schedule For Newberry
Newberry. S. C„ Jan. 30.—That New
berry' College will this season put
forth the best baseball team In the
history of the institution Is now un
acknowledged fai t. This means much.
M Newberry for the past few seasons,
when not the pennant winner of the
■tale, has been found in second place
gt the finish. With the return of the
MUENCH&
BEIERSDORFER
THE PEACHTREE JEWELERS
Diamonds, Watch,Jtwtlry. Fin*
Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repair-
In#-
M Feachtre* JBtreet Atlanta, Oa.
Bell Phcij* tilt.
Thajorltv of last year's crack team,
strengthened by the arrival of excel
lent material among the new students.
Coach John C. Goggnns Is Jubilant over
his prospects for landing the i*ennnnt
again this season. ^
During the recent warm weather
Coach Ooggttns had his "available*"
out on the diamond for "try outs" sev
eral afternoons. The men inude an
excellent showing, and while the team
can not I** selected after a few out
ings. the Newberry fans were convinced
of one fuel, via, thut there will be no
scarcity of good mate rial.
An excellent schedule with some of
the strongest teams in the state and In
the South has been arranged by Mana
ger Tench Q. Hooter. This schedule
Is us yet Incomplete, but will be made
public wiibln the next few days.
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Hnckcnschmirit ami Gulch have signed for n wrestling
mntch for the world’s championship. Here’s hoping that it’s
all on the square, and nil that.
Stony McGlynn will find it hard work to stick to his fitvnr-
ite pastime.—jumping, hast year,he was the “jumpingest” lit
tle thing in the baseball business. He began the season with the
Tri-State, home of the contract jumper, and he hurdled to a
Maryland team early in the year. Then he skipped to a New
York state team and then hopped hark to York, Pa., among the
festive outlaws. He next hurdled to Steubenville, Ohio, but the
call of the wild was too strong and he grasshoppered back to
the outlaws. Then the 8t. Louis Nationals won him and they
think that he will be with them For awhite, especially since the
Tri-State has had respectability thrust upon it.
And While dumpy McGlynn was doing all these ground
and lofty stunts he belonged to the Shreveport team and before
the St. Louis Nationals could get him Shreveport had to be slip
ped a bunch of money.
Captain Crawford, owner of the Shreveport team, says that
he has that money framed—that it looked too good to him to
put out of sight.
The next “spell” of real warm weather is going to start
something in a baseball way. The time for reporting is getting
nearer with noticeable rapidity. Time was when we measured
the space in months. Now the red hot fans have it figured out
into days. In another two weeks it will he a matter of hours to
the real simon-pure rooter.
Tlte New York team reports here in 40 days. The Southern
League season opens in ten weeks. Then "on with the dance.”
The people who tried to popularise cricket in America have
practically given it up. It doesn’t take.
Pew English games have mad'* good in Ameriea. Crieket is
ton tedious, soekor football is not aufileieutly streuuous, and
the English water polo was made over and just n trace of bru-
tulity added to suit it to American needs.
The American youth wants excitement in his sport. The
only "tame” game which has “taken” in this county is golf
ami even the most enthusiastic devotees of that sport find it
hard to explain its undoubted charm.
All who are interested in sport are interested in sporting
magazines and in consequence the news of the combination of
two of the greatest and best of such publications—Illustrated
Outdoor News and Recreation—is welcomed by the fraternity of
sportamen.
With the best features of the two publications retained in
tho new Recreation it can not fail to take its place among the
great sporting magazines of the world. Here’s luck to the new
combination.
j AS TO BATTING BEEsj
Jack Hoey waa talking yesterday
about some of the batting bee* at the
Huntington avenue grounds Inst year,
says The Boston Journal. “During one
of them." said he. "the balls were
a way that was scandalous. I had
gone to the Boyle sign after them live
times and I was all tn. A ball came
sailing out between ma and Chick
Stahl, and I thought It was nearer
Chirk, so I waited for him to go after
It. Chirk looked at me and yelled: 'Go
It. my boy. I have been In the busi
ness twelve years, and It's about time
that you broke Into 11, too.' I went."
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HALF OF BABB'S MEN SIGN;
TEAM WILL BE A WINNER
Special to The Georgian.
Memphis, Tenn.. Jan. 30.—Twelve of
the twenty-three men from whom Man-
new recruit* to hla pitching ataff, Hay
ing that h« would not divulge their
name* until their data came In contact
with contracts. Much speculation wa*
the reault among the local fan* aa to
who the new men whom Babb pro
nounced to be "young wondere" were.
The latest batch of contracts re-
hla tram for the 190? aeaaon have now
been sinned and other signatures are
exported to ornament rontrnrt* within
the next week or two. Those signed
up ure:
Burk Thiel, left fielder; IV. Burt
Tnafe, outfielder; Cecil Neighbors, out-
fielder; Frank Richards, third base-
man; Charles Brotje, pitcher; Ed
Wagner, pitcher; Ouy Bslnt, pitcher;
Dakin E. Miller, center Holder: Henry
Kchultz, pitcher; Joe Bills, hitcher;
Sylvester Loucks, pitcher, and Eddlo
Fla**. Inffelder and general utility mnn.
A little mystery over whlrh Manager
Itubh drew so dark a curtain ha* been
revealed. When Babb announced a
couple of weeks ago the material from
which he would select this season's
team he held back the names of two
Saint and Henry Schultz.
Guy Saint was a member of the Cltv
League of Memphis last season and
played winning bait for a semi-profes
sional team of Forrest City, Ark., tak
ing 21 games of 10 pitched. He Is a
husky lad. yet In his teens, and stands
( feet 1 In his stockings.
Henry Schulls Is * young Dutchman,
hailing from Toledo, O. He played
sensntlonal ball as a semi-professional
last, season, and Babb says that with n
little prepplng he ran deliver the goods
In the Southern League. He Is also a
giant In stature, towering an Inch
above Saint, and la developed propor
tionately to his height.
WRESTLER8 SIGN.
Ennuis Oty, Jon. 30.—Hinkfii.
ohmldt'a manager ho.** .u*o*pt«*»l an of
fer from tho Mlaaouii Athletic Club
for a match with tlmch In Kanaa* ITty
In May for a pur*** of lio.ooo for the
world'* championship, winner to take
75 per cent.
For tln» first time In the history of
Intercollegiate competition* at Syracuse
the university will receive u visit tills
spring from a Princeton 'varsity team.
The Tigers have a baseball date with
the wearer* of th* orange, and a return
game will be plgggd at Princeton.
Pitchers of Highland Clan
To Boil Out at Hot Springs
Griffith will noi call the Americana
together before March 10, write* Joe
Vila In Sporting New*. He doea not
believe In beginning work too *onn. But
In a fetv weeks Klberfeld, KlelnOW',
McUulre, Chesbro, Hogg. William*.
Orth and several other member* of th*
Yankee team will set together at Hot
Spring* for a good boiling out. They
will be In splendid shape no doubt when
they show up at Atlanta .to join Grift
and the other earning champion*. Grift
I* *1111 on hi* Montana ranch, but b*
will he here along about the first week
In February. He haa practically' de
cided to stand pnt it* to the make-up
of the team, and unless he and Frank
Farrell change their |>re*ent policy no
deal* of Importance will be made. Grift
will begin the season with this line-up:
Pitcher*. Che*bro, Orth. Hogg. Doyle.
Clarkson, Brockett and Hughe*, catch
er-. Klelnow, Thomas nml McGuire: In-
Holder*, Chase, William*. Klberfeld.
iotlxirte, Morlarlty and Yeager; out-
lleldera, Delehunty, Conroy. Hoffman
and Keeler.
DEVELOPED BY GRIFFITH.
Just look the make-up of the Giant*
over, n* I hnve written It above, nnd
then compare It with the composition I
of the Tankee*! No wonder the big
city I* all American Dengue Just now! |
There I* no dissension In the ranks of |
the Yankees, either! They are ell sat. |
l»fled with their lot, and when they put i
the spangle* on .they will go after the
pennant with A rush! Griffith hns
proven the assertion that he Is one of
the best mansgers In America. He has
developed such great young players as
Chase, Morlarlty, Iatpolle. Klelnow.
Thomas. Hogg. Clarkson. Doyle anil
Uelchsnty. which shows his real worth
ss n handler of a major longue team.
Ha* McGmw developed any remark
able youngsters outside of Ames? You’ll
llnd. gentlemen, that before many
moons Orlfflth will put MrOraw far In
the shade In the esIliuaUuq, of Metro-
1,ollian fans, who ure beginning t,o re
call the fact that as a innnagt-t I* the
American I-engue the lender of Ihe
Giant* nos a colos*al failure.
So Garry Herrmann will not stand
for the methods of Murphy. I thought
that the magnate* would soon be catl
ing a halt <>n the Cubs’ owner, but I
did not expect to see tie amiable
Garry take the Initiative. Murphy tried
to "do" Horrmnn In Ihe Fraser-Gess-
ler trade and Herrmnnn would not sub
mit. How long will Ihe Chicago news
papers stand for the Murphy non
sense?
NEW PLAYERS FOR MONTREAL,
Malachl Klttredge Is muklng prepa
ration* to have a powerful ball team
represent Montreal In the Kastern
League. He hns a lot of new players,
Including Brown, the ex-Newark ffrst
baseman: Morgan, who played third
for the Boston Americans; Doc Newton,
the left-hander: Barger, a good pitch
er from the Tri-8tate League, nnd oth.
er capable men. Fred Ascher. n for
mer well-known horseman, has become
Interested In the Montreal club nnd will
have charge of the business end of the
gntne this year, having been elected
secretary and treasurer only a few
days ago. Ascher has gained cxperl-
enee In numerous enterprises renult ing
brains and hustling. He Is u royal
good fellow and will mnkc friends rap-
Idly In the Canadian city. He Is n close
friend of Frank J. Farrell and Abe
Nation, the popular secretary of the
New York Americans.
or Danny Murphy, both atari In thxlr
position*. The Philadelphia club
handed Mulleir over to Washington to.
199$, when Jake Stahl appealed to the
league for an Inffelder. Mullen grad
ually Improved In hi* batting, .but be
did not please Stahl and wa* released
to Baltimore. Under Jennlnga, hla fel
low townsman. Mullen played good boll,
occasionally taking a whirl at Arts
base. So It he can outhlt McOaatt
he may be appointed custodian of that
bag for the Giants.
Here I* one of Bozeman Bulger'ii
yarns, from The New York Evening
World:
During one of the games, between lha
Highlanders and the Senators at Wash
ington. Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, the
Chinese ambassador, and hla aulte ware
Interested spectators. A delegate to a
convention of the Daughters of Ihe
American Revolution sat near by and
continually eyed the ambassador.
“I can't see what he likes about It,”
she observed, “but I suppose he juat
come* out aa a matter of form—”
The daughter about that time got a
jar that shook the whole generation.
Sir Cheng calmly reached Into' hla
blouse nnd pulled out a score’ book.
Beginning |o mark with a gold-tipped
pencil, lie. said: "There is some ques
tion about that. It looked very much
like a rotten error, but as Jimmy has
been popping them up pretty bad of
late, I guesa I'll give him a hit and 1 let
him fatten up a bit."
"Remarkable!'' gasped the astounded
daughter. "And he seems to know
something about the game, too."
"Well, he ought to be pretty well up,”
explained o man sitting near. “He waa
educated In New England, and besldea
being a cracking good pitcher, waa cap
tain of an amateur team for four
yeare."
The annual meeting of the Virginia
League wilt be held In Richmond on
February 9.
The* sacrifice game Is the method
which brings home the bacon every
time. The only requisite Is that a tetfm
must have two or three fair batsmen,
as a hit must come In occasionally. Th*
Pelican team of 1904 was undoubtedly
thebest - League That
team played all, around the other
clubs and would hare won the pennant-
easily had they not given up too soon.
Some of tha fellows were chicken-
hearted and too afraid of Arlte La
tham. Thla team made the beat rec
ords. gave the moat satisfaction and
played the best ball of the season by
sacrtflctngOand stealing bases, and If
Manager Frank could duplicate that
team this summer he would win In a
canter.
It le a difficult matter for any player
to admit that he Is no longer capable
of deeds which he once accomplished
with ease. They all dread the day
when they are said to be "going back.”
Frank fNoodlea) Hahn, th* old Nash
ville player,-le an exception. He failed
at Cincinnati, joined the Yankee* and
failed again. For a time he aeemed to
hold hla ow n, but he accepted the in
evitable end aeked Griffith for his re
lease. feeling that he could no longer
pose as a ffrst-claas pitcher. Recently
It was staled lhai Hahn would get an
other trial with Washington next
spring. In denying this rumor Hahn
said; "At present 1 am working for
Ihe United Stater government In, Cin
cinnati as-meat inspector. t»f rours*.
all employees of Uncle Sam are sub
ject to transfer, and It Is posslblo l
may be sent to Washington, but I as
sure you I have made no such arrange
ments. As far as league ball Is con
cerned, I am out of Ihe game forever.
My arm Is gone."
A well-known lull) player ha* made s
. . .
heavy
A well-known lisll player ha* made s snf-
gestlon rnlrnlstcd to produce more long dis
tance bitting. In order to xtve tbs heavy
circle to lie at nil points ») ysnl* from tho
home pint,*, tinier such a plsu outflelders
would piny Inside the nrc until after the
IniII ha* I ,-en hit.—New* York Han.
Till* I* n* enrertslnlus ns Inelil.
Would It unt lie bettor to draw a line 17S
feet m inches to sn suhsrmonle polul.
Just noulbweal of second Imse. Then Iw
drawing n hypothetical hyperbolical ef-
ll|»*e. nccnrdlii( to the theorem of reciprocal
dnt w-herc the axis! pencil*
co-ordinal*, when stealing
third Imse; nml from thin axis, liy twojset-
lug rang,-*, raise Ihe theory of hyper-senm-
etr.v to tho Nth power sud thus—and thus—
Where
ANOTHER JOSH FOR
NAPOLEON RUCKER
The habit of having fun at the ex
tern** of Nap Rucker, long chronic In
the South. h«n struck the Kant, now
that Nap has signed a Brooklyn con
tract. Here In the New York Olobe'a
attempt:
"Everything In lovely with the Brook
lyn club. Charley Rbbatn has returned
from a trip through the country towns
and Home cltlen and haa algned up four
more men and ha* fixed everything up
In fine atyle for the team'a Southern
trip.
"Nowaday* mom every team In the
two big league* generally pick up a
Rube nnd, of course, tt In better than a
gtx>d show to watch a Rube atart out
with big company. The Brooklyn club
hae elgned one by the name of Rucker.
He ta better known among hte friend*.
a* Napoleon Rucker, and la thought by
them to be the real nun flower kid when
It come* to burning them acmes the
tain. He halt* from Marietta. Oa.
(Hound* like alfalfa, don't It?)
"This boy Rucker I* a born ball play
er. He I* a south paw and only usea
the spltter when the base* are crowded
and It look* n* If nome one waa going
to break- up the game with a blngle.
He stalnd* 6 feet 2 tnche* tn hie stock
ing feet and tip* the ucales at 180
pounds 4 o’clock on the day* he twirl*.
"Ruck, old boy, an he will be called.
Htarted to sting'them over the dlah
when he mndc eeverul trlpa to Atlanta.
Oa. Every team that he worked
agalnat Juat grabbed their bata, walked
up to the plate, turned right around
and walked right back again. Otto
Jordan thought that the Rube had
Homethlng and algned him to play with
the Atlanta team of which Jordan waa
tnunager In 1805. After pitching sev
eral game*, the Rube got the ten days*
vacation and waa handed a little note
with the word "released'* on It He
wu* discouraged for aome time, but
finally recovered nnd went with the Au-
gu*ta club, where he never let up, and
pitcher) great ball. i
"Hla fir*t year with the Augusta club
wax a good one. During la*t year Ruck
played In I* game*, winning two-thlrdp,
of them. He haa two no-hlt games'to
hi* credit. He don't mind pitching
two game* In one day—aort of an Iron
man.
"One of the beat thing* about Rucker
I* that you can got take him up to the
Judge*' Htnnd to mingle with the ,tem-
•made nnd other liquor*. He knows
nothing but baaeball, and la always In
the game from belt to bell. He made
n ntatement recently tn which he aatd;
if 1 over throw that ball over the plate
for those men In the big league I will
throw my arm off In ordti 1 to make
good.* **
NAT KAISER A CO.
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS
ON VALUABLES.
15 Decatur SL Kimball Heuea.
Barcalna In Unredeemed Diamonds,
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