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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1907.
MOTOR BOATS
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NAT KAISER A
CONFIDENTIAL
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ROCKEFELLER
PLAYS GOLF
ATAUGUSTA
IS ON COURSE EVERV OAV BUT):
DOES NOT COMPETE FOIL
Special to Tiic Georgina.
Auguata, Oa., Jon. SI— John D.
Rockefeller play* golf rarh day nn the
Country Club link*, but dnee nut enter
the conleeta for Jho cup* that are of-
fertd.
Mr. Rockefeller usually goea out In
ibo morning and plays for two or three
hour*. He la accompanied sometimes
by one or two friends, who play i
him. and sometimes he goes alone,
only carrying his valet.
(iotf I* very itlurh In the limelight
here now. A tournament ha* bosh ar
ranged and there are dally contests.
A Northern visitor at the Bon Air ho
tel has offered a cup for a men's han
dicap tournament. Hllteen players have
qualified for the event.
NEWS AND NOTES OF SPORT.
The late A. J. Cassatt's famous stall
ion, The Bard, will remain at the
Woodburn Farm. Kentucky, nnd will
not bo aold, oa his youngest son Intends
to antar the racing game neat year.
"Strike nrvakei" Farley, weii knnwn
In all labor troubles, will train a string
of hones Ibis year. Among them la
Judex, 2:011-4.
The two big Intercollegiate regattas
this year are to be held within a day
of each other. The Poughkeepsie re
galia will bo the Aral and Its date will
. be June 24. The Tale-Harvard racra
nt New London, Conn... will take place
the following day.
Mika Murphy, the 1'nlvtrslty of
Pennsylvania trainer, says he will take
u team of 20 or 2S men to England
. next year for the Olympian games.
Charlie Baird, athletic director of the
University of Michigan, denies the
report that he Is to resign soon.
Tommy Murphy, who recently Won a
victory over Young Corbett, has signed
a contract to appear In vaudeville. New
York fight fans think Tommy la the
greatest In hit class.
Marksmen from all over the South
Will tubs part In a big tournament to
ba pulled off shortly at Mobile, Ala.,
under the aueplces of the Gun Club
of that «tty. -
Charles A. (Chappie) McFarland, the
former major league pitcher. Is to
manage the Oklahoma City club tn the
Wastern Association this season.
HERE IS JACK CHESBRO
Hir* it a picture
of Jaak Chcebro in
lotion.
This great twir-
ter wjll ba In At
lanta March 10,
along with the rest
of the Highland-
Ho is, as every,
body knows, the
moat aueeeeaful
uiar of the spit-
ball, but hit rivals
say ha has ruined
his arm using that
famous curve.
xnnnuiniHMiimnnimiuuiuiuHmfmMmM
and Other Tricks
All Go.
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
New Players Ready
Victims of Veteran
Fun Makers.
After All. life In but a spnn and the
gap between one basebull scuson ami
another In but a shorter spun* say*
tha Bt. Lout* Poet Dispatch. We hadn't
ceased commenting on the drubbing
received by the Chicago Cubs In the
world's aeries, and here It Is but little
more than a month until the parade of
the several next year hope-tu-be- r^Un'.n^ of "Ks rain'iVkah.e’^t'iba7
Ing In training camp are the common
property of th# Jokesmltha. They have
no recourse. They are legitimate prey
and unprotected by any law, human or
divine. If they ore xvtae they take their
mrdtcftie und work It off on the next
comer.
An a rule, the young hall playera who
report for practice In the Bouth have
never seen that part of the country,
and they will stand for any kind of a
yarn from an alligator man-eater to
Hying froge which frequently knock
down long drivea In the outncld. The
favorite opening day gag l« to take all
the newcomer* to u badger light, which
In ulway* held contrary to law. and
the Journey to the fighting spot um*t
always be guarded with the utmost
Necrecy. The badger In supposed to
fight a wildcat, and young ball players
have frequently walked five or six miles
through dense underbrush to nee this
novel night, only to find a sign on
world-beaters marts f..r Hie *tim\y ! , ht . lw!1 oommitted suicide rath-
South, and as we learn of thl* and the
other player taking on handball and
putting off flesh, we real lie that the
training aeason is near ut hand. The
period of three or four weeks of train
ing embraces all the real fun of the
year. *
Traveling on the road during the
summer's campaign was formerly pro
ductive of some fun, but it ban grown
monotonous to the playera and mana
gers, and beside*, there In ulway* too
much at issue to have the sterner busi
ness broken In upon by mischievous
pranks* It is In the spring when tin*
young man's thoughts turn lightly to
thoughts of love, that the bancbull
player finds another, outlet for his ex
uberance of aplrita. For love he hasn't
time. For Jokee he has and woe betide
the mortal who can not appreciate the
spirit In which the Jokes are given und
take them with the same degree of
Joviality in his aoul. All wits conspire
to unload a big bundle of fun And mer-
vlment in the cities of the Bouth or
West. /
LIKE FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL*
The gathering at training quarters
on the firet day is very much like the
clustering of recruits on the opening
day of college. The old fellows are
looking for a youngster, who will take
the book attached to some bewhlakervd
Joke and run away with It. And there
mm always plenty of bites.
On the 8t. Louis American League's
team. Jack O'Connor. Powell nnd How*,
ell have the reputation of being the
greatest practical Joker* and McCioa-
key himself Is the prime conspirator
of the Cardinals, although he finds
plenty of valuable assistance In more
than half of hi* team. What these fel
lows can do to a newcomer I* worthy
of Peck's Bad Boy. Tom Sawyer or
Huckleberry Finn In their palmiest
day*.
The baseball youngster and the scribe
er than become a lawbreaker. Sudden
ly the newcomer* look around to dis
cover themselves alone nnd lost. They
drag wearily hack over miles of coun
try. when. If their wits hud been work
ing normally, they would have discov
ered that only a few hundred yards
■eiwratcd them from camp.
OLD 8NIPE HUNT QAO.
A snipe* hunt is sometimes planned
at night for those* who have never read
The Youth * Companion. Ladles’ Homo
Journul .»r other weekly story papers,
tad on by flaring torches, the young
bullplayer* and occasionally n scribe
w ho ha* never been In the country, are
led to u deep swamp nnd finally taken
to n ditch or gully. They ore then told
that u hag Is to be placed In thl* ditch
and held open with a forked stick. To
give the newcomers all the benefit of
the game they are given the privilege
of holding the bag while the old ones
go out and heat the l»u*h for snipe.
The old ones beat It straight back over
a short route ty the hotel. •
The gullible and expectant novices
"hold the bag." Thl* game I* where
that 1 very trite *nytng originated. They
utter not a sound Thev are wary and
cautious le*t they frighten * coming
snipe. For hours they slick to the Job.
Then they begin to theorize and de
duet and the usual outcome I* that
they arrive at the hotel long after Min
up. to tlnd their betrayers calmly
munching* ttuiM breakfast The
maflager reprimand* the young players I
for making n night of It and while not
a smile break*, forth on the fate* «»f '
the veteran*, the youngster*, swallow |
the dose and dare not tell the re.il tea- I
son of their failure to turn tn at the
u*ua! hour
RAIDING POKER GAMES. j
The police official* ami the local j
sporting men at these town* are al- !
way* wise to what 1* going on, and j
they lend Valuable assistance in per- j
‘Snipe Hunting” Gag
(he diamond and nearly pulling them
out of buxine*,. The youngster Is ai-
JEE '"T ■mbltloua. He want* to
* "Ihlngae*. to work and tills
gl.ex the Joker* a chance. They will
J* 1 , h 1 "\ ?„ ft , chtui « between the base.
JPO* "• ,r >- every trick ho knows
to keep from getting touched. Ae a
I'miiuiAa* fl ' cl ; the old players have no
intention of touching him, but they
,' he recruit running up and (town
the line until he falls exhausted. They
Wslier ClarkAul. the tormiw Harvard
nltrhrr, who will be sera with the .New
York Americans this year, baa been
lug the winter In B«*tnn He wrllca Hint
he has taken ou. cmeMeraJdo weight, au.l
that he will remirt to t.rlfftth ready to la*,
gtu work lu the box nt a moment's uotlce.
Ellery H. Clark, who eeveral times won th* all-round ehampionohip of
America on the track and held, ha* decided one* again to ahow what
ho can do. Ho hot entered several of the evonta at the annual Colum
bia Athlatio Carnival and haa boon vigorously practicing. In the pic
ture Clark Is shown about to put tha (hot.
out for his nrst seu*.m of pencil push- jpctratjng these Juki*. one -i :!»o old-
tlmo nicks Is lo get a crowd playbill
MUENCH&
BEIERSDORFER
THE PEACHTREE JEWELERS
Dip
VI
lr
poker nnd hav
urrert them,
consider mere
u l mg contra
The youngster* then dh
■ l >< ..I ofllcerr
* refURf* t
rm. hut after
ill Is* bribed
up their hard-
then tell him ho ha* had a good work-
out and give him the laugh.
DEMAND THeiR DIAMOND8.
,\s a rule, the veteran bull players
own a diamond or so, and they always
wear all they have the first day out.
The Innocent newcomer has no dia
monds, but has hopes. Boms old player
who Is mnde a conlldam 6* the young
ster tells him that the manuer fur
nishes a diamond of some kind to each
man. and nine out of ten of them fall
for a trip to the manager to get his
share of the sparkler*.
Last year the Brown* had lot* of fun
out of a recruit who wa* advised to
apologize to McAlecr for having missed
a meal that had to be paid for Jim the
same. McAleer accepted the apology
without a smile, nnd the young player
promised faithfully—and in all seri
ousness—that he would never let It oc
cur again.
I
GOOD PICTURE OF FAST RIDER
Thin picture
ohowt Joseph Foo
ler, who, with
Root, finiahod first
In the recent tix-
day bicycle race in
Moditon Square
Cordon.
Fog lor was the
sprlntar of the
combination end
upon Mm devolv
ed the talk of win.
nlng In the final
•print. Hlo meth
od, during this
race a round much
talk end ho wo*
bitterly criticised.
Slsmund. uv.t-he. J.u,.i,v U»in«d cm and pas. It ov. i Th* next [\
,**""**• Jewelry. Fino morning the manager hands It hack to , j
Watch, CIock and Jewelry Repair- j the n■ and they are the laughing stock j!
•WJ- of the loan. In ml Hon to gotting a se. ;
PeseMreo 3tr«e* Atlanta, Oa. !r ‘"“* V! •<" “«"■ ,
ll »th :h»* .-<i Louis learns Imv* an old j?
tr.cL vl trying out the * vung Mer* m ;
Ce'i Phont 1311.
By PERCY H. WHITING.
If Theodore Broitenstcin does decide to retire from bagcball it
will l.ea cause of sincere regret to all Southern League fan*.
“Breit” waa not only one of the most efficient pitchers in the
Southern League, but he waa also’ one of the most gentlemanly
playera. lie took both his defeats and his victories well, accept
ed decisions—j?ood and bad—with equally good prace and was
■lt»lfether li.credit to the profession.
It was always a pleasure to see Breitenstein pitch. His
.twirling “form” was wonderfully pood and marked him as a atar.
He fielded his position well nnd rapped out a good hit now nnd
then.
It is to be hoped that “Breit” will he with the lenpue for an
other season. We hate to know that Charley Frank has so pood a
pitcher, but we hate even more to see Breitenstein leave the
Southern League. 1
An Eastern sporting editor has mnde his bow in St. Louis. Ho
is Myron W. Townsend, formerly in control of the sporting des
tinies of the Boston Traveler and The Bostou Post.
As the barrier went up for his opening day’s work Mr.
Townsend uncorked some excellent views on the proper attitude
of n sport writer to baselmllcltibv uud to the public. Here
is a fraction of what he said:
No writer ever iv-n smart enough to fco| tho renders of a sport
pagr. They soon take hi« measure If he Is on the square and writes
thing* ms ho ace* them, without reward to outside influences, he will !»?
forgiven, even If he gravely predicts that John L. Hulllvun can whip
James J. Jeffries.
Likes or d|*ltkc*. persona! prejudices, private opinion*, must not
sway the writer from exact Justice to every actor In the world of *port.
Private quarrel* are not public quarrels.
Both Bt. Louis bull teams hove engaged competent managers to
rim*their dubs. Newspaper men hove proved dire failures a* manager*.
Pennant winner* can not In dlret ted from sporting sanctum*,
but good ball tenm.i can be broken Up and disorganised und k»*m1 play
er* discouraged and rendered usrlo** bv indiscriminate crltlcUm.
If a Adder make* crr«»r* und lose* the game, why unnerve hitn
ami destroy his self •confidence b> attacking him? II. fed* hi* po*UI m
more keenly than hi* critic* possibly inn.
Why hound a manager to rdoa*c. bench or try out thl* man or
that?
Hold him responsible for results, but give him fre« rein to ex
ercise his Judgment III* bread tnd butter depend* on hi* micros*. No
amount of carping or fault-finding adds one 1 na to the playing
strength of a ball team.
Indiscriminate boosting I* rvrn more harmful than Indiscriminate
knocking. The public loses confidence tn a writer who haa not the cour
age to call u spBd« a spade. Black Isn’t white and no puny penman
can make It si*.
Class count*. Continuous chapters of praise tan not perform
mlrmlr* by turning tall ender* Into pennant winner*
Nor will the public zwullow such aluah. They will dissect the
motives of the writer.
I* he on friendly terms, with ib< owm-i .>r tnnnnjrer rf this ball
team? I* he treating both league.. fairly or I* tic distorting the facts
to further hi* private ends?
If persontil prejudice or graft Influences opinion, It la worth*
less and contemptible,
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ONE BLOW STRUCK
THEN FIGHT END!
Special to The Georgian.
Augusts. (Is., Jan. II.—The chiller
sued by Eddie DeUrootc, the Kreu(
gill*!. which appeared In yesterday*!
glan. calls tiMulml among local foil
of tighter* n roost rcnmrknhlc fight
oecurcrU In Augu*tn nlmut two year*
lietween Del ironic nnd "Dummy”
the local pugllUt.
Th«* tight was advertised to occur
negro I Mill pnrk. Just, outside the elty
It*, n* the elty council hud forbidden
It In* held In the city pnqier. targe
\ers of |N>rs4tii<i went to the scene
tight, which wits hi-liedtiled to begin
ilVtoek.
Tin* park wnn hrllllaully Illumined
electric light* uud all were eagerly el
lug mi Interesting fmy. A* soon a
fighter* entered the ring, and without
ring any. mid even before a *lngt
change of Mow* had passed, "Dul
Wall saw III* opportunity and dcllvo
terrific right hand Idosr to P*f)r
chin. The Frenchman went down nn
olth a broken ehiu, slid It rcqulrt
the skill of several physicians to m
late him.
Clara Rabtkah Lodgt.
Members of the Clara Rebekah 1
will gather Thursday night at
o'clock at the lodge room, 1<
Marietta street, for tha purpose of
Ing part In an entertalnmanL A
Ing program haa been arr
the evening Is expected to .
cepttonally entertaining. A emal!
mission will be charged.
Frank to Lose
Good Pitch
Tluu Theodore Erelten»teln hn»
tired from hoxebnll and that lie v.i
In bunlne** In St. Lout* thl* nun
I* the report which Alter* nauthna
Southern League fan* will tlnd
report hard to believe, "nu ll" \>.t
third beet pitcher In the league
year and he looked good for mi
■ i.i' :• ■ ' v:-t li:::.- . I ' :::: .
*ea*on of 1906 he pitched In 30 ga
won 21, loaf 7 and tied 2. Thl*
him a per cent of .7S0. Only
Hughes und "Dutch"' Lelbhnrdi did
better.
In fact, "The" haa ranked a*
of the bent pitcher* In the Bout
League for several years. In 19"
wn* second utnong the pitcher*, wl
per cent of .777. The only twlrlcr
"had "him heat" was Dygert, the
"spit hull hid," who pitched in n ?tr
number of game, hut clo*ed the w
with a slightly higher per cent.
Hrcltenstcln lx at present llvln
Bt. Lout*, nnrt hax purchased a Hr
club house on the Ea*t Side. It 1*
thut In the future he will devot.
his attention to bu*lne*>.
With poealbly two exception*.
Hreltensteln" was the greatest
hander who wore a uniform. He
learned the game on the lot* of
Lout* In company with "Helney" I
and Jack O'Connor, where Comli
who wa* running the famous Bt. I
Browns, »nw him pitch and gave
a trial. Breit mude good tho very
time, pitching a no-hlt game agi
the Louisville team. Thl* wa* In
fall of 1891, and from then on for
erul year* he wu* the mainstay In
box for Chris Von dcr Abe's fan
team.
In 1892 the American As*oeintlnn
the Nntlonul League consolidated.
"The" was recognized a* the kin
left-handed pitcher of the country.
. Breitenstein and Pelts could
more games than any other ballet
the country, and Anally John T. B
Induced Chri* to sell the batter]
Cincinnati. That was about the
of Von dcr Ahe’x control In Bt. L<
for soon after thl* »ule he was fo
out of basuball.
For several year* Hreltensteln twl
good hall at Cincinnati, then he
control, ami Anally his arm went 1
on him. He wu* always n clever
ter and a good Adder, and later <
reh'U.o d by Cincinnati went to NVv.
leans.
PRESIDENT BOYER CALLS MEET-
ing IN AU0U8TA FOR
THAT DATE.
Henator nurkMtt's bill U» prohibit pool
rooms un«l bookmnklng on races I* very
drastic. It makes It h misdemeanor
for a telegraph company to transmit
from one state to another messages to
pool room* and bookmakers.
Rowdy hockey hn* got rowdy base
ball tauten a block. They call It "butch
ery-" In Canada. Here ure a few lines
from an account of a recent game:
"Blachford had another tnlx-up, and
Rplttal also took a hand, hitting Blach-
ford over the head with hi* stick.
Blachford dropped like a log. and u
stream of blood followed In his track
os he was carried off the Ice."
DAY’S SPORT END8 WITH Ht
TRAGEDY* BUT NO LIVES
ARB LOST.
gpeclnl to The Georgian.
1‘ftlm Fla., Jatt. W.—Onfv i*'«kl
■ltd go«Ml Judgment prevented u f.it a
rid*nt nt the motor bust earulvnl t.m,
when the Bruiser aud the Kstletiti
lliled nnd iMttb IsMts treat down, m
K. CUrk»v wife of the owner of the
urine, nu* ou Msird the boat, ami »*
entangled In (he roachltierf a* th-
craft aiink. Her husband cut hi r
howorer. nnd she and sit the other vl
of me accident were rescued.
The Dixie, owned Ity Comutotlur.-.
SclirtH iUT. of the Motor Ik*u Ch
America, did some fancy stnnl* dnrin
«Iny. Thl* dUtance-snnlbllstor sou
10 aud S-uille rm**** and In the tfi mlle
though finishing second, owing tn a
(limp, went at the r&te of ^9.& milt
h(»ur.
The 15 tulle event was won l»y the 1
of West Palm Beach.
The S*nille event for boats of 30 font
water line nnd below, was won !•>-
Mere, of West 1'alni Bosch, lu tsg*ni>
ute* and fifty-nine seconds.
me lo-niilc event for boats of th**
Hum wn* wou by the Baby Hull-
Fnugnllle, Fla.
AugusU. Ot., Jan. Sl.-rresblest Charles
< Boyer has at tost aunouuced the date
J f*»r tbs. meeting of Die South Atlantic
League, end It will ore nr Wednesday, Fel*.
rusry IS. at 13 o'clock lu Augusts. Tbs
snnuunceroent has long been expected, as
Boyer ststed In n loiter several weeks
ago to fun |u this city that he would
certainly mil-the league meeting the 1st*
ter.part of January.
* U thought probable that opposition
will orlso to 1'rrslilent Boyer on account
of dilatory method* he line adopted In
falling to call the meeting when he said be
won Id. '
The AngueU club owners refuse to dla-
cuss whom they will rote for as president
of the league, although It Is thought that
they will not head any opposition to Boy*
«r, despite the difference* which arise be*
tweeu them and Mr. Boyer durlug the*last
ball sen«nn.
The srhednlc of the league will be adopt*
ed at the meeting, aud orders will bo
given for tickets tif be printed. Last ysar
difficulty was cx|>crlcured by the local
; owuers In securing the tb-kets In t|me for
• the o|H>alng game, and this fact Is said to
Is* due to the late date In the wluter when
llie meeting w^is held.
This spring the baseball fans of San
Antonio, Tex., will have an opportunity
to see the Chicago Nationals and
Americans, the New York Nationals,
the 8t. Louis Americans nnd Nationals,
the Washington American*, and per
haps the Cincinnati Reds.
Joe Harris, who pitched for Boston
In the great 24-Inning game with Phil
adelphia Inst season. hn« signed his
’07 contract with the ex-chatnps.
SALLYS TO ELLERYCLARK WILL TRY AGAIN
StTbusy
ON FEB. 13