About The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1907)
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1907. MOTOR BOATS FURNISH m IN FLORII NAT KAISER A CONFIDENTIAL ON VALUABLES. 1} Decatur Cargaiits 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, FROM E. G. WILLINGHAM & SONS Hardwood flooring a specialty. We dellvet promptly and guarantee satisfaction. A full stock of Lumber. Bnsb. Doors, etc., on hand* Prices are •-‘ght. C42 WHITEHALL STREET, s 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
