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Pat is an experienced and long headed and ought to show '<lll something up in the New England league. « • ♦ "THE ancient contention that last A year’s Southern league was be low the average is likely to be borne out by the small number of Dixie leaguers sent up last fall who will stick. The league sent up ten outfield ers. They were Moran, Hendryx, Jacobson, Long, Stengel, Williams, James, Johnston, Welchonce and Johnson. How many do you suppose will stick? Moran has already been passed back. Long will be sent back. Most of the rest of them will return. The big noise is Welchonce. This man is promising. The only thing against him is the fact that he has been up before and that in didn’t stick. It is harder to go back a sec ond or a third time than it is to tackle it the first tithe. Yet. now and then a player does it with fair success. Bob Spade did it. with nothing, and got by for awhile. Welchonce batted .325 last year and though he was with a despond ent and disorganized club, he stole 24 bases and scored 63 runs. He has gone to Washington, a team that needs an outfielder, and will get serious consideration. Jimmy Johnston, who went from the Barons to the White Sox, hit only .296, but the fact that he stole 81 bases, a league record, entitles him to consideration. Hendryx batted poorly and is hopeless!. Ja cobsen, who went with the Giants, looked a wonder until they began curving ’em to him. Then he showed his true colors. He will hardly do in this league, much less the National. Long batted .266 — why say more? Stengel batted .290 with Montgomery, but showed a lot of speed in the National and may linger. He may prove one of the BIG ATHLETIC SHAKE-UP IS DUE AT OLD PENNSY PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 11. V big shake-up up hi athletics al Peiihsylvania university is expected within a short time, due to the control of the progressive element, which wsntf to abandon some 01 i<ie early style or methods of training, shake off some of the coaches and train ers ami make “athletics modern." Ellis I. Ward, rowing coach since 1879, has volunteered to quit if the board will pay him* the rest of his contract, which expires in September DILLON Tn TRIM FOR FIGHT WITH CHRISTIE INDIANAPOLIS. IND. Dec 11. Jack Dillon has finished training for his bout with Gus Christie at the Miditorimn to night- After a session of gymnasium work and eight fasi rounds of boxing at his training quarters, Dillon threw off his gloves and announced he was ready to face Christie. GARDEN CLUB ISAFTER BRITTON-M'FARLAND GO NEW YORK. Dec. 11 Manager Gib son. of the Garden Athletic club expects within a day or two to get signatures to articles that will bring together In New York Jack Britton and Pa.-l,< v McFar land, lightweights FOR SALE Kann one-fourth as large and live times as good as the one you are toiling on back East Ti > e aovan taga of tin percentage tn your fav.-i rhe gNintli Anniversary edition of T) •• 1.0- \n ■tael* Examiner, out De. i-mbei " tin. y,„. ... jjfcli '- .'- 7‘rxY-.:,. wonders of the Zack Wheat and Jake Daubert order, who can but better in the National league than in the Southern. James batted .235! He’s sure to stick! John son. of Montgomery, made a mar vellous showing while he lasted and looked a world beater. He has a chance. e • * Q PEAKING of hatting averages, one fact should not be over looked—that Waldorf, of the <hack ers. bad the amazing distinction of butting .031 for last season. In 13 games he went to bat 32 times. He made one hit. Nctzel, of Mem phis. was another honor man. With 108 times at but he hit .209. Waldorf also brought up the rear in pitching averages, with one win and eleven losses, for a. percentage of .083. ♦ 4 e> THE Volunteers have a candidate for a job at second base who is a wonder. His name is Erank Le roy Goalby. He doesn’t drink, he seldom smokes, and his sleeping average is nine hours a night. Just at present he is engaged in the pleasant occupation of working as an electrician in a coal mine. Just what the duties of an electrician in a coal mine are is not apparent, but anyhow lie has taken on enough weight to. bring him up to 170 pounds. ♦ e • IJILL BERNHARD has picked up an outfielder to take the place of Kerr, who was such a fierce fall-down in hitting last year. The new man is Jack MeCrone and he was secured from Baltimore. The Orioles landed him rrorn Jersey City, but his big work was done last year with the New Bedford club, of the New England lague. He batted .290. The man is really an outfielder, but he can do a turn at first base if needed. ♦ * • 'T HAT baseball is paying, if you x owfi the right club, has been demonstrated recently by the pro bating of the will of the late John T. Brush. The owner of the New York Giants was wprth a million and a half when he died and he made most of it out of baseball. As was expected, the Brush heirs will keep the club and run it as it was run by John T. Brush, with John J. McGraw in supreme com mand. ONE OF THE “FOOTBALL DEAD" COMES TO LIFE PHILADELPHIA. Dee. 11.—Il is get ting to be a hard job. but the ‘casualty howlers' continue to prepare lists of ac cidents which are. supposed to have taken place on the football field. These lists are more or less authentic, mostly less. Among the ten deaths which were at tributed directly to football in the list re cently published was that of Charles Hires, Jr., a meber of the Haverford col lege eleven. Now Hires is not only alive, according to his friends at the Main Line institution, but is attending classes. He was injured in a gridiron battle, but re covered Since the "casualty howlers" went wrong on Hires, how are we to be lieve that the other nine were killed? Again, we find Included in the list of injured 62 who sustained minor sprains, wrenches and muscle bruises. Every man who has engaged in athletics golf, ten nis. baseball and running—knows what a muscle bruise is. Athletes usually refer to It as “charleyhorse ." It disappears in a day or so if the proper attention ia paid to it. VIRGINIA ALUMNI WANT GAME WITH ST. LOUIS U. ST. LOI'IS, Dec 11 The t’nlversity of Virginia Alumni association of St. Louis I i- .tailed a movement which will in all probability result in a football game be tween st Louis university and the Vir ginia ven hero next fall " hi!' nothing definite has yet been doi <■ toward arranging the matter, several f tin Virginia alumni have written to tl."ir Imu mater requesting that an at ' 1 made io schedule the game "lien Father M< N'uniura, director of 1 'Hi’s .i< S I.oi;i. university, was In- • 'vhwed lumi night concerning the mat- ■ ' '■< ’ I'-' 1 any knowledge of tl move ; " " 'Vl'!' I'd the opinion that th" l '"i” mime would be a good drawing THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1912. *M/h/fe Joke* Again Fights His Sparring Partner; Chattanooga Fans Bumped CARL MORRIS HAS BEEN CAUGHT WITH GOODS By W. S. Farnsworth. CARL MORRIS’ reputation-has been blown to smithereens. He should be barred from ever fighting again, and yours truly will use whatever influence he has to see that he never climbs into a local ring. The Dixie Athletic club may go through with his match scheduled for next Tuesday with Al Kubiak, but not until they have listened to a long and loud protest from yours truly. Last night Morris fought his sparring partner, Jack Keating, alias Bob Williams, over in Chat tanooga. He bunked the fight fans of the Lookout city. And if I am not greatly mistaken, it was this same Keating-Williams that Mor ris fought over in Shreveport a couple of weeks ago. Morris fought Keating-Williams here under the name of Jack Keat ing, "heavyweight champion of Philadelphian's Gameness Pulls Him Through Ten Raffling Rounds WHITNEY GIVES SEIGER A TERRIBLE WALLOPING By Left Hook. ALTHOUGH Frank Whitney f illed to stop Jie Seiger at the Dixie A. U. last night, the Fighting Carpenter, for the first time, displayed a swell right-hand punch. Had Seiger not been the tough nut that he is, Frank would have knocked him out in four or five rounds. It was a corking ten-round mill. Whitney won by ten thousand miles. Tie landed a million blows. Seiger, outclassed, proved that he is one of the gamest young men that ever roamed around this neck of the woods. He did his best and never flinched under the heavy punishment that was being served him. Seiger was beaten decisively, but he was a hero in defeat. Whitney fought his fight with one hand—his right. FTank’s south paw was fractured in a battle in St. Louis about a month ago and he was afraid to use it to any ex tent. Not once did he use a left jab, but hooked the left lightly half a dozen times. He never hit witli the back of the hand. Had that left been in shape, it's almost a cinch that Seiger would have taken the count. Every round was tile same, and SPOKANE’S WHITE HOPE WHIPS’EM TWO AT A TIME SPOKANE. WASH.. Dec. 11. - Spokane police are wondering if they have in jail a new and heretofore unrecognized "white hope." The prisoner gave bis name as Johan Johnson, and bis record was com piled by the desk sergeant as follows: Bested two policemen in a fist tight. Whipped two lumberjacks selected from a crowd of “fighters.” overturned a thousand-pound safe in a downtown saloon. Tore a door from its binges at the same place. Bit a heavy gold watch chain in two while in a fit of rage Required six strong men to hold him down while being handcuffed All this took place in Spokane, but the police learned from Johnson’s friends that in Helena it required recently a tire hose, throwing a high pressure stream, to pre vent him from wrecking a saloon. Johnson admitted tn court that lie had "a few drinks." and was sentenced to a brief term in jail for disorderly conduct. BUTTERMILK MEEK MAY LAND JOB AS MANAGER BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 11—Herre Meek is to become a manager. This is the latest straight tip from the king of the tenpins. It will be retneiqbered that the former Baron led tile Northwestern league in the hitting department last season, and it is re ported that next season he is going to have charge of the club. He was a big hit with Hie Victoria club, where he played last summer. and with all the clubs in tlie Northwestern for that mutter, regardless of the fact that th«- | old wing wits on the bum most of the | time and Im had to hit ’em a mile to I get to t lie imtlu I I'ol J|e Canada.” Morris knocked his ‘man out in the second round. After that scrap. Keating hooked up with Morris as sparring partner. For all the boxing fans of At lanta know, Keating may have been Morris’ sparring partner when they fought here. I don’t know it, but I am a pretty good guesser. At any rate, I do know that Morris fought his sparring partner last night in Chattanooga, and thereby branded himself a faker. Keating - Williams lasted two rounds again last night. Morris and his partner ought to name the skit "Knocked Out in Two Rounds, or What a Cinch to Bunk South ern Fight Fans.” • • • A L KUBIAK is here in town to tight Morris next week at the Dixie Athletic club. Al believes he can beat Morris, and is willing to fight the faking white hope under any terms. The club has paid Kubiak’s ex- in describing the first round I can tell you the story of every spasm, so here goes: Seiger rushed out from his cor ner with lowered head. A right uppercut almost sent his think tank off his shoulders. For a full minute they worked on each oth er's body in a clinch, Whitney al ways getting his blows in first. A right to the head as they broke sent Seiger to the ropes. Whitney followed fast and sent in rights galore, first hooked and then brought up. Seiger covered and took a terrible beating around the head. Just when it looked as though Whitney was going to floor the visitor from Philadelphia, Joe would open up and flay away with both hands. But his swings were wild and Whitney always stepped back far enough to avoid any trou ble. And as soon as Seiger played himself out Whitney would again take up the work of dealing out punishment. Every round was the same, with the possible exception of the final one. Whitney fought harder than ever in this spasm and had Seiger weak at the final bell. I counted but five real blows for Seiger. Four of these were wild lefts that landed on the body. The FORBES’ FINISH COMES WITH STIFF UPPERCUT KALAMAZOO, MICH.. Dec. 11 -Jeff O Connel was too fast for Clarence Forbes and the seconds of the Chicago lad tossed a sponge into the ring in the fifth round of a scheduled ten-round go here last night. A left uppercut to the law put 1 orbes on the rocks. Jimmie Martin, of Philadelphia, liad the Shade over Danny .Mcltea. of Klint, in the semi-final. RIVERS AND BROCK WILL HOOK UP IN CLEVELAND. 0. CLEVELAND. OHIO, Dec. 11. An of fer which practically conceded the de mands for a match here between Joe Rivers, the Pacific coast lightweight, and Phil Brock, of Cleveland, has wired Riv ers' manager last night bv Matt Hinckel. manager of a local club. The bout will be held on January 7 or January 9. KILBANE AND DUNDEE WILL FIGHT FEB. 22D CLEVELAND, OHIO. Dee. 11. -Johnny Kilbane, featherweight champion, has acred to meet Johny Dundee, New York featherweight, in Los Angeles February 22 in a 20-round battle for the title. Q. C. STEWARDS MEET JANUARY 4. PITTSHL’RiI, Dec. 11. Stewards of the Grand Circuit will meet here January -I and name dates for the races for the 1913 season. Every desirable room, Apartment, house, rooms for iight housekeeping, business lr at ions, enrages, stores that «re for rent in Atlanta and surroundings can be found in "The Georgian's Rent Bulletin" penses here, and probably guaran teed him a certain amount of the Jong mazutna. The promoters stand to lose money if they don’t put on tlie match. But I am sure that in the long run they will prove win ners if they turn down the match. Kubiak is in good condition. He has trained for two weeks, and is working here every day. There are two good heavyweights up East who are every bit as good as Mor ris—Jim Stewart and Tom Kenne dy. It looks to me as though the promoters would make a very wise move if they sent for one of these fellows to take Morris' place. Stewart has beaten Morris, and Kennedy is regarded as a better miller than Stewart. Henry Norton is president of the Dixie Athletic club, and Mike Saul is matchmaker and referee. I ap peal to them for the boxing fans of Atlanta to never give Morris an other fight here. other was a nice right hook that caught Whitney high on the head. When the boys left the ring Whitney didn't have a scratch on him. (»n the other hand, Seiger's face was cut and pounded so badly that his best friend wouldn't have recognized him. But Joe is game and’ against a boy of his own style, say’ Walter Little, for instance, he would prob ably make a swell scrap. The preliminaries were bearcats. The card opened with a four-round tilt between Kid Superior and Kid Young. They are a couple of pa perweights, but they sure did put up a slashing bout. Mike Saul called it a draw and it was the best decision possible, despite the fact that a few soreheads howled and groaned. Billy Van was carded to meet Tommy Lavelle. The announcer told us that Van had iced pedals, and as he didn’t show up, Kid Meadows took his place. Meadows was not in very good condition, but he put up a swell scrap until the third round, when his legs went back on him and the referee was forced to stop proceedings and award the decision to Lavelle. It was a large evening, as Joe Walcott would say. BERNARD TELLS TURTLES TO FORGET ABOUT ADAMS MEMPHIS, TENnTdcc. 11.—An ef fort to land Jack Adams for tlie catch ing staff of tlie 1913 local team met with tlie following reply from Secretary E. S. Bernard, of the Cleveland club: “Understand Adams will be retained by Cleveland next season. In the event a transfer were contemplated, it is doubtful if he could be waived out of the league.” This information was imparted to Manager Benhard by the Cleveland sec retary in a recent letter and means that the local team must look to other quarters for a successor to Tonneman, who will not return. Adams was a member of the 1911 Memphis team, joining Bernhard at the same time Newton was purchased from Louisville. Because of his splendid throwing arm, the young Texan was a decided hit with Red Elm frequenters. He unfurled the flashiest line of pegging ever shown on the local lot, and in addition was a capable man behind the hat. But Jack wasn't so many shakes as a hitter, and, like most catchers, who grow stlff-mus cled from continual stooping, could not run the sacks. At tlie end of the 1911 campaign Ad ams was recalled by Cleveland and last season lie caught a number of games for the Davis-Birmingham combine, tine season of major leaguering evi dently has made an Improved catcher of tile T< xnn, for in 1911 Jack was woefully weak in tin essential matter of experience. White Sox Sure Have Promising Youngster in “Buck” Weaver to Fill the Big Gap at Shortstop (This is the twelfth of a series of articles on “Youngsters Who Made Good in Big Leagues.’’) By Sam Crane. { ( Y) UCK” WEAVER seems to [j have filled in at the short stop positions for the Chi cago White Sox, with ability enough io warrant Manager Calla han in holding the youngster per manently. Ever since George Davis, the popular ex-Glant manager, captain and famous player, retired from that important position with the White Sox the Chicago Americans have had great trouble in securing the right man for the place. Several promising players were tried, but all were found wanting through various causes until young Weaver was recalled from the San Francisco club in the fall of 1911 and given a thorough trial. He demonstrated in the few games he played toward the wind up of that season that he was of big league caliber and had the stuff In him to make good. Callahan Saw His Worth. When Jimmy Callahan took charge of the White Sox in the training camp in Waco, Texas, last spring that wise old veteran and great judge of ball players sized tile youngster up as being Just the player he needed, and by careful and systematic coaching Weaver developed so rapidly that he was given the shortstop berth on the regular team. Callahan’s judgment proved cor rect, and the new recruit did his share in pushing the White Sox to the front in the early months of last season’s race. It will be remem bered that it was the fact of the IV hite Sox pitchers “cracking” un der the strain of the fast early pace set by the team that caused the club to fall back and not on ac count of any failure on the part of the other players to come up to the mark. Weaver played a steady, con sistent game all througlt the sea son, whether the club was on a winning stxgak or tn a losing rut. In fact, his playing was on the sen sational order during most of the season. His great work cinched his job for him, as he is retained for next year, and has a most bril liant future, according to all good judges of baseball. Struggled to Reach Top Class. Weaver had his troubles in get ting into the big league class and was shifted around from pillar to post more than is usual for young players, before he proved himself as worthy. He started in as a pro fessional with the Pottstown (Pa.) ehib in 1909. His work in his first year out attracted the attention of big league scouts. The Cleveland club, of the Ameri can league, secured him. He did not get much of a trial with the Naps, or possibly was not quite ripe for the big show and he whs released to the Saginaw (Mich.) club, but again failed to make good and was shipped back to Cleveland. There was no opening with the Naps, they being overloaded with new players, and the Cleveland club released the youngster out right. He then secured a job with the Northampton (Mass.) club, of the Connecticut league, where he played a couple of months, and then went to the York (Pa.) club, of the Tri-State league. Many young players woukl have been discouraged by all those re verses. but not “Buck" Weaver. He had no such thing as quit in his nervy make-up. He was more de termined than ever to reach the goal of his ambition -a big league ■ Tub and In. started off with Yi»’k .1 house nfire His playing at tracted immediate attention firm scouts, and he was drafted by the Chicago Americans. His great chance had not arrived even yet, for he was turned "v --to the San Francisco club, of th Pacific league, on an optional agree ment and without being given a chance to show what he could do. That optional agreement was the bane of many a promising and am bitious youngster, but happily, th new National Agreement has cor rected the evil. The Chicago club recalled Weav er in the fall of 1911. and from that time dates the rise of th- much shifted player. And it has been little short of phenomenal. While with the San Francisco club, Weaver played 182 games, with a batting average of .282. He played second base 38 games with a fielding percentage of .945; short stop, 94 games at an .898 clip, and outfield 50 games with .942 per centage. Last season (1912) Weaver play ed 147 games with the White Sox with a fielding percentage of .915. His batting was rather low, being only .224. . Weaver is a right-handed throw er and batter. He weighs 170 pounds and is 5 feet 11 inches in height, a model build for a baseball player. He is still a very young mhn. being only 21 years of agr- He has plenty of time to develop and gives every prospect of becom ing a star in his position. His full name is George D. Weaver, but like all the Weavers who have been ball players, the nickname “Buck” seems to drift to them naturally, since the days of the famous old pitcher, the original “Buck” Weaver. PEACE Ts DECLARED IN NATIONAL: WAR FIZZLES NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—The BresM’ han matter out of the way’, and nothing but a love feast in sight, tn« magnates of the National league saw today that their business would be com pleted tonight. . Attention today was focused entirei> upon the negotiations between Charlt- W. Murphy, president of the t hleagt club, and “Garry” Herrmann, pre’ 1 ’ dent of the Cincinnati Reds, for u control of Joe Tinker. It was predicted by men close to t. ( counsels of Murphy and Herrmann tn Tinker would be under contract « Herrmann before night. Murpny. asked about the situation, said: " Uer ' maim has got to show me that he n.- more up his sleeve than his arm. Herrmann simply replled/to any Q u ’" tions on the subject, “I hop*' t“ i >'. Tinker, but it will take a little time WESTERNERS DECLARE WAR ON AUTO ASS N LOS ANGELES, CAL., De 11 Twenty-four leading automobib ie ' Los Angeles issued a declaration 0 dependence from the Automobile ■ elation of America today and , plans for the; formation of the \\ Automobile association. A telegram to that effect was we William Schlmpf, of the contest tm" of the A. A. A., at New York. The telegram expressed a desire the American Automobile’s co-o[*>t tion in order to avoid any unnecessc • conflict of authority. It also that the proposed new ass.’ l! t would confine its field to the Dissatisfaction with rulings of A. A. A. was the reason given for u present movement. A Des Moines man had an atta< k e muscular rheumatism in his “1 , A friend advised him to g" 1 Springs. That meant an expend “ $150.00 or more. He sought for a<l “■ er and cheaper way to cure . found it in Chamberlain's Lin Three days after the first app/J of this liniment he was well, r by all dealers. (Advt.) • THE IDEAL XMAS Gift, one with u future. \Vat< ‘•hh-al” fountain pen I* th» NtnndHnl. J no. 1.. Moon* A- > ■ a point fore verybody. 42 N. |1: