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Pat is wintering as usual in Louisville. but he will go at e to take up his new work. Pal is an experienced and long headed and ought to show 'em something up in the New England league. '"THE ancient contention that last * 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. Welehonce and Johnson. How man;, do you suppose will stick ’.’ Moran bus already been passed back. Long will be sent back. Most of the rest of them will return. The big noise is Welehonce. This man is promising. The only thing against him is the fact that he has been up before and that he didn’t stick. It is harder to go back a sec ond or a third time than it is to tackle it the first time. Yet. now and then a player does it with fair success. Bob Spade did it. with nothing, ami got by for awhile. Welehonce 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 battea 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 LYNCH IS RE-ELECTED BY NATIONAL LEAGUE NEW YORK. Dec. 11. Thomas .1. Lynch iva- re-elected president, and John A. Heydler, secretary-treasurer. of the National league. The present board of directors was continued, except that •J. Sullivan, of New York, succeeds the late John T. Brush. The election of Messrs. Lynch and Heydler. the former for a term of one year and the latter for three years, was unanimous. The league would not per mit a rumor even of a ripple of discord i to uncontradicted, and the report j that one club had opposed the re-elec tion of Lynch was denied. SUMMERS BEATS BURNS AND WINS ENGLISH TITLE LONDON. Dee. 11. Johnnr Summers la<t night won the welterweight eham pionshlp of Great Britain from Sid Burns, on points. The tight took place at the National Sporting club Both fighters hail from London. GARDEN CLUB IS AFTER BRITTON-M’FARLAND GO NEW YORK. Dec. 11, Manager Gilt son. of the Garden Athletic club, expects within a day or two to get signatures to articles that will bring together In New Vork .lark Britton and Packet. Mel-'ar laitil, lightweights. <• C STEWARDS MEET JANUARY 4 i'll I'HHI H<J, 1 tec. 11. Steward- of the ■Shanti t ir<*u t will meet her* January ' MMwiii dates for the rie-rs for Hu !Tt : j wonders of the Zack Wheat and Jake Daub rt order, who Can bat 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. ♦ ♦ • PEAKING of baiting averages, one fm t should not be over looked that Waldorf, of the <’l ack ers. had the amazing distinction of batting .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 bat he hit .209. Waldorf also brought up the rear in pitching averages, with one win and eleven losses, for a percentage of .083. ♦ ♦ ♦ pHE Volunteers ha\e a candidate for a job at second base who is a wonder. His name is Frank 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 he has taken on enough weight to bring him up to 170 pounds. « ♦ •, DILL BERNHARD has picked up an outfielder to take the place of Kerr, who was such a fierce fah-dqwn in hitting last year. The new man is Jack McCrono and he was secured from Baltimore. The Orioles landed him rrom Jersey < ’ity. 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. * * ♦ THAT baseball is paying, if yon 1 own the right club, has been demonstrated recently by the pro bating of the will of the lute John T. Brush. The owner of the New York Giants was worth 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 It is get ting to he a hard job. but the 'casualty howlers' continue to prepare lists of ac cidents which are supposed to have taken place on tin football Held. These lists are more or less authentic, mostly less. Among the ten deaths which were at tributed directly to football in Ute list re cently published was that of Charles Hires. Jr., a meber of the Haverford col lege eleven. Now Hires is not onlv alive, according to his friends ai the Main Line institution, hut is attending classes. He was injured in a gridiron battle, but re covered. Siner the "cnsualtt bowlers" went wrong on Hires, how arc 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. Ever. man who lias engaged in athletics golf, ten nis. baseball and running knows what a muscle bruise is Vthletes usualh refer to it as "charlcyhorse." It disappears in a day or so if the proper attention is paid to It. VIRGINIA ALUMNI WANT GAME WITH ST. LOUIS U. ST. l.iil’is, Dec 11. The I nlvcrsitt of Virginia Alumni association of St Louis lias started a movement which will in all probability result in a football game be tween st Louis universltt and I lie Vir ginia eh ven here next fall While nothing definite has vet been don. toward arranging the matter, several of the Virginia alumni have written to their alma mater requesting ,| lU i an at tempt be made to schedule the game When Bather M< Namara. din . tor of a 1 htlc.- at St Louis universit.i wa- in terviewed last night concerning ; iu- UT he denied an? knowledge of th.- ove te»r.i. lint expr.-ssi-d die opinion ll.al the pr<m..sed game w. ill. i.< a drawing t Mid THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEW&WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER IL 1912. "White Joke' Again Fights His Sparring Partner; Chattanooga Fans Bunked CARL MORRIS HAS BEEN CAUGHT WITH GOODS By W. S. Farnsworth. CARL MORRIS reputation has been blown to smithereens. He should be barred from • ver fighting again, and yours truly will use whatever influence he has to see that he never climbs into a ’ocal 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 Rattling Rounds WHITNEY HIVES SEIfiER A TERRIBLE WALLOPING By Left Hook. ALTHOUGH Frank Whitney failed to stop Joe Seiger at the Dixie A. C. 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. He 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 bis 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. Frank’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 with 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 w.is the same, and SPOKANE’S WHITE HOPE WHIPS'EM TWO AT A TIME SPoKAXE. WASH., Dec. 11. Spokane police are wondering if they have in jail a new an<i heretofore unrecognized “white hope." The prisoner gave his name as Johan Johnson, and Ids record was com piled by the desk sergeant as follows: Rested two policemen in a fist tight. Whipped iwo lumberjacks selected from a crowd of “fighters.' Overturned a thousand-pound safe in a downtown saloon. Toro a door from its hinges at the same place. Hit a heavy gold which chain in two while in a fit of rage. Required six strong men to hold him down while being handcuffed. Ail this took place in Spokane, but the police learned from Johnson’s friends that ifi Helen;. It required recently a fire bose, throwing a high pressure stream, to pre vent him from wrecking a saloon. Johnson admitted in court that lie had “a few drinks." and was sentenced to a brief term m jail for disorderly conduct. BUTTERMILK MEEK MAY LAND JOB AS MANAGER BIRMINGHAM. Dec. 11. Herr, Meek is to become a manager. This is the latest straight tip from the king of the tenpins, it will be remembered that the former Baron led the Northwestern league in the hitting department last season, ami it is re ported that next season lie is going to have charge of the club. He was a big hit witli tile Victoria club, where he played last -umnic.. and with all the clubs In tile Northwestern for that matter, regardless of the fact that the old wing was oil the bum most of I'm tliiu- and he had to hit 'em ,< mil, to gt t to the Initial i oi lier. 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 fpns 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. 1 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 fight 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 booked 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 M hitney 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 rotjnd was the same, with the possible exception of the final one. Whitney fought harder than ever in this spasm and had Seiger weak al lhe final bell. 1 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. Mil’ll.. 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 ••qjieduled ten-round go here last night. A left uppercut to the jaw put borbes on the rocks. Jimmie Martin, of Philadelphia, had the shade over Danny Mcßea. of Flint, in the semi-final. RIVERS AND BROCK WILL HOOK UP IN CLEVELAND. 0. CLEV ELAND. OHIO, Dec. 11. \n 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 by 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, Dec. 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. . A. B. L. MEETS TONIGHT. The \tliuita Basket Ball league will hold a meeting tonight at 6: 15 o'clock i' I'. .1 t'ooledgi A Sons’ stot e on Fo' >yth street so the purpose of fotmu- I’ltiug plans looking toward the opening of n • ague F Ida; night. penses here, and probably guaran teed him a certain amount of the long mazuma. The promoters stand to lose money if they don’t put on the match. But 1 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. 1 ap peal to them for the boxing fans of Atlanta to never give .Morris an other tight 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. On 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. TENN.. Dec IL—An ef fort to land Jack Adams for the catch ing stuff of tin 1913 local team met with tin- following reply from Secretary E. S. Bet nurd, 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 <'leveland 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 stiff-mus cled from continual stooping, could not run the sacks. At the end of the 1911 campaign Ad sms was recalled by Cleveland and last season he caugh' a number of games for the Davie-Birmiughiim combine, tine reason of major leaguering evi dently his made an improved catcher of the Texan, for in 1911 Jack was woefully weak in the es-intlal matter us experience. x White Sox Sure Have Promising Youngster in “Buck’ 1 Weaver to Fill the Big Gap at Shortstop (This is the twelfth of a series of articles on “Youngstere Who Made Good in Big Leagues.”) By Sam Crane. (( 1~) UCK" WEAVER seems to [j have filled in at the short stop positions for the Chi cago White Sox, with ability enough to warrant Manager Calla han in holding the youngster per manently. Ever since George Darts, the popular ex-Giant 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 the 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 White 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 through the sea son, whether the club was on a winning streak or In 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.) club in 1909. His w-drk 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 was 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 lhe Trl-State league. Many young players would 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 move de termined Ulan ever to reach the goal of his ambition a big league club uikl he started <»lY* >. iili Voik like a house utile Hl» playing at- tracted immedia att.-m :.,i; scouts, and he w s drafted by the Chicago American. His gi eat chant had not air.' c ' even yet. for he vas turned over to the San Franqco club, of th" Pacific league, one optional ag , . ment and wlthou being given a chance to show w u he could do. That optional ageinent was , bane of many a prqjsing an( ] ;l:i . bitious youngster. It happily, new National Ag' enrnt lias ■ rected the evil. The Chicago club called Wr.v er in the fall of 1911,nd from that time dates the rise ( f the much ' shifted player. Anuit has been little short of phenon-ial. While with the S, Fraiicis,.o club, Weaver playediß2 ginnes, with a batting average .282. h played second base 38 gm-s with i fielding percentage of 45 sh„:t stop, 94 games at an .8 elip. and outfield 50 games wit 1.942 pvi . centage. Last season (1912) Wt er play ed 147 games with the bite Sox with a fielding percental ~f .in;,. His batting was rather 1. being only .224. Weaver Is a right-bandej er and batter. He wets 11" pounds and is? 5 feet 11 ii lf > in height, a model build for a player. He is still a \eryou.ig man, being only 21 years a g,.. He has plenty of time to velop and gives every prospect of rul ing a star in his position. I full name is George D. Weaver. Mik all the Weavers who have b ■ players, the nickname "Burl:" - ■ to drift to them naturally, n.e the days of the famous old pi; . the original "Buck" Weaver. PEACE Ts DECLARED IN NATIONAL: WAR FIZ..ES NEW YORK, Dec. 11. Tin Bma han matter out of the way. andi'h nothing but a love feast in sigiithe magnates of the National leagtleaii. today that their business \umld be de pleted tonight. Attention today was focused ent-ly upon the negotiations between W. Murphy, president of the ''hip club, and "Garry” Herrmann. I" - dent of the Cincinnati Reds, for le control of Joe Tinker. It was predicted by mtn 'lose toe counsels of Murphy ami IJij'iiiani l r. Tinker would be under contract > Herrmann before night. Jlurpn; " asked about the situation, said: "IL ■ maim has got to show ma unit ' more up his sleeve than lis arm. Herrmann simply replied to an; ■! tions on the subject. ”1 hope t Tinker, but It will tak< a littL WESTERNERS DECLARE WAR ON WTO ASS'. LOS ANGELES. ''.1... Dee. ' Twenty-four leading aHomobiL " Los Angeles issued a cjelaratii’ti " dependence from the z'ntonm ■: elation of America . 1 day " ' plans for the formatioi of tin ' Automobile associatioi A telegram to that e’eet «•:•« "" ! William Schlmpf. of tfi contvs ■ of the A. A. A., at Net York. The telegram expresed a the American Automode's tion in order to avoid ny um conflict of authority. It a Is" - that the proposed nw would confine its field 1 tin V ; Dissatisfaction with U'inu " f ' A. A. A. was the reasogitn fi-r tw present movement. , A Des Moines man ha ai. atr. muscular rheumatism ii-lti- st! 11 ’ r ; A friend advised him i g" t" Springs. That meant a .pi iise ™ $150.06 or more. He sougt : or and cheaper way U<- found it In Chambers's l.imt Three days after the fit am of this linljnent he was yll. I' 11 by all dealers. (Advt.) , THE IDEAL SMAS Gift, om villi a future, t "lilnil" fountnin pen Him Mtundard. Jno. L. M<w>r< a point fur evert txwl). I- l : (to ’