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Pat Flaherty, Former Cracker,
Lands Job as Manager; Has Long
Head and Ought To Be Success
By Percy 11. Whiting.
PAT FLAHERTY. formerly
pitcher-outflelder of the At
lanta ball club, has realized
another ambition. Ho has landed
as manager of the Lawrence
(Mass.) team.
Pat is wintering as usual in
Louisville, but he will go at once
to take up his new work.
Pat is an experienceci and long
headed and ought to show cm
something up in the New England
league.
« » ♦
ep HE ancient contention that last
1 year’s Southern league wat 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. Joftnston, 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 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, 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 lie 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 .26’6
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 V< >RK Dee. II Thonim- .1.
Lynch wa« re-elected president. and
John A. Heydler. secretary-treasurer, of
the National league. The present board
of directors was continued, •excop. that
• J. Sullivan, of New York, succeeds
the late John T. Blush.
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
to go uncontradicted. and the report
that one club had opposed the re-elec
tion of Lrnch wa- denied.
SUMMERS BEATS BURNS
AND WINS ENGLISH TITLE
LONDON, Dee. 11. Johnny Summers
last night won the welterweight cham
pionship of Great Britain from Sid
Burns, on points. The fight took place
at the National Sporting club. Both
fighters hat! from London.
GARDEN CLUB IS AFTER
BRITTON-M’FARLAND GO
NEW TORK. Dec 11. Manager •lib
sun, 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 Packet McFar
land. lightweights.
G. C. STEWARDS MEET JANUARY 4.
PITTHBI HG. Dec. 11. stewards of the
Grand Circuit wilt meot here Januarv <
and mum dates for the races for thi I'd :
wonders of the Zack Wheat and
Jake Daubert order, who can bat
better in the National league than
in the Southern. James batted
.335! 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 batting averages,
one fact should not be over
looked—that Waldorf, of the Crack
ers. had the amazing distinction of
batting .031 for last season. In 13
games he went to bat 32 times. He
made one hit. Netzel. of Mem
phis, was another honor man. With
10S times at bat he hit .209.
Waldorf also brot ght up the j ear
in pitching avi rages. w ith one win
and eleven losses, for a percentage
of .083.
♦ * ♦
THK Volunteers hate a candidate
frir a job at second base who is
a wonder. His name i s Frank Le- '
toy Goal by. He doesn't drink, lie
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
fall-down in hitting last year. The
new man is Jack McCrone and he
was secured from Baltimore. The
Orioles landed him rrom Jersey
City, but his big work was done
last year with tile New Bedford
club, of the New England lague.
He batted .290. The man 1s really
an outfielder, but he can do a turn
at first base if needed,
* • *
THAT baseball is paying, if you
1 own 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 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 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 tn a gridiron battle, but re
covered. Since tlte "casualty howlers”
went wrong on Hires, how arc we to be
lieve that the other tune were killed’.'
•.gain, we find included in the list of
1 injured 62 who sustained mieor sprains.
I wrenches and muscle bruises. Ever.' man
I who lias engaged in athletics- golf. l.en-
I nis. baseball and running knows what a
1 muscle bruise is. kthletes usually refer
to it as "charleyhorse." It disappears in
a day or so if the proper attention is
paid to it.
VIRGINIA ALUMNI WANT
GAME WITH ST. LOUIS U.
ST LOVIS. Dec 11 The University of
t irginia tlunini association of St. Louis
has started a movement which will In all
probability result ft a lootball game be
tween st. Louis unlverslt j and the Vir
ginia eleven here next fall.
While nothing definite has yet been
dong toward a-ranglng the matter, several
of rhe Virginia alumni have written to
their alma mater requesting that an at
tempt he inude to schedule the game.
When Father M< Namara. director of
athletics at St Louis university, wus in
terviewed last night concerning lb- mat*
ter he denied an> know ledge of Ute u me-
Inient. but fxppesid the opinion that the
I proposed game would be a good drawing
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 11, 1912.
( White Joke’ Again Fights His Sparring Partner; Chattanooga Fans Bunked
CARL MORRIS HAS BEEN CAUGHT WITH GOODS
By \V. S. Bai-nsworth.
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. Up 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 GIVES SEIGER 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 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. 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
g 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 wag the same, and
SPOKANE'S WHITE HOPE
WHIPS 'EM TWO AT A TIME
SPOKANE. WASH.. Dee. 11. Spokane
police are wondering if they have in jail
a new and heretofore unrecognized "white
hope.” I’lie prisoner gave Ills name as
Johan Johnson, and bls record was com
piled by the desk sergeant as follows:
Bested two policemen in a list fight.
Whipped two lumberjacks selected from
a crowd of “fighters.''
Overturned a thousand-pound safe in a
downtown saloon.
Tore a door from its hinges at the same
place.
Hit 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 fire hose,
throwing a high pressure stream, to pre
vent him from wrecking a saloon.
Johnson admitted in court that he had
“a few drinks." and was sentenced to a
brief term .n jail for disorderly conduct.
BUTTERMILK MEEK MAY
LAND JOB AS MANAGER
BIRMINGHAM, Dee. 11.—Herre
Meek is to become a manag< r.
This 1- the latest straight tip from
the king of the tenpins. it will be
remembered that the former Baton 1< d
the Northwestern league in the hitting
department last season, and it is re
ported that next season he is going to
have charge of tile club. He was a big
lilt witli tile Victoria club, where he
played las; .summer, and with all the
clubs in' th< Northwestern for that
matter, regardless of the fact that tin
old wing was on the buty most of tin
tlnm olid hi hail to hit 'em a mile to
get to the initial corner.
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. T 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
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 lias 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 M hitney -would again
tajee 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
LvAI.AMAZt m. MICH.. Dec. 11.—Jeff
O’Connel was too fast for Clarence Forbes
and the seconds of the Chicago lad tossed
a sponge 'lnto the ring- in the fifth round
of a scheduled ten-round go here last
night. A left uppercut to the jaw put
horbes 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.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, Dec. 11. An of
fer wh.eh practically conceded the de
mands lor a match here between Joe
Rivers, the Pacific coast lightwetgb’. and
Phil Brock, of Cleveland, has wired Riv
ers' manager last night bv Matt Hlnckel,
manager of a local club. The bout will
be held on January 7 or January 9.
KILBANE AND DUNDEE
WILL FIGHT FEB. 22D
CLE\ ELAND, OHIO, Dee. 11. -Johnny
Kllbane, featherweight champion, lias
attred to meet Joliny Dundee, New York
featherweight, in Los Angeles February
22 In a 20-round buttle for the title.
A. B. L. MEETS TONIGHT.
The Atlanta Haskel Ball league will
hold u meeting tonight at 6:15 o’clock
at I'. J. ('ooh dge Al Hotts’ store on l’<> -
syth sttei t to- the purpose of fortnu
liiting plan* looking toward the opening
of it* o ague F id.i' 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 niatdh. 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. 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. Meadow’s
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., Dee. IL—An ef
fort to land Jack Adams for the catch
ing staff of the 1913 local team met
with the 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 Bcnhard 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 stlfT-mus
cled from continual stooping, could not
run the sacks.
At the end of the 1911 campaign Ad
ams was recalled by Cleveland and last
season he eaugi.t a number of games
for the Davis-Birmingham combine.
(Im- sia-oti of major I'iiguering evi
dently has imide in improved catcher
of tli. Texuli, for in 1911 Jack was
woefully weak in the easentlal 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.
{ I ) 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 Davis, 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, 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
bis 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 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 was
released to the Saginaw (Midi.)
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.) dub, of
the Connecticut league, where he
played a couple of months, and
then went to the York (Pa.) dub,
of the Tri-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 more de
termined titan ever Io reach the
goal of bls ambition a big league
< lul> and Ip started off with York
like a house aflie His playing at-
tracted immediate a; t. I,: ~;.
scouts, and he was draft ..a
Chicago Americans. IMB-
His great chance had sr.; .
even yet, for he was urned ..-.•K
to the San Francisco , • ME
Pacific league. on an „;i
ment and without being _ :•
chance to show wiiat .-r
That optional agreem-nt a- .H|
bane of many a promising and
bitious youngster, but ha ppi;;.
new National Agieemeni
rected the evil.
The Chicago club i
er In the fall of 1911, and fro::: :
time dates the rise of
shifted player. And '-.as :
little short of phenomenal. H|
While with the San I-’ran
dub, Weaver played 182 g ,->:i
with a batting average of B|l
played second base ;is games ■ .
fielding percentage of .945;
stop. 94 games at an .Sps Hip.
outfield 50 games with .942
centage.
Last season (1912) W.-.n? -Hk
e<T 147 games with tile Whit - .HE
with a fielding percentage c” BB|
His batting was ratio lav.. .
only .224.
Weaver is a right-: and
er and batter. He weighs 9H
pounds and is 5 feet 11 in- • rMB|
height, a mode: build so a r. .
player. He Is still a very yntingHK
man. being only 21 ye,,.: -- '
He has plenty of time to • ■■'■•■!■»
and gives every prospe< ..f !.-■'• M
ing a star in his position He- BS
name is George I). Weave:. but
all the Weavers oho ii.-ive :
players, the ni'kn;im< "Bit
to drift to them naturally.
the days of the famous “.n pr
the original "Buck” Weaver. H
PEACE IS DECLARED IN I
NATIONAL: WAR FIZZLE®
-NEW YORK, Dec. I’. T'm
han matter out of the way.
nothing but a love feast in - ? '
magnates of the National Icagui
today that their business ve ■u.l'i
pleted tonight.
Attention today was fo.-us«i
upon the negotiations ktiv-t: \
W. Murphy, president of tin -
dub, and "Garry" HiTr'-aiw-.l'B
dent of the Cincinnati lb'
control of Joe Tinker.
It was predicted by men
counsels of Murphy and H’-'
Tinker would be unil.r
Herrmann before night. Mm ’ ,
asked about the sitiiati"ii. -.mt- H B|
niann has got to show irn- iltd 1
more up his sleeve titan itis i ts.
Herrmann simply repli'-d p. any •
tions on the subject. ”1
Tinker, but it will tai:' a '■
WESTERNERS DECLARE I
WAR ON AUTO ASSB
LOS ANGELE'S. CAI... '.'H
Twenty-four leading :nitoun>i.
Los Angeles isrtted a do-lar.-t'-" 1 - "
dependence from the Ant--
ciation of America today !!1 "
plans for the formation of '■
Automobile association.
A telegram to that •it. ’
William Schimpf. of 1 "
of the A. V A., at New 4 or:
The telegram expit s.-'ed ■•
tile American Automobile'-
tion in order to avoid any 11 ■ ' ' .
conflict of authority. 1'
that the proposed .’1 w
would coniine its Udi!
Dissatisfaction w ith t-u i- r
A. A. A. was the reason gb ;
present movement.
A Des Moines man had
muscular rheumatism in i’ : '■ J
A friend advised him t" K" ''
Springs. That meant an
$150.00 or more. He sotidit :
er and cheaper way to M
found It in Chamberlain M
Three days after the first .
of tills liniment lie was we..
by all dealers. (Advt.t ■
THE IDEAL XMAS ■
GltT,.on> with a future '
"Ideal" fountain ten i- M
Mtiindurd. Jim. L. .'.l-mi. A
a point for ev< .\dn Uy I