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Pat Flaherty, Former Cracker,
Lands Job as Manager; Has Long
Head and Ought To Be Success
By Percy 11. Whiting.
P* AT FLAHERTY. formerly
pitcher-outfielder of the At
lanta ball club, has realized
another ambition. He has landed
as manager of the Lawrence
(Maes.) team.
Pat is wintering as usual in
Louisville, but he will go at once
to take up his new work.
Pat is an experienced and long
hcaued 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 wijo
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. Thit
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 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 Go 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. Dee. 11.—Thomas .1.1
Lynch was re-elected president, ami
John A. Heydler, secretary-trea suit-. 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 on< |
year and the latter for three years, was
unanimous. The league would not per
mit a rumor oven of a ripple of discord
to go uncontradicted, and the report
that one club had opposed the re-elec
tion of Lynch was denied.
SUMMERS BEATS BURNS
AND WINS ENGLISH TITLE
LONDON, Dee. 11.— Johnny Summers
last night won the welterweight e.iam
pionship of Great Britain from Sid
Burns, on points. The tight took place
at the National Sporting club. Both
fighters hall from London.
GARDEN CLUB IS AFTER
BRITTON-M’FARLAND GO
NEW YORK. Dec 11 Manager Gib
•on, of the Garden Athletic club, expects
within a day or two to get signatures t„
articles tl.at will bring together in New
York Jack Britton and Packet >j< | ar-
I*»d. liglttw eights.
G. C. STEWARDS MEET JANUARY 4
I’lTTsHt Illi. Dee 11 Stewar.l .1 »
Grand t'treult will meet here Januarv 4
and tunic dates for the r»<e* for i|i< |l>:
a.
wonders of the Zack Wheat and
Jake Daubert order, who can bat
better in the National league than
in the Southern. James batted
.233! He's sine to stick! John
son. of Montgomery, made a mar
vellous showing while he lasted
and looked a world beater. He has
a chance.
« • «
Q PEAKING of batting averages,
one fact should not be over
looked that Waldorf, of the Ct ack
ers. had the amazing distinction of
batting .031 for last season. In 13
games he w ent to bat 32 times. He
made one hit. Netzel. of Mem
phis, was another honor man. With
108 times at bat be hit .209.
Waldorf also brought up the rear
in pitching averages, with one win
and eleven losses, for a percentage
of .083.
■» * *
■ptlE Voiuni.ee.-s have a candidate
1 for a job at second base who is
a wonder. His name is Frank Le
roy Goalby. He doesn't drink, lie
seldom smokos, and his sleeping
average is nine hours a night. Just
at present be 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
/all-down tn hitting last year. The
new man is Jack McCrone and he
was secured from Baltimore. The
Orioles landed hint rrom Jersey
City, but Ills big work was done
last year with the New Redford
club, of the New England lague.
He batted .290. The man is really
an outfielder, but h>s can do a turn
at first base If ugeded.
• » »
THAT baseball is paying, if you
* own the right club, has been
demonstrated recently b • 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. Dec. It. It is get
ting to be a hard job. but the ’casualty
howlers' continue to prepare lists of ae‘
cfdents 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 "casuaJtj howlers”
went wrong on Hires, now are we to be
lieve that the other nine were killed?
Again, we find included hi 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 its "charleyhorse." It disappears in
a due or the proper attention is
paid to ft.
VIRGINIA ALUMNI WANT
GAME WITH ST. LOUIS U.
ST. L< >1 IS. Dec 11. The I'niversity 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 university and the Vir
ginia eleven here next fall
While nothing iletinitf has yet been
done toward arranging the mutter, several
of the Virginia alumni have written to
their alma muter requesting that an at
tempt I C made to schedule the game
tt lo t, Father M. N’umaru director of
(Gillettes at S’ I.mils tmiveysiir, was In
terviewed last night concerning the , IH i
, ter. hr det.le.l any !)>"<•. ledge th,. moye
liiiet.t, but e’.pr s-ed 1,,, mmilon that the
I nro|s gator would be .t good iltuwmu
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.WEDNESDA Y. DECEMBER 11. 1912.
‘White Joke’ Again Fights His Sparring Partner; Chattanooga Fans Bunked
CARL MORRIS HAS BEEN CAUGHT WITH GOODS
By \V. 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 your.- 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 GIVES SEIGER A TERRIBLE WALLOPING
By Left Hook.
ALTHOUGH ■. Frank Whitney
failed to stop Joe Seiger at
the Dixie A. C. last night,
tlie Fighting • larpenter, 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
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 was 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. " The prisoner gave his name as
Johan Johnson, and his record was com
piled by the desk sergeant as follows:
Bested two policemen in a fist 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.
Bit a heavy gold waitflt 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 me
police learned from Johnson's friends that
in Helena it required recently a lire hose,
throwing a high pressure stream, to pre
vent him from wrecking a saloon.
Johnson admitted In coyrt 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, Doc. 11. Herre
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 Ba: on led
the Northwestern league in the hitting
department last season, and it Is re
ported that next season he Is going to
have charge <>l the club. He was a big
hit with the victoria club, where lie
played Hal summer, ami with all the
elubf in the Noi trip esferil fe.- that
inttcr. regardless of the fact that tile
old wing was on the bum most of fh< ■
time mid he had to lilt ’tin n tilth 10l
I. :' . .eI . • . I
s
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 1
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 Moms, 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. .left
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
•' uppercut to the law put
r orbes on the rocks.
Jimmie Martin, of Philadelphia, had the
shade over Danny Mcßea, o r Film, 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, end
I’hil Brock, of ('leveland, has wired Riv
ers' manager last night by Matt Hlnckel,
manager of a local club. The bout will
be held on January 7 or January ii.
KILBANE AND DUNDEE
WILL FIGHT FEB. 22D
< 'LEX ELAND, OHIO, Dee. 11. .lohnnv
Kilbane, featherweight champion, has
acred to meet .lohny Dundee. New York
featherweight, in Los Angeles February
22 In a 20-round battle for the title.
A. B. L. MEETS TONIGHT.
The Atlanta Basket Ball h agm will
hold u meeting tonight ut 6; Io o'clock
il I*. J Cooledge & Holts’ Hoi< oil >■ tt .
syth street f<> ■ the purpo-, of I'ormu-
Aing plan- looking touurd tin "p< ni’i„
of jm 1' Ido< night.
peases 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 lam 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 lie didn’t show up, Kid
Meadows took his {dace. 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., Dee. 11.—All ef
fort to land Jack Adams for the catch
ing staff of the 1943 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 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 stiff-mus
cled from continual stooping, could not
run the sacks.
At the end of the 1911 campaign Ad
ams was recalled by Cleveland and lust
season In- caugL’ a number of games
tor the I’avis-Bli'mingliam combine,
(•lie season of major 1< aguering evi
dent Ij has made an Improved catcher
of the Texan, for in 1911 Jack was
woefully mak tn the 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 or. “Youngster# Who Made
Good in Big Leagues.”)
By Sam Crane.
WEAVER seems to
[j have filled in at the short
stop positions for the Chi
cago White So;x, 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, 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
platers, 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 (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 wi nt to the York (Pa.) club,
of the Trl-State league.
Manj- young players would have
been discouraged by all those re
verses, but not "Buck" Weaver He
bad no such thing as quit in his
nervy make-up. H’’ ">’ M more de
termined than ever to reach tin
goal of his ambition n big league
dub ami he started off with )<> >»
111,, n hous- uflic. His playing at-
tracted immediate attention fenn
scouts, and he was drafted by the .
Chicago Americans.
His great chance had not arrives '
even yet, for he was turned over
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 de.
That optional agreement was iir
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 trom that
time dates the rise of the 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. 11
played second base 38 games with a
fielding percentage of .945: Short
stop, 94 games at an .898 clip, and
outfield 50 games with .912 per
centage.
Last season (1912) Weaver play
ed 147 games with the White Sox
with a fielding percentage bl’ .9L. i
His batting was rather low; being
only .224.
Weaver is a right-handed throw- -
er and batter. He weighs \l7O
pounds and is 5 feet 11 inches! in
height, a model build for a basCM!!
player. He is still a very yomig
man. being only 21 years of agl
He has plenty of time to develop
and gives every prospect of beeonU
ing a star in his position. His full!
name is George D. Weaver, but like!
all the Weavers who have been ha
players, the nickname "Buck” seems l|
to drift to them naturally, since
the days of the famous old pitcher,
the original “Buck” Weaver.
DECLARED IN
NATIONAL; WAR FIZZLES
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—The Bresna
han matter out of the way, and witl)
nothing but a love feast in sight, tm'
magnates of the National league san*
today that their business would be c
pleted tonight.
Attention today was focused enim
upon the negotiations between Ciiai > ■
W. Murphy, president of the Clmag' l
club, and “Garry” Herrmann, pre.- -
dent of the Cincinnati. Reds, for t!
control of Joe Tinker.
It was predicted by men close <
counsels of Murphy and He-rrnmnn >
Tinker would be under contract
Herrmann before night. Murphy." ’;-
asked about the situation, said:
mann has got to show me that
more up his sleeve than his arm.
Herrmann simply replied to an; auc
tions on the subject, "I hope t" k*'.;
Tinker, but it will take a little i:
WESTERNER’S DECLARE
WAR ON AUTO ASS N
LOS ANGELES. CAL.. Dec. 11'
Twenty-i'our leading automobih
Los Angeles issued a declaration o
dependence from the Automob: '
elation of America today and •
plans for the formation of the
Automobile association. . I
A telegram to that eii ' t was
William Sehimpf, of the contest b.
of the A. A. A., at Neu York.
The telegram expressed a tb-.-’■
the American Automobile's '"-oi
tior. in order to avoid any mu>"' ;
conflict of authority. h also - :
that the proposed new aw««»'
would confine its field to the ■
'Dissatisfaction with ruling-
A. A. A. was the reason given f“ r 1 ‘
present movement.
A Des Moines man had an att.o k 1 ’
muscular rheumatism in hl- - - .
A friend advised him to go to -
Springs. That meant an e-.p<n.-<
$150.00 or more. He sought • nl
er and cheaper way to ctm t. ■■
found it In Chamberlain- <
Three days after the first ap|' : - •
of tills liniment he was well. ■
by all dealers. (Advt >
THE IDEAL XMAS.
Gift, one with II future. V
"|d<al" fountain pen I I' l
Standard. Jno. L. Moon- A >
a point for ev< r< b. dy. L N I ' .