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Ex-Bison Will Try to Fill Shoes of Arty Devlin
BOSTON. Dec. 17.—1 f Arthur
Rues makes pood as third
baseman of the Boston Braves
Jay Kfrke will bo turned loose—and
will naturally land in Atlanta. If
Rues does not make good, Klrke Is
all that stands between George
Stallings and a big blue hole at
third base.
For Arthur Devlin has received
the hint to shift for himself, and is
searching for a job as a minor
league manager. Never again will
he appear on the held for the Bos
ton Braves.
Devlin until two years ago was
one of the Infield kings of the
Giants, and one of the greatest pop
uliir favorites in New York. East
yeui he d'd well for the Pilgrims
Now la 's on the market. If Devlin
does not secure a minor league
managerial job, for which he is
looking, he may Join Johnny Kling
on the Boston "reserve list" until
such time as disposition can be
■nude of him.
Second Veteran To Go.
This is the second step in Gai
ney’s plan of removing veterans
from the National league tail-end
ers. Manager Johnny Kling having
been tin first to go. Al Bridwell
and John Titus are now the only
. wo old-timers left on the roster.
Having disposed of Eddie McDon
ald. who was released to Sacra
nento, who refused to go there and
who was snapped up by the Gubs.
Gafney and Stallings depend entire- 1
iy upon Arthur Hues, the Boston
recruit, to hold down third sack
this year. Jay Klrke is the only
other third baseman on the team,
and he has never developed into a
big league Infielder His exception
al batting alone holds him—and
may not hold him long, at that.
Bues, who succeeds both Devlin
and McDonald, was known as the
"home run king" of the Northwest
ern league in his last season there
in 1911. He led the league In bat
ting. He hit 27 home runs in the
SMITH GIVES SHADE TO
M’FARLAND OVER MURPHY
KENOSHA. WIS, Dec 17. Fight
sane today are unanimous tn their
praise of the tight Backey McFarland
put up against Eddie Murphy In their
ten-round, no-decision contest here
test night. Although no decision was
rendered, Ed W. Smith, referee, today
agreed with the other spectators iti giv
ing Packoy the shade over the Boston
fighter. With the possible exception of
the sixth round, it was the Chicago
lad's battle all the w ay.
”1 was glad to show my friends that
my last victory over Murphy was no
fluke,” said Pucki-y. discussing the tight
today ”1 beat him all the way.”
Murphy was there with an excuse
Said he: "In the tenth round Packet
butted me in the .ye, which staggered
me and let him cross the right to my
jaw. and that sent me to the canvas.
H« algo funded two foul blows.”
TINKER OFFERS JOB TO
THREE-FINGERED BROWN
CINCINNATI. De 17 Mordecai
Brown, former st:. pitcher of the Chi
cago <’ubs. u ay w, ~. Cincinnati uni
form next y<
Joe Tinker, new n <• Huger of tile Bids,
has made him in off. r and Brow n. it is
Baid, will accept it in preference Jo a
job as umpire
FIGHT CLUB IN PARIS
SIGNS PAPKE AND KLAUS
PARIS. Dee 17. Billy Papke, middle
weight Champion of France, and ilaini
ant to the world’s till., today was
Signed to meet F>ank KlauS, of I’itts
burg. Pa, before the Wonderland club.'
of Paris, on the night of March
YALE WILL NOT CHANGE
OLD COACHING SYSTEM
NEW HAVEN. t’tiNN, Dee 17
Tale Will Stick to the graduate , ouch
system for iis football elev. n. an.. J.
fcapalding, eapt; In of : . J«|. t, Ul ‘ wtn
head com ii n* M yiu..
season. Bues made 219 hits that
year and had an average of .352.
Bues seems to be Devlin’s neme
sis. because lie followed him to New
York when McGraw traded Devlin
to Boston, and now he has finally
ousted Devlin from a major league
berth altogether. McGraw dug up
Hues in the Northwestern league
when he decided that Devlin, the
ex-champion, was slowing up. But
Herzog did such exceptional work
in New York, and McGraw was so
satisfied with Shafer and Groh as
substitute infielders that he let
Bues out to Buffalo.
Batted .282 Last Year.
On the Buffalo team last year,
Bues batted .282, He played tn 154
games, was 568 times at bat, scored
77 runs, made 160 hits for a total
of 240 bases, netted 21 sacrifice lilts,
19 stolen bases and 51 bases on
balls. He struck out 62 times,
made 19 two-baggers. 17 triples and
9 home runs.
Stallings managed the Buffalo
team last year, hut long before
Gtifney engaged him to lead the
TOO MUCH CLINCHING '
NOWADAYS, SAYS JEFF
I OS ANGELES, CAL,, Dec. 17.
I 4 James J. Jeffries, once the
world's heavyweight eham
pion, is disgusted with the tight
game. Jeff’s disgust is based on
the loss of clean hitters and the
predominance in the ring of
clinches and rough work artists.
"There is too much holding,
clinching and other rough work In
the ring today," declared Jeff.
"I was not fighting long, before
1 came to the conclusion that it
was of as much Importance to me
to thoroughly understand the rules
as it was to know how to lilt a
blow properly.
"I studied them closely, and the
knowledge 1 gained was an impor
tant factor In helprng me win my
fights.
"How? you may ask. In the ilrst
place. In all my contests I was
never warned, cautioned or cen
sured by any referee There never
was any reason for it. 1 knew the
rules and obeyed them at all times.
"Why a boxer should bold 1 nev
er have been able to understand,
and when I see one doing.so 1 can
not help but believ. that i )e is
afraid of getting hit. How in the
name of heaven can you hurt any
one in the ring by holding Ills
hands and arms? You have to hit
him to do that.
"The man who lead.- fust always
FODDER FOR FANS
Red Dooln Is up against it. He can't
-lari doing anything until he tin,ls f.lt
sure who owtw (he Phillies The only
thfiig certain is that he will net be
troubled again by Horace, the Bird
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. 51 * i-, O-irridon who figured in
the linker trade is the same one who
handed Larry Lajote an automobile, and
K”t lilt'd <ift the St I.i'uia Browns in von
sequence which is a humiliation. Indeed
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The Pittsburg club may frame a deal
with the Cardinals that will send 12d
Konetehy to P lay under Fred Clarke The
■ ’nsideration will be players and money.
Ii the i'ub pitchers show anything .1
I-"IS team may b. ,n the running thl.-
I year Safer. P.vers, Brldwell or Corri
don ami Zimmerman form a fair infield
i she, Sard. Shulte and Mltch.-ll do weii
enough in the outfield. Xn,| Jeems Archer
can catch.
Ered Clarke has managed the same ball
-bib for fourteen year- X gentle read
el, not the Highlander-, the Nap.- or e'en
lj>'' -'I Louis Hroyy tis Merely the Pirates.
Captain Kidd has nothing on this guv.
I l |-y l 'rs“ g ,h '' US performel by'
1. Loses fI.VOO In shoe busines.- and be- I
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1912.
Boston team, he recommended Bues
as a good man for the Pilgrims.
Although a veteran, Devlin is not
much more than 30 years old. He
is a college graduate. He was bom
in Washington and went to George
town university, where he became
famous as an all-around athlete.
He was the champion boxer of the
college, a star football halfback and
captain of the baseball team.
In professional baseball, with the
Newark, N. J., team, McGraw ac
quired him in 1903, and he soon be
came one of the best third sackers
in the major leagues. He became a
popular favorite in New York and
never lost bls standing with the
"fans" there. But McGraw found
that his legs yvould not stand big
league championship speed, and
placed “Buck" Herzog at third base,
benching Devlin in 1910. Last year
the Giants' manager turned him
over to John M. Ward. He played
at third base, shortstop and first
base for the Pilgrims last season,
batting hard, fielding reasonably
well, and now- and then showing
flashes of his old-time star form.
leaves himself open to counters
more or less.
“ 'Supposing both my men adopt
the same method of boxing?’ you
may ask.
“That same thing has happened
to me many times, and In that ease
I never hesitated to carry the go
ing to the other man. and It was
always under these circumstances
that I got cqt up the worst.
"I won the championship by a
counter blow, I also defended my
title on four other occasions by a
counter.
"1 beat Bob Fitzsimmons with a
counter when iie was coming to
me. and won the championship. I
later defended it against him and
beat him a second time with a left
hand swinging counter to his body.
"I beat Gus Ruhlin and Jim Cor
bett each with the same counter
and defeated Jim Corbett the first
lime with a left-hand swinging
counter to the chin and put him out
with one punch.
"How often do you set a boxe
counter these days? Few can L-l!
what a counter really is. It is
usually rushing in with head down
and slam bang away without the
least < fiort to block, duck or jump
away front a blow. They swing
tiom all positions and all angles
and it is getting to be quit,- a com
mon thing t„. - ei . boxet stand
with hts right foot forward.
comes nervous wrec k. '
«. Figures in automobile accident .n
a friend loses life and Evers’ t erves
shaken again.
•» Leg is broken ami he goes into re
tirement. re
4. Named manager of the Cubs
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Washington Park, the home of the
Brooklyn team since 1898. is beina ,1|«- I
Connie Mat k managed a football team
hack m IW. His star halfback wm
named Keuben Waddell R u be was ui
placed by Walter Camp.
More men faced Rube Benton last sea
son than faced an; pit. her In the National
league ytilte a feu ..f ern got hits, too
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After Rube Marqtiard s famon- win
nlng streak soueeied out last rear he’
made a miserable record. winning seven
game* and losing eleven
After the league meeting A.irr v
Herrmann and r’.im Llehenhefm, owner of
. the Montreal game, plaxed twenty games
lof |dnt>> hh* for 1100 a game. Carry was
I a century to the good at the linlsh.’
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: HOWL LOH SHOOT
SCHEDULE W
BUSHLEM
By Percy 11. Whiting.
LIKE an echo from the deep
bushes, from the haunts of
the Class It league, comes the
noise of the howl for a shorter
schedule for the Southern league.
Os all tile short-sighted, short
measure. short-skate proposals this
is most nearly the limit.
The location of the Southern
league makes it an ideal organi
zation for a long schedule. Good
weather comes early. It stays late.
Baseball can be played with cer
tainty of good weather from April
1 to September 30—and usually
'longer.
Yet a light is on in the Southern
league to shorten the season. Pres
ident Kavanaugh proposed to the
magnates that they cut the sched
ule from 140 games, as it is at pres
ent,, to 126 games. In that case each
team would play each other team
three three-game series at home
and three on the road.
The argument in favor of the
shorter schedule is that the fall
games don't make any money, any
how .
It is unite possible that, in sev
eral Southern league cities, the last
two or three weeks are not paying
ones. But the logic of supposing
that by lopping off two or three
weeks all the clubs will make
money all the time would bring
tears to the eyes of even a juvenile
logician.
The reason the late games do not
pay is that before these games ar
rive the league race is usually set
tled. And after it is there Is no
hope of big attendance. Cut off the
last three weeks of the playing sea
son, say, and you will have the in
terest dying out three weeks ear
lier still.
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THE moguls didn’t fall for Presi
dent Kavanaugh’s scheme, but
some of the natural-born econo
mists were inclined to favor playing
the 140 games and packing them
Into as short a time as possible.
These men reason that by playing
140 games they will get as much
mono as ever, but by playing them
in less time they will cut down ex
penses. The logic of this is flaw
-0 ss. Carried to the extreme, it
would provide a schedule calling
I for double-headers every day. Thus
the lln games could be played In
less than three months. Grand idea
that! It's a wonder somebody hasn't
sprung it before.
\ou all know what a crowded
schedule means—innumerable dou
ble-headers. a world of games that
never get played, wornout players,
tired and disgusted fans, smaller
receipts—oh. yes, ami economy.
That's the watchword in the South
ern now. ECONOMY.
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p 1-1 it said to the credit of the
* ’ Atlanta club, it is not in fa
vor of carrying the craze for econ
omy to a point where it is likely
to jeopardize the popularity of the
i game. The local club, at the recent
meeting and at all meetings, has |
stood out for a high limit—or no
limit, it is for a season that is as
long as the fans want. It is for
good baseball and lots of it.
But some of the other members
of the Southern league are for
economy—and lots of it!
RUSSELL WHIPS GARY:
AFTER JOE MANDOT NOW
NEW ORLEANS. De-. Frankie
I Russell. tlte Southern sensational
lightweight, decisively beat Tommy
Gr.ry. <>f Chicago. here last night after
ten round- of hard tight'rg.
Russell will probably be matched with
JO' Mandot here soon. An effort is
being made to match Rattling Nelson
with Russell f. New Veals day, and
the winner with Mandou
This Ought To Be Grand Season for Cowboys
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Wild West McCartyand Jess Willard Loom Large
By Ed. W. Smith.
THERE may be a cowboy at the
top of the pugilistic heap be
fore another year has rolled
around. At any rate, it looks very
much as If the country west of the
Mississippi river is bound to mo
nopolize affairs in the heavyweight
division of pugilism.
When Cowboy McCarty's sizzling
punches sloughed poor old Jim
Flynn into the discards out in Los
Angeles the other night, not only
did a bright new star loom up with
great brilliancy, but another cow
boy was boomed up, too, as a strong
possibility.
You remember our old friend,
Jess Willard, don’t you?
You may remember, too, that a.
short time back he bested McCarty
in a fen-round battle in New York.
Willard Looks Good.
The natural inference Is that Wil
lard may some day come to the
front as a possible victor over Mc-
Carty in a long battle.
And then there Is Al Palzer, the
giant lowa farmer, who may upset
WARLIKE EARLY DAYS
RECALLED BY COMISKEY
By James Clarkson.
Chicago, Dec. 17.—c, a. co
miskey says that present
daj’ baseball rivalry is a
tame affair compared to that of the
eighties, when the old St. Louis
Browns and Chicago White Stock
ings were on earth.
“There ■ lots of interest in our
city series now," remarked Commy
the other day, “but the fans don't
go to extremes as they used to
do. I remember one occasion when
we were victorious In a big series
game and were almost murdered on
our way home from the ball park.
We were all piled into a 'bus and
were lying in a heap on its floor so
the rocks and other missiles
couldn't strike us. Some of them
found their targets, however, and
they hurt, too.”
"I suppose stones would hurt,”
YOU MAY HAVE THE BEST
Rooms for Rent in all Atlanta—you know it—but the hundreds
of people who at this season of the year are looking for accom- '
modations do not know it.
It is up to you to tell them you can, if you advertise in
■ Rooms for Rent,” “Apartments for Rent” or the “Boarders
Wanted” column of The Georgian.
Nowadays, when a man or woman wants to find a Boarding
house Ihe Georgian Want Ad Pages are consulted, for each dav
we print a directory of practically all the rooms and apartments
tor rent in the city.
Why let your rooms or apartments remain vacant when a
Georgian Want Ad will rent them.
We Receive Want Ads Over the Telephone
THE GEORGIAN WANT AD DEPT.
Just Call—Both Phones 8000
the whole tribe of them when he
gets into the swing of things out on
the coast.
And further there is a chance
that Carl Morris, the Oklahoma
Giant, may come back and do
things that again will boom his
stock. That is but a remote possi
bility, but in this funny game of
fisticuffs one never can tell.
One thing is sure. Flynn has
been eliminated front further con
sideration in this race to find a new
champion among the -white men.
It is hard to thus write the fistic
obituary of a game, willing fellow
like the Pueblo fireman, but it is
only tn the natural course of events
that such things come up. Jim has
had his fling at the title. He failed
against the black holder of the hon
ors at Las Vegas last July, and
now a youngster of limited expe
rience but winning parts steps in
and finishes up the job.
Good-Night, Flynn.
Hence Flynn can not be taken se
riously tn the future as a contender
among the youngsters of the game.
He is thirty-three years old and has
said Joe Tinker, who had been lis
tening, “but I doubt If they could
hurt any worse than the taunts that
have been hurled at us sometimes.
You never rode through a street
full of your late supporters after
dropping the deciding game of a
city series, 16 to 0. I got all the
panning I ever want on that mem
orable October day.”
"Yes," retorted Commy, "but you
fellows nowadays get a lot more
ealve, in the way of real money,
to heal your wounds. A world’s se
ries In the old days netted ten
players about JBOO apiece, and we
shared In every game. Now, 24 or
25 men split the coin and each one
grabs off more than that amount
for each or the four first days. We
loved the game when I was playing,
but we would have been able to
stand a few more rocks and gibes
if we’d got the money you fellows
get now.”
been fighting too long and has re
ceived too many severe beatings to
hope to come back like some young
man might. The beatings are the
thing that take the sap and stamina
out of a fighter. There is a nat
ural limit to what the human con
stitution can stand. And Flynn ap
pears to have reached that limit in
this McCarty battle.
Surely Jess Willard looms up now
as one of the most likely to upset
future dope. That fight he had
with McCarty In New York dem
onstrated that he is there with most
everything. He was given the ver
dict almost unanimously by the
New York papers, and it was said
in reports of the contest that Mo-
Carty scarcely was able to land one
telling blow on him.
Cutler Loses a Chance,
Willard is the young fellow un
covered by Charley Cutler, of Chi
cago, about a year ago. Cutler had
him under his eye for a long time
here and nursed him along care
fully. Then he made the fatal mis
take of taking him to New York
city and leaving him there all alone
Naturally somebody "stole” Willard
from Cutler, and now he is lost for
all time to the Chicago wrestlei\
who stood a chance of making »
heap of money with Jess, it the lat
ter had stuck.
We liked Willard better than any
of the other hopes we had seen,
because he had such a good
looking head. He seems to be
above the ordinary in intelligence,
which Is considerable of an Item in
the general summing up of a man’s
championship assets.
Jess is now around Buffalo, N, Y.,
where they think highly of him. Hr
slapped Sailor White to sleep in
jig time there the other night, and
they are ready to back him against
any of them now.
But Al Palzer Is to get the next
crack at McCarty. It will take
place in Los Angeles around the
first of the year. It will be a grand
battle and one worth going miles
to see. The winner will be boosted
high, as he will deserve to be. Aft
er that Willard and some of the
others may get a chance. It’s an
open race and a long one.