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UNLESS <'arleton Molesworth has a liberal supply of that old pennant-winning pep that he can shoot Into his players next season he’s not going to finish one. two-seven teen. Os course, there’s no telling about* Molesworth. He took a mediocre lot of play ers last year and won a pennant with them. How he did it, nobody knows. His players were inspired. They always played as well as they knew how frequently better. “Moley" took players who were lemons with other clubs—our sweet tempered old friend. Bill Foxen, for instance —-and made ’em winners. If C, Molesworth had his pen nant-winning team intact at the start of next season, ft might not finish in the first division. For it is highly doubtful if he could keep them going another season as he dkl last. Also it is highly Improb able that there will be another such feeble Southern league for anothei century, at least. But Moley will not have his team Intact. The one star In the infield was Almeida. The Cuban has gone back to Cincinnati. Catcher Yantz has been cut to the const. .Jimmy .Johnston, his best outfielder, has gone to the Sox. and there’s mor. than an off chance that he'll stick. Bill Smith, by the way. believes hat Johnston is :v marvel. He j doesn't think there’s a doubt but that he will make good. So that makes one ''atelier, one infielder and oneo utfielder gone. The depletion of the team is com pleted by the fact that one pitcher, "Pop Roy" Smith, also has de parted. Nov, four mtn kicked »*ft championship team In a Class A league Is not. comparatively, so many. But those four men will be herd to replace. One can’t help banking, too. on tin- Tact that the players on the Baron team last year undeniably played better than they knew how. it is extremely doubtful if they will have another such season. Molesw orth's big asset is Ills pitchers. Hardgrove. Foxen. Boyd and Plough were good winners last season. Foxen is getting desper ately old now. He may have an other good season left. He may not. The other three ought to be strong this year It Molesworth lias picked up one other first-class pitcher, his team will lie dangerous ... Q PEAKING of the likelihood that Bill Foxen will play out pretty soon, the fact should be borne in mind that pitchers are always the last ones who play out. There are more veteran pitchers, in leagues great and small, than there are an cient players of any other position. tn the big leagues. Cy Young has just departed, but look at the old timers left—Powell. Mathewson. — We wish tn c all y our attention to the tact that most Infectious diseases, such as whooping cough, diphtheria and scarlet fever, are contracted when the child has a cold. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy will quickly cure a cold and greatly lessen the danger of contract ing these diseases. This remedy Is famous for its cures of colds. It con tains no opium or other narcotic and may be given to a child with imjillcit confident'' . Sold by all dealers. (Advt-I HOLIDAY RATES —VIA N. C ST. L. and W. 4 A R. R. | MAKE SOMEBODY B Happy with a Kodak the gift that Moore a- Sons have a complete lint 42 Nt Bawd Si. tAdvt i Mullin, Plank, Wiltse, Moore, Pel- | ty and Hughes. t In the Southern last year there were twice over more old-time I pitchers than there were antique players of any other sort. Os course, the two shining examples of hulling antiquity, Theo. Bretten- j stein and Bill Hart, have finally i quit the slab and donned the blue < of tile umpire. But look at the ' old ones who figured in the South- , ern last year—Merritt, Campbell, Berger. Swann, Paige. Dessau, Fox en, Sitton. Atkins. Lively and Bill Bernhard. It is hard to think of Atkins ns old, but he is. as pitchers go. and so are Dessau and Sitton. Next to the array of old-time pitchers, the second basemen run more to age than the players of any other position. Starr. Marcan, Perry, Alperman. Jordan and East are entitled to the ranking of ‘‘vet erans.” Among the outfielders, Stanley, Maloney, Ganley and Hemphill all were relics of earlier (and better) days. The first basemen in the South ern lasi year were comparative kids—Sykes, Agl« r, Paulet and Johnston, especially The old-tim ers were MeGllvray and Rohe. In the shortstop position there were only a couple of genuine an tiques last year, but they were won ders. for age and experience to wit, "Kid” Elberfeld and Pete < f’Brien. * * * a GREAT change has come over 4*■ the Southern league in its atti tude toward veteran players. A few years ago it was believed that un less a team had plenty of them it had no chance. “The veterans are needed to steady down the young sters,” they said. Lately it has proved that vet erans are neither necessary nor profitable. Charley Hemphill wrecked on this very rock. He didn't know any thing about bush league youngsters, so he tried to win a pennant with majot league castoffs. You all know what happened. Bill Smith ran foul J of the same reef year before last in <'huttanooga. Charley Fr ank is finding out to bis sorrow that be can’t do anything with the old timers tiny mole. The league Is i specially favora ble toward young phij ers now, be cause of tin fact that selling play ers has become a profitable enter prise A few years back, a minor league team was fortunate to get SI,OOO for anj player Nou pri- e have run up over the $20,000 mark, and nobody believes that that is the high water mark. , So it pays to develop players. And it doesn't pay to develop old ones. Hence [lie craze for youngsters. JEFFRIES PICKS PALZER. LOS ANGELES. Dec. 23.—The stock of Al I‘alzer, who is to meet Luther McCarty In the "white hope" elimina tion bout New Year’s. !i..s taken a big its. since Jim Jeffries, forme' cham pion, after seeing both men in training, ■aid he'd be surprised if PnlZ' r did not knock .tut McCarty within t«n :ounds. JOHNNY EVERS CONFIDENT. HOME. N V, Dec. 23,-Jolihtiy Ev ers. manager of the Chicago Cubs, who is wintering here, said he'll have an all slu team next season and that the Cubs will be contenders for the pen nant. STADIUM NEARLY FINISHED. BERLIN De. 23. Tin big sßoo,oon stadium bi te in which the 1916 Olympic games will be held is nearing comple tion WILLIAMS WANTS BOUT HERE. Oiiristt Williams, the Memphis negro fighter, known to the Queensberry game as the "Dark Secret." Is anxious to come to Atlanta In fight He is in Chattanooga now an.l lias opened negotiations with the local eiub tor a bout with Arthur Worthy or Billy ..11. <>i>er THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1912. NEW WEIGHTS PLEASE FIGHTERS IN GOTHAM NEW YORK. Dec. 23.—The majority of boxers who have been appearing in bouts in this city and state today an n<>UwTbd themselves as satisfied with the new weights fixed by the state ath letic committee. The scale of weights, which become effective December 24, are 108 pounds, paper wight; 115 pounds, bantam weight; 125 pounds, featherweight; 135 pounds, lightweight. 145 pounds, wel terweight; 158 pounds, middle weight; 175 pounds commission weight, and over 175 pounds, heavy weight. LOCKE MAY PURCHASE PHILADELPHIA CLUB PITTSBURG, Dee. 23. William H. Locke, secretary of the Pittsburg club, today renewed his efforts to close a deal whereby parties he is representing will purchase the Philadelphia National league club. Locke’s reward will be the presidency of the club. Locke refused to state for whom he was acting, denying, however, that it was for Governor John K. Toner. He said the price asked by the present Philadelphia owners now is regarded as too high. BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip They have christened Miller Huggins the “Henpecked Manager.” * ♦ ♦ Charley Dooin will take thirty-one nlayers South with him in the spring. •? ¥ » Hugh Jennings says that the only Ti gers sure of their places next year awe Cobb. Crawford. Stanage and Dubuc. Which is interesting, considering that Cobb, Crawford and Dubuc are hold outs. « « The Detroit youngsters will go South some time between February 15 and 25. The old' guard, if anj of ’em decide to report, will follow the recruits In a cou ple of weeks. ♦ • <i Joe Tinker once changed hands for $5. That was when he was playing semi professional ball in K. C. » • » Tinker, by the way, hasn’t been losing money at this baseball game. He owns fruit lands in < ‘regon, a heme in Chicago, real < stat< n C insas City, an automobile and n bank account. » » • Kred Clarke won a wardrobe betting that he would not get in a single game last year. It is a significant fact that he has turned down several men who wanted to make the same bet with him again for next season. * * * Connie Mack is planning to .sign a long-time contract with Jacksonville to train there, beginning tn the sprng of 1914. Next spring lie will go to San Antonio. « * St Joe Ganzel never took but one drink in his life. He was in a saloon with , Ihibe W’addell. Connie Mack slipped in. Whereupon Waddell grabbed Gansel's i ginger ale -uni left Ganzel the suds Rube had ordered. To protect the Rube. • Ganzel drank ’em and then swore off I for the rest of his life. 0 Kl * i Johnny Dodge, who a year or so back i was captaining a high school football ; team in Memphis, will be taken South with the Phillies In the spring. He grad uated to the National league from the Virginia. * 4 ♦ t Harry Camnitz, of bincoin county Ken tucky. has signed with Louisville for next season He is Howard brother ♦ • ♦ Christs Mathewson sa> s that Fred Clarke must have been bitten by a fox in his early youth. Harry Davis will probably wind up as manager of the Reading team which is an improwmen' over Cleveland. » ¥ • Charlex Murphy wants Slim Salk e He savs he woulu be a towei of strength. One thing sure, he wouldn’t be any wa . ter tower Il \on have «i naif million that isn't ' working vo i an get th< Chillies l..ck, Stock and bat bo\ ♦ No game indiiA. Wet grounds Next \eur othur Shaict will g<. ois- I guised as a hud carrier, to keep away from this perfumed note gag. ’ The first Whi.s Sc> who signed a contract was a red man His name is G» rg- M Johnson and h» s a genuine Winnebago iWe alwaxs supposed that was some variety of turnip, but it seems not.) * * » Charles Ferguson, the new American ' league umpire, is wintering in Mexico - which is a good idea at that 4 • • Rube Waddell is training a flock of wild geese and will exhibit them in vaude ville ■» * * • » The Phillies will train at Southern .» Pines next spring, as usual i• * * Red 1 »ooin wishes it denied that hr has r signed <ild Man Jinx for 1913 ♦ worked him to death lust year,’’ says Ke* WALTER LITTLE DESERVES HIS BOUTHERE By Left Hook. ALTHOUGH Walter Little is no champion, it seems to me that the Dixie A. C. has made a good move in securing him as an opponent for Frank McMahon at the show Wednesday night. For a year Walter has been hanging around these diggings trying to get a scrap. He has challenged every man of his weight who has fought here, yet he has never been able to land a bout until now. Little sure has a heap of “stick toitness” and has Insisted right along that he would stay here in Atlanta until he was given a chance. In the meantime, he has trained faithfully, and Wednesday night he is going to do his utmost to prove to local boxing fans that he is as good as any lightweight who has displayed his here abouts of late. Little claims that the club has promised to stage him with Tommy O’Keefe in the near future if he gets away with McMahon. Llttlo has always believed that he could best O’Keefe, a stunt which if ho accomplished would earn him a chance against the very best 183- pounders in the country. McMahon is an unknown quanti ty to yours truly. He has some clippings that show he has won a number of battles. He is a husky looking young man. but It is im possible to get a true line on him. Whether or not the main bout is a winner, the rest of the card sizes up swell, in the semi-windup Tom mj Lavelle and Eddie Hanlon clash. Both are sluggers, and somebody is likely to drop before the eighth round is reached. Spider Britt, the best fighter of his inches in this city, will hook up with Al Smith, the boy who stopped Meyer Pries the other night. This mill should be a peacherlne. It is scheduled to go six rounds. The card will be opened with a I lour-round setto between those two slugging dlnges. Arthur Worthy and Bily Hooper. 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MART If* ' 19y a PEACHTREE STREET UPSTAIRS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL UNREDEEMED PLEDGES y FOR SALE X • • ■ ■ • • Copyright, 1912, by the Star Company. -a i„ „ e # e „ e Great Britain Rights Reserved. n>y uua risner VANDERBILT FIVE PLAYS A. A. C. TEAM SATURDAY' . I Atlanta basket ball fans are in .for a I treat next Saturday night when the Van derbilf university* basket ball team tomes here for its annual game with the At lanta Athletic club team. This game is always one of the big gest games of the local season by reason <<f the good team that the Commodores always turn out and the close game that they play with the local quintet. Vanderbilt has a strong team this year, and in its personnel are some of the star football players of the past season, i Buddy Morgan, the giant center; Enoch Brown, the captain of the 1913 eleven: Swafford, the big guard; Tom Brown. ; the all-Southem tackle, and others are ! on the team. Nelson, the fleet little forward, is captain of the Commodore live this season. HARVARD BEATS YALE IN OPENING CHESS ROUND NEW YORK. Dec. 23.—Harvard bested Yale by the score of 3 to 1 in the first round of the twenty-first annual inter collegiate chess tournament at the Co lumbia-Harvard, Yale-Princeton league here. Harvard won two games and two were drawn. Princeton’s quartet failed to appear, but Columbia did not claim a default, and a postponed match of these tw<» team**' probably will be arranged for Christmas day. The second round w*ill be started to day. with Columbia pitted against Har vard, the present league champions, and . Yale playing Princeton. CHANCE WILL BE GIVEN INTEREST IN YANK TEAM NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Those close to Frank Farrell, owner of the New York Americans, announced today that Farrell would gladly grant the demands of Frank Chance for a small interest in the club as one of the inducements to get hint as manager of the team next year. Chance, out in his California home, said he was anxious to play next year and was glad that he was to lead the High landers. but insisted that an interest in the club must be included in his salary. FIELDER JONES PRESIDENT OF NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE PORTLAND,’ OREG.. Dec.-23.—Fielder Jones, who gained fame as manager ot the Chicago White Sox, has accepted the presidency of the Northwestern league. He was elected for three years. EX-STARS MAY COACH YALE. NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—8i1l Heffa linger and Frank Hinkey, former Yale stars, were mentioned today as leading candidates for the job as head coach of the Y’ale eleven next year if the grad uate system now in use is .abolished. Hinkey is the favorite of the student body. H In the Rush Don’t Guess-Send Her | 1 . i m Chocolates WOT Always the same —fresh. perfect and «.» Ikm doubly guaranteed. Sold exclusively ' :? itedl Ui< in Atlant., tn E. H. Cone. 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Outside of the chosen few who are fortunate enough to be able to pound a golf pill around an expen sive course and the enthusiast who can wring real pleasure and physi cal enjoyment out of a motorcycle, the city becomes a morgue as far as outdoor athletics is concerned When football dies. Right here basket ball, the only indoor sport save poker, etc., that has gained ground in the South, gets off. but the person who has a hankering for ozone and balks at the steam heat and fetid confines of gymnasium is at the end of his tether. There is absolutely nothing to do. He has his choice of the festive Indian club, hibernating or migrat ing. Happily this year finds in At lanta a little outfit of enthusiasts —you might say pioneers—who get stared at and commented upon on the streets for their hardihood. They are trying to put Atlanta and eventually the South on the map of cross-country running, a thing that may lead to the development in this section of a form of ath letics comparatively unknown— track athletics. This latter is as true an amateur sport as foot ball. With the success of tRe road race on Thanksgiving day, Joe Bean, of the Atlanta Athletic club, is plan ning a real cross-country run front the East Lake club house to the Auburn avenue building, a long, perhaps top long, and gruelling course for the lads that partici pated in tile Peach tree-Piedmont - Auburn event on Turkey day It might be a good idea t.> nm the next event on the East Lake property over and about tin golf links, where the golf hazards form a tine country course, with jun i ascents and descents and good .-oft turf to run on. It wiil be remembered that Gil bert I’heeves, the Marist coihy,' boy. w ho ruled a favorite in the cent event, quit, complaining of .. bad ankle. .’ othing will jam up young runite s ankle as quickly .is stone pavements. Runners Could Use Spikes. 6n the East Lake turf the pr-p kids could use spike shoes, whi, should teach them nmic about running form in a day than th \ can learn in a year _by word mouth. A man can’t run .u< <•<•.<.- fully in spikes without some kir of form, although it may not be t best. It looks as though the Athlet • club authorities would make a up move to try cross-country project on the turf so that these boys who are bound to popularize this real form of sport in Atlanta, can get sure enough chance to learn how to run In a manner that will gi\e them speed and endurance. DONLIN WILL STICK. PITTSBURG, I lee. 23. -Although th, Pirates have asked for waivers on .Mila Honlin, the heavy-hitting outfielder, a is hardly likely that lie will go to the minors, as several big league clubs are said to be after him. WHITE HOPES MIX FRIDAY. NEW YORK, Dec. 23.--The winner of the Soldier Kearns-Jesse Willard bout, to bi' staged Friday night it the Harden Athletic club, will most likely' be the next than to met t th- winner "t the Palzer-i'arty bout New Year’s day. In the elimination battles to uncover a real white hope.