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Frank May Quit as Pelican Mogul After 1913
Has Not Been Out of First Division Since Start
By !’( i'<-y 11. Whiting.
I<HE’:'! i- talk that this may
bi 'narky Frank'- last year
with th< New < irlei ns club
It’s mere rum > ■ thus far. but :h,
av< few who doubt "t. .;>■ ->ns time'
on the ln»id< .
"Th it Dutchman ha- absolutely
outlived it: usefulness o New <»•
leans. Despite th< fact that In has
given the city winner after win
ner. that Im lias almost had his
team "up there.” tn- Is unpoptt
la r.
.luttt why tile Crescent City fans
don't like the Dutchman nobody
seems to know .
Xsk them down their and they’ll
tell you, ‘‘Oh, Frank’s always oui
for the money."
That's true enough, too. but is It
any rare qualification? It has al
ways been the trait of a lot of man
agers. and some of them are pop
ular. too.
One thing about Frank, he has
never been one to take the public
Into hie confidence. He neVer says
anything about his team until just
before the season opens; he dis
courages all attempts to find out.
He has an idea that his team Is bis
owti business and h<- keeps it as
such.
Frank is a great publicity man
at that, but he is the kind who
stirs up a fight to create talk. This
keeps him before the public, but it
doesn’t always ■ ndear him to the
fam .
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IF Charley Frank loaves the Peli
can team at nv end of the 1913
season, it wouldn’t he very surpris
ing if Bill Bernhard went down
there. This is a mere surmise, of
course: but it night turn out that
way
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Q'K tuiiig ibout Charley Frank,
he l as . ertalnly been the wlz
ard ender of the league. He in the
only manager who has seen contin
uous service since the league start
ed. He was a manager in 1901. He
will be a manager in 1913. After
that-well, who knows? But, any
how. he will have had thirteen
years of continuous service.
Frank started with Memphis. He
finished in the first division his
first two years out. Then, in 1903,
with "Daddy” Dungan, Billy Phyle.
Perry Werdem. Red Ehret, Theo
Breitenstein, Charley Miller. Char
ley Fritz, Al Miller. Vli Accorslni,
Harry Mclntyre and Milo Stratton,
he won a rag for Memphis. A fine
old bunch they 'were. too —the
saintly Dungan, the unsaintly Wer
den, and such emotional and tem
peramental performers as Red
Ehret Dusty Miller and AccorsinF
tn 1994 Frank shifted to New Or
tuns and finished third Then be
won another pennant. The Dutch
man had a good team that year
Dy gen. Manuel, Phillips anil
Breitenstein wer< his star pitch-’*
ere. In fact. Dygert. Breitenstein
art Phillips led th league hurlers
m inc order named Rohe. Wll
llsms. Holly and Beci: formic 1 a
strong infield, while Stanley, Na
deau and Hahn were the outfield
ers. The last named was third
among the regular batters of the
league.’
The next font year# 19"6. 1907.
1908 and 1909 found the Dutch
man in the first division and in 1910
and 1911 he copped the bunting
again. Last year he was a useful
third,
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THINK it ove ’ Twelve years
Southern league manager.
Four times he nas -Aon a pennant!
'tin' n, ha.- finish,-. Four
•i.n<-s he has finished thi:m NEVER
H' S TH F. t >l' T« ’ll ..IAN BEEN
"19 OE Ts I r i .just 11|\ , x
Frank’s average position for the
k entire tWelvs years has been mid
way between second place and
third.
Frank’s teams have won 904
j games since the league opened.
Frank’s teams have lost 680
games since the league opened.
The average standing of ail
Frank’s teams in the Southern
league is .571.
Can you beat it?
tirIIfCTHKR Frank’s period of
»» usefulness has ended will be
demonstrated in due time. Those
who know him best doubt it. He’s
i wise old king yet. If he will leave
IPALZER TRIES RING
IN A MOCK BATTLE
By H. M. Walker.
IOS ANGELES. Dec. 25.—Big
Al Balzer spent the better
part of an hour yesterday
prowling about the bleak interior
I of the Vernon arena building, test
ing ropes, dancing about on the red
canvas floor of the ring, experi
menting with a chair in the lout
corners of the fight pit. mid going
through the motions of fighting an
imaginary McCarty.
"First time I’ve set foot in the
ring here.” said \l "Met'arty lias
fought here once and 1 want to he
as familiar with ths ground mt he
is.
"The building certainly is a
whale,” continued Balzer. "We
haven't anything like it back Exist.
I’m going to have a corner with
my back to the sun, even if I have
to sit on the same side of the ring
with McCarty. These ropes would
OLD-TIME FOOTBALL
MEN WILL PLAY TODAY
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.. De<
25.—Bt'cause of the person
nel of the all-star team, the
all-star-Eleventh cavalry football
fracas which will be staged here
this afternoon will attract real In
terest
The all-stars will be led by no
less a personage than Ted Coy. the
famous Yale athlete, while mar
shalled beneath his orftlame will be
Ray Morrison, the old Vandy prod
igy. Sheldon, of Sewanee, and Tol
ley. of the same school, in the back
fl-Id. wit!-, Finlay, of Virginia, anu
Gillem. or Sewanee, on ends: Swaf
ford. of Vanderbilt; Dolton, of Se
wanee; Wahoo and tluyon. of Car
lisle. and Stoney, of Sewanee on
die lim in addition to these stars
GERMANS OPPOSE BOXING I
IN NEXT OLYMPIC GAMES
sI < iCKHODM, r**c. The grnf Tai
secretary of th* Olympic games, to |. c ,
hel«t hi Berlin tn IHI6, Mr. Dli m has •
been spending some time In Htoekh. Im i o
gather information from the Swedish
committee. which conducted the su eess- i
fnl meeting of lids Mr. Diem told the
correspondent of the Associated Tress I
that the German games will be conducted i
or tile same lines as were the Swedish,
with one central body and different com- t
mittees for various branches of sport
The stadium in Berlin, which is near- i
Img completion, will contain a large run- 1
nmg track, surrounded by a < voting track I
i’ll.- running track will be «6S meters long, i
..nd there will be plenty of room on the
green inside for field sports The Berlin <
stadium will cost SBOO,OOO.
At the next Olympic congress Ger- i
many will propose the farcy cycling and i
figure -kilting tn an ice rink be added to >
h. Olympic program. an. will strongN
.pposi the Inclusion of boxn g The Gar- |
i’.huk To no* understand boxing at ail. .
11,1 'I Idem. ar. consider it a bar
i bar. us sport. Germany pr..t»abh will bo
j opposed on this point i.y England. Pni.cd >
I states. Sweden an. T’enmnrk mCm-c .
*"’ i, have favored box’ng (
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 25, 1912.
[ New Orleans, where he has stayed
too long, and go to some town
where he is not so well known, and
if he will act as club president and
leave the actual, sordid, begriming
details of managing to some heady
player, he will make a go of it for
ten or twenty years yet.
For he has a long brain, has this
Frank. He has outfigured about
every man he has tackled when he
< ntered the league. He is the only
man who ever succeeded in bringing
lhe Southern actually to its knees.
And he has had the other managers
jumping sideways ever sirree he
started.
hold the weight of an elephant, and
the floor padding is perfect. I
haven't a kick of any’ kind on the
arrangements.”
Balzer has recovered from an at
tack of biliousness, and both he and
Manager Tom O’Rourke declare
they are satisfied with the boxer’s
condition. Tn the afternoon he
boxed six rounds with Al McClus
key and Charley Horn.
Al is naturally left handed, and
in sparring uses this hand with
good effect, but the favorable com
ment upon this fact led O’Rourke
to make the following interesting
talk:
"Balzer has scored ail of his six
knockouts with a right uppercut.
It's a punch that never fails to
bring home the bacon once it
lands."
The advance seat saie has been
so heavy that all doubt of a ca
pacity house has vanished.
who will probably start, there will
be on hand Ed McCallie. the old
Cornell star of 1907; Dexheimer,
last year with the Tigers and this
year with the University of Chat
tanooga. and possibly Bob McWhor
ter. of Georgia.
Notwithstanding the stellar foot
ball ability’ and experience of the
all-stars, the outcome of the game
will be of considerable interest, as
the cavalrymen have an excellent
eleven, and furthermore have the
advantage tn the matter of team
co-operation and condition. The
two stars of the soldier eleven who
have been out since the Tech garni
at the first of th< season. wiP be
buck in full strength. The duo is
composed of Speehi and Duval,
halfbacks.
CHAS. BRICKLEY BECOMES
AGENT FOR TAILOR SHOP
BOSTON. Dec. 10. Charley Bricklev,
champion football plaver of 1912 t s n ,, u a
shot-putter and a tailor s agent
The versatile halfback of the Har
vard team the only man selected by all
the experts for the all-American eleven
began Inst week to take orders for fash
ionable clothing from the undergraduates
at the Gambridge institution
The young salesman was sufficient! v
advertised by a New York firm, which
announced in the Harvard Crimson that
. u , ,K" en time and place "Charles E
Brickley. Harvard representative." would
be pleased to take orders of the students
for winter and spring clothing
it is understo.Hi that Brickley will re
reive a remarkable sum as retainer ami
in commissions u sum that would make
the average agent of a business house
gasp with envy Since, according to liar
vand statistics mad, public last week,
• 000 young men enrolled at the univer-ity
pay almost 8350,000 a year for their
clothes, the business is worth a small tor
tune ' tailors
brickley has also "taken up sim'-put
ting. He >.trainlng at the Harvard gvm
t od in. for tl'.e .-liot-pu; cyciita to la lie’.,
at variou* hxJoor meets
HEAPOFACTIDNAT
THE DIXIE A. C.
TONIGHT
According to those who have
seen both Frank McMahon
• and Walter Little work out,
these boys should put up a rat
tling mill at the Dixie A. C. to
night. While neither is extremely
clever at the game of hit and get
away, both seem to pack a fine
young kick, and it fs just possible
that the bout won’t last the ten
round limit.
Little has been out of the game
for a year and It is hard to tell
whether the long rest has done him
any good or put him back a couple
of notches. Walter believes that
he needed just such a layoff and
predicts that tonight he will be bet
ter than ever.
McMahon may’ be a great fighter
arid again he may not. He certain
ly looks like a promising boy. He
been fighting throughout the
West, and yours truly has no line
on him. Frank Whitney came here
an unknown and sure made good.
Perhaps McMahon will do likewise.
Here's hoping he does.
The eight-round semi-windup
between Tommy Lavelle and Eddie
Hanlon figures to be a tattling
scrap. Roth can hit to beat the
band, while Hanlon is also one
of the cleverest young men that
has ever battled here. But he will
have to be at his best, for Lavelle
is coming to the front with rapid
strides of late.
Spider Britt, the best boy of his
inches around this neck of the
woods, will have to travel faster
than he ever traveled before to
stall off Al Smith, the Jackson
ville boy who stopped Meyer Fries
last week. They meet In a six
round go.
Arthur Worthy and Billy Hooper,
two slugging dinges, will open the
card in a four-round affair. For
the real fireworks this event looks
like a hummer. These boys put
up a great fight here last spring.
MAY RACE ACROSS OCEAN
IN 60-FOOT MOTOR BOATS
PHILADELPHIA. Dee. 25.—Afte
several successful voyages across the
western ocean in small boats, the lead
ers in yachting now are planning to
attempt a race next spring either from
Philadelphia or New York to Paris by
motor boats of not over so feet.
The yachtsmen of Philadelphia and
New York a> going about ft with
friendly rivalry io see which city shall
have the honor of holding the race.
This race must be arranged for fat in
advance, <•> that the new boats now
being built may br equipped tor this
long distance contest. The tanks will
have to be installed so that each one
Will have a separate pipe to the'engine,
ami also Imvi an arrangement to hold
the tanks securely In place.
Engines will have to be tested to rhe
limit, as there will be no harbors from
the start to finish of the race. It will
not bt. like the Havana race, where a
b i;.: could secure u harbor every twenty
mil, s on th* 1 coast. The Bermuda race
WHS easy - ailing conqiared to tills event,
as the distance to Bermuda from Phila
delphia is something like 750 miles,
whereas the run to Pads is dose to
3,000 miles.
A crew" for a 60-footer will consist of
eight men. Each must carry five tons
of grub, water, clothing and other ar
ticles The gasoline will weigh close to
twelve tons with the tanks and fittings.
Y. ; this heavy weight can be carried bv
u 60-t’oot boat with safety.
MIKE DONLIN GOES TO
PHILADELPHIA CLUB
I’l I I Slit Hit, De, 25 Mike Donllu,
t io sta outfielder, is now i rnembet of
tin Phillies. This was acknowledge,
by th Pittsburg club here today aftet
It hau beeotm known that the Philadel
phia club had refused to waive on him,
although the other six members of the
league had agreed to do so. This means
that 1 Kudin rill become the property
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Heisman Discusses Elements of Football Success
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Mental, Physical and Mechanical Values Equal
By J. W. Heisman,
IN nry last article we discussed
what the novice needs to be
come a successful football
player. Now, we will take up the
subject of team play and see what
points enter into the make-up of a
successful team.
Here, though, the elements are
found grouped under several gen
eral heads. For instance, weight
and natural speed are required;
and these are physical elements.
Grit and experience are, on the
other hand, mental elements. But
both are different fiom mere \play
ing skill, such as ability to tackle,
to interfere, to punt and to for
ward pass. These last might be
called the mechanics of the game.
What relative value and impor
tance these general heads bear to
each other, in this connection, it
would be hard to say; but, roughly
speaking, I would put them about
on an even footing. That Is to say,
I consider that the mental ele
ments, the physical elements and
proficiency in the mechanism of the
game, should share about equally
in tlie credit of a successful team’s
good performances.
Now, placing a valuation of 100
on the total worth of the mental
elements of the game, I would sub
divide those elements as fallows:
Mental Elements 1-3 of Game.
Experience.. 30 points
Grit (fighting instinct, will
P°wer) 25 points
Ambition (keenness for
victory) 20 points
Intelligence (getting sig-
nals, memory, etc.).. 20 points
Self-control (avoiding
penalties, etc.) 5 points
"l"o ta I 100 p O i n ts
in all games grit and ambition to
some extent coalesce. If so con
sidered their total of points would
be 15, which explains how it is
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that tlie fighting spirit that a team
displays in any given game counts
for so much.
Physical Elements 1-3 of Game.
Weight 25 points
S P eed 20 points
Physical strength .10 points
Natural athletic ability . . 20 points
Ruggedness (immunity to
injuries, vitality, etc.). 10 points
Traction or driving power 15 points
Tefal 100 points
Strange to say, weight is not al
ways synonymous with physical
strength; hence the need of a dis
tinction. Neither do any of the
others, either singly or in combina
tion, necessarily give a man driving
power. A man may run like the
wind —for sheer swiftness, and yet
have no traction whatever. And it
takes locomotives with traction to
pull heavy freight trains up a steep
grade or to plow through a moun
tain snow bank.
Mechanical Features 1-3 of Game,
Charging 9 points
Tackling 9 points
Interfering (blocking) .. 9 points
Ball-carrying (by indi-
viduals), speed, dodg-
ing, bucking, etc.) .... 10 points
Punting 5 points
Getting down field points
Returning of punts (in-
cluding catching and
handling) 8 points
Goal kicking (field goals
and others) 6 points
Forward passing (pass-
ing and catching) ... 7 points j
Signalling (judgment.
snap, etc.) 12 points
Team speed (lining up.
harmony of movement,
®* c -l 6 points
Variety of attack 10 points
Defensive shifting .. .. 5 points
■ 100 points
In a rough way these three tables
give an idea not alone of what a
player should have or must learn,
but as well what a coach must
look out for and teach. As a mat
ter of fact he must think of a great
many more points than these in
handling either individuals or the
team as a whole. For instance,
there is the matter of training, with
its accompanying questions of diet,
amount of practice, etc.
There Are Other Elements.
From a perusal of the above ta
bles the class player or the pros
pective varsity aopirant can get a
fair idea, of what physical and
mental advantages he should pos
sess to start with, and in what
proportions they count. Also, he
can get an idea of the relative
value of the various departments
of play. If he realizes that he is
weak on any of the more impor
tant ones it may spur him on to
greater effort to improve his game
in those respects. To. be sure, we
have not even now named all the
elements that go to make a suc
cessful player or team, but these
are the more important, and if a
team were well fortified in all these
points of play they would put up a
pretty good article of football.
It is taken for granted that
everybody playing the game has
studied well the rules and has a
clear idea of their meaning and is
apt in applying them. Hence, this
important detail was oniitt, 1 from
the tables.
PITCHER, SHOT IN ARM.
SUES FOR BIG DAMAGES
GREENSBURG. PA., Dec. 25. -Demand
ing §25,000 for injury done to his pitch
ing arm, Sheila P. Howser, t wirier on
the Connellsville team of the Ohio-Penn
sylvania league, who was shot on Oct"
her 27, while hunting on the farm of
W. Mechling. has entered suit for that
amount against Mechling. Awarding
Howser, he and his companion had startt i’
I to obey Mechling* a order to leave when
the latter fired and hit Howser, rhe shot
taking effect in his right arm.