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Leading “Hopes” Evenly Matched for Big Fight
Palzer and McCarty Shape Up Along Same Lines
By W. W. Naughton.
S\N FRANCISCO, CAL., Dee.
26. —With Jim Flynn, the Pu
eblo Fireman, eliminated
5 the heavyweight prospect by
Lu:.er McCarty, white hopes at
; a:ge should breathe more freely.
Flynn for years has been a
- inbling block in the path of
mg stalwarts who thought
emseKes specially endowed by
native and eminently fitted by their
nlents to wrest the championship
n from whoever happened to
e wearing it.
was to latter day heavies
• Peter Maher and Joe Choyn-
< re to the rising young glove
? tiers of a dozen or more years
. Flynn fell short of true cham
n -.hip form himself, but he could
ia pended upon to shattei the
cams of any youj.g husky aspi
te front rank honors
Just at present the Los Angeles
. . are singing the praises of
• McCarty. They are sorry
judged him by the ordinary
whit*- hope standards. They learn
or ate that he knew how to hold
'n- If together like a seasoned
c y’.veight instead of floundering
ea novice. McCarty’s straight
t as a revelaiton and this short
ght. which was not so much in
idence. was equally effective.
McCarty Firm at AU Times.
.'.t ’Carty was as firm as a rock at
liner. He was well set and he
iwcwnted an almost Impregnable
>i.t to the fellow who has made a
oe-lnlty of storming white hope
forts for years.
Just how it will be when McCarty
•pts Al Falser on the afternoon
of New Year’s day remains to be
seen. Palzer, of course, will not be
as easy to handle as Flynn. The
atter compares with McCarty as a
bull terrier does to a mastiff, but in
the coming engagement there will
be no discrepancy in size.
DOCTOR SAYS CHANCE IS
BETTER THAN 6 YEARS AGO
XEW \ ORK, Dec. 26. —The following
statement apropos of Frank Chance com
ing to New York as manager of the High
landers was made this morning by Dr.
W. G. Frolich, who performed an opera
tion <>n Chance three months ago:
1 will stake my reputation in assert
ng that Frank Chance is in better health
now than for six years. The operation
1 performed in September completely
cured him of a nervous trouble which had
caused frequent headaches and compelled
mm to give up ball playing. This ail
ment had been caused by being hit on
the head by pitched balls. Chance was
not treated for mental troubles He re
covered from the operation rapidly, and
■'t'lore he left me he promised to come
l ack if there was a return of the ailment.
AS Chances health continued to im
prove, he notified me while in Chicago in
'Ttoher that he felt so well that he had
? to to llls home in California.
I have heard of stories possibly cir
culated to Injure Chance, but vou can
quote me as saying that they are en
urely without foundation, and have been
prompted by malice. Chance is not onlv
able to manage the Highlanders with ail
of his former skill, but I believe he will
be playing ball again next season. Hr
has a rugged constitution and remarka
t'le will power. His ailment was never
serious, and I have treated many simi
ar cases successfully.”
COMISKEY MAY TURN SOX
OVER TO JIM CALLAHAN
ec - 26.—Several times of
,i " ar^es Comiskey, of the Chicago
mericans, has hinted that he was going
’ give up active work and let Jim Cal
fun the Sox. There is no danger
•hint? mrT,y s selling out. but he evidently
s a vacation is coming to him.
w<u° « else be the ‘boss' of the
nite sox next year,” he says “It's
me f<>r me to step down and let a
lunger man take care of the business.
J? 11 ?, handle it all right, for he’s a born
baseball man.”
Ihe Sox pitchers and catchers will not
0 the training camp in advance <>f
UtL'.. r, V‘.£ xt spring, as they did last.
. abtt *L er Callahan believes the week’s
■ for the battery men is beneficial,
y? sa-'??5 a -'?? J allfornia is too far away. So
• h nex . bite special will carry the
A™ Sier anti the pitchers will not have
,L arice to laugh at their mates, for the
resulting from the first couple of
rice w strike the whole squad at
one round dollar paid
for TRENTON FRANCHISE
I )ec - 26.—James Letts, of
' yesterday bought the
jnton dub, of the Tri-State league,
' ,lle s um»leon, a single dollar. It is
ne league in which Harry Davis is
a berth as manager, he being
nii r ‘ e ' as tbe next leader of the Read
ng nine.
1 r s n ton club went into the hands
r ver af ter the close of the sea
it. v . Was ,ater thrown into a bank
, . r/i‘ / ‘“urt- Then the owners were or
to sell to the highest bidder.
h i W t as formerly president of the
•> abd bought the franchise for sl.
i u’J.v e We . r . e some fairly good chairs,
•ij /i were used in the grand-
• these were considered to be
.i while the twenty six uni
or the players were knocked down
.5* ents - Franchises at sl. and uni
, ,* <it a cent each would make almost
a baseball “magnate.”
,b bought the Trenton team.
. ’' r,in< iJ’tand. bleachers, fences, posts.
>•' r 7 eu ’ uniforms and all other chat-
r r the sum of $195.
friends are indignant.
aj IBRIL>GE, MASS., Dee. 26.
r L , ls much indignation today among
I ~ ot ' Paul Withington, star
ard athlete. who was suspended
-ie New England Amateur associa
''b the charge of having engaged in
Sessional contests.
X martin may x*
19*4 PEACHTREE STREET
UPSTAIRS
STRICTLY confidential
UNREDEEMED PLEDGES y
So far as reach and Weight are
concerned there will be nothing to
choose between Palzer and Luther,
and this means that the coming
light will of necessity be entirely
different in character from the
h i.vnn-McCarty engagement. Os a
surety, McCarty will not hold Pal
zer at arm’s length with the left
while picking a target for the right.
In the arguments that are being
indulged in at present Palzer and
McCarty are regarded as an evenly
matched pair. Any particular point
In which McCarty excels is thought
to be offset by some fighting quali
fication possessed by Palzer.
McCarty Is considered the bet
ter boxer: Palzer the harder hitter.
In the matter of strength the men
are supposed to be on a par, but it
is thought that Palzer’s rugged
ness has been thoroughly proven,
whereas nothing much is. known of
McCarty’s ability to endure rough
usage.
Contest Creates Much Interest.
When the various lighting attri
butes of the two big men are com
pared the contest looms'up a“ an
event in which the chances are
equally balanced, but even it the
participants were a pair of tyros
the impressive appearance of the
iwo giants, considered in conjunc
tion with the great rivalry existing
between them, would lend a vast
interest to the affair. The clash
will probably cause as much furor
as the two battles between Tom
Sharkey and Jim Jeffrie*. wnen the
sailor find the boilermailer were
comparatively young at the game.
A whisper'comes from the East,
however, ; that the fight which is
pending must not be looked upon
as the final heat in a white hope
journey. It is said one Jess Wil
lard wishes jt to be remembered
that he outboxed Luther McCarty
in New York. Willard, if report
speaks truly, will demand a match
with McCarty in the event of the
PRESIDENT OF BRAVES
STRONG FOR CALHOUN
BOSTON, Dec. 26.—President James E.
Gaffney, of the Braves, says that in his
opinion Calhoun, the Macon. Ga.. short
stop, is the man who will solve the first
base problem for the Braves next season
It Calhoun does make good with the
Stallings outfit Gaffney will have to ac
knowledge that there is luck in baseball.
At the drafting meeting Gaffnev was
talking with Barney Dreyfuss, of the
Pittsburgs. The owner of the Pirates re
marked that he hadn’t drafted anybody,
that he had enough bench warmers al
ready. but he added that he had been
strongly tempted to put in a bid for Cal
houn.
The Boston club’s owner had sufficient
respect for the Pittsburgs’ scouting sys
tem to put in a draft immediately in
favor of Calhoun.
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AUCTION SALE
OF CHINAWARE
40 Peachtree Street I
A $2,000.00 stock of manufacturer’s odds I
and ends, comprising dinner sets, berry sets, |
odd tea pots, creamers, sugar bowls, etc. i
A few brass lamps, some flat silverware I
sets, and some choice books are included. 1
Buy Any Os Them At I
Your Own Price |
CHARLES M. MAY, j
40 Peachtree Street I
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26. 1912.
latter winning from Palzer.
There is another rumor, not so
well defined, that Tony Ross will
rebel strenuously at any attempt
On Palzer’s part to claim white
hope supremacy.
Al and Luther will probably re
gard these little interruptions as i
samples Os the worries which are I
rarely inseparable from greanje.-s
in any walk of life. When the
time comes Willard or Ross, or j
whoever it may be, will simply be I
asked to locate a promoter who will 1
offer ‘‘suitable inducements,” and
that any challenge couched in re
spectful diplomatic language will
receive the consideration it de
serves.
Johns°n Out By Consent.
Jack Johnson, by common con
sent. has been thrust aside, but
some one seas asked how it will bt
if Sam Langford comes back from
Australia ajid objects to the white
hopes claiming' a ..monopoly of the
white hope situafjpn.
This, ,is auaywo bridge that it
will be Hide' mik'UgV In cross when
it Js. yeaeju'd;'jo same time, if
i.angforil <fbes pu’f in an appear
ance, and insists that he is entitled
to recognition from the survivor of
the white hope tests, one great con
troversy will arise.
Suggestions have been made th;
there be no mixed matches in fu-’ |
fine. In suejt cqse. a white man
refusing to battle with Langford I
will be forced to take the stand
that lie merely claims to be the j
bite champion of the world.
"Ah right,” Langford may say,
Tcla-im the black t’hanlpionslilfj of
the’ wbrlif. anil in'order to' make the
situation interesting I ant going to j
claim the championship of all the I
races in the world.”
I’nless a defi of tit,at kind is no- •
ticed. no very step will have >
been taken toward “restoring the
pugilisti • supremacy to the white !
race." j
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SPORT MAGAZINES SELL
-IN LONDON FOR $3,750
LONDON, Dec. 26.- Em’phasizing at n
dinner of the Authors club, the fieed for ,
care in “weeding*' libraries—a process
which, he said, they required periodically
just as much an gardens Sir Herbert*
Mhxwell related an instance nf his own 4
carelessness. .
Some years ago 1 .wai)ted to get the
‘Encyclopedia Britannica.’ ninth edition,
at the cost of $175. I was short of cash
and 1 thought i would sell some books. 1 '
chose a sporting magazine, of which 1 1
had a complete set bar two numbers, from >
its beginning in IT'.m to its demise in 1870. (
I got my encyclopedia, but von nun judge!
of my chagrin when I read that last vear I
the sporting magazine series was sold .1 I
London for 53.750.”
FOOTBALL CAPTAINS
FOR NEXT SEASON
SOUTH.
College. Position. Name.
Georgetown q. B. .....Costello
' irgmta <;Carter
Xanderbllt ]•:Brown
Alabama 11. B. .. Vandegraff
Sewanee <:McCallum
Georgia Tech . . H. BCook
Tennessee Tllavhn
Georgia 11. B. . McWhorter
Auburn if. BNewell
EAST.
Princeton 11. *BBaker
J ennsylvania EYoung
\\est Point !■:Hoge
Carlisle q. b W elch
Dartmouth . I<. b. .. . Englehorn
V™” I'. B Henry
*yraeuse F. |;Bilfinger
Amherst F. b McGay
Wcsleygn j.; Eustis
.Swarthmore H. B. . . Lut
Havert'onl .H. b. ;.....Sangres
H B Hick
Holy Cross \E?...Metovie
C-Peterson
Irhuty h. BLawler
Lafayette T\\ agenhurst
Buwdotn it. b. WeatherilL,
ruf’s TBennett
*’• and .lefi....Q. BGoodwin
.SjJringtiehi (Mass. 1
J 'I- C. A. ... y. BMann
Vermont T. . w K . wiialen
■ ...I-: j tanaity
I Hobart !■:Hull
, Mass Aggies . . ..I-'. H..H w. Brewer
; Buckmil H. B Keiser
; Albright ('. . y ost
I’l'UJil's Exeter . ..H. B Kell)
Phillips Andover ..if. Il Gault
WEST.
H. H Norgren-.
Michigan (*. . t Paftorsoh
W Isoenslp- ....... t B .Tamlherg
Illinois .... . |j. 11 . . .Rowe
-Nebrnsl.o H. B. . . Purth
Missouri c Wilson
< Gh<» State Geissman
I’berlin h. I: ...Fisher
v,.abash |.;Howard
Jow.a I- B . McGinnis
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$ I 000 SUBSCRIBED FOR
SAVANNAH AUTO RACES
>A\ ANNAH, GA., Dee. 2f». -For the
purpose <>f securing the Grand Prize
and Vanderbilt Cup races I’m Suvaunnh
next .’.ear. the qtlvertising f.itiii com
mittee has subset ibe ( | tßinm tp tij,. H;,-
vannnh Automobile club, the money to
be available whenever deemed tie'ccs
sury. and tp be used In defruying the
e.xpenses of a committee to and' from
New York.
The money is in the nature of a loan
and is to be repaid out of unv profits
derived from the races. In the < vent
the races are not secured, the commit
tee made provision that the appropria
tion be considered' as a lien on th,
grandstand, and that the stand be sold
within six months of the date of the
loan to reimburse the advertising fund
for the outlay.
O’CONNOR. ONCE BALL
PLAYER. NOW A PRIEST
1 HICAG<>. Dec. 26. “Chick” <> < “onnor
first baseman of the Quincy dub of (In-
Ihroe [league, became Rev. Father IM
ward <) (’onnor hi re yesterday. He was
ordained jn the Hdy Name cathedral and
last night dined at St. .Mels rector*, with
whu«h,he henceforth will be connected.
Father O’f’onnor established a repina
.-i bat ;man and infielder, which re
sulted y* a demand for his services.
‘I played baseball to < htain monev to
complete my studies,” he said. “1 I;\,| a
number of offers from teams of imp
ancc. bhi the\ did n<n tempt no in i| <
least The priesthood i- m\ vocation.”
Law, Order and Harmony Come to Lynch Reign
National Chief Now a Great Power in Baseball
By W. .1. Mcßeth. •
N’EW YORK. Dec. 26—Abso
lute harmony, prevails in Hie
National league for lite first
time In many years. For this
pleasing condition of affairs Pres
ident Tom Lynch is largely respon
sible. The executive under whose
administration the parent major
league has met witit such unquali
fied prosperity was re-elected to of
fice for anothei year. John A
Heydler was chosen secretary for a
, period of three more seasons, and
was handed a battering increase in
salary as a testimonial to his worth.
Lynch wits unanimously returned
I to office. But. better still, his erst-
Vvltile trailucers proved his stoutest
champions. Charles 1-1. Ebbets,
who was reported to have six in
dorsements. for the name of Rob
ert Brown, of Louisville, proposed
a new term, for the incum
bent. and G Webb Murphy, of the
Cubs, seconded the motion. Onl)
one ballot was necessary to make
the choice unanimous.
Il was the first tilin' in a dozen
s.y .us that some sort of scandal fight
did not develop ovei the annual
election. But this time there was
no chance for a tight. Tom Lynch
assined himself tinotiter term by so
ibly conducting the .charge against
DANIELS AND HAWAIIAN
DUKE MAY MEET IN match!
,\'i<\\ York, Dec. 26. No item of!
; swimming news has in j ear* created such
|a Sin- 111 aquatic circles as the reeeni re
port that a match race at 100 yards w.nil.i
tali., place this season between C M.
Daniels, the .‘,,1 op American watermen, ■
and Duke K.il anamoku, tin- (Hvinpic U'o- -
Mn-ter champion an.l record hold, r Cur
since the lanky Hawaiian broke into the
limelight about a year ago. followers ot
natation m ibis country h ive been eager
I" See him pitted agains the great M< r
cmy hoot paddler, whom they still looked
up. n as iindefentable. t’nforlunatel).
Dar.iels had already announced his perma
nently announced his permanent rellre
| mem from the competitive field, for his
I mnny business and social engaements no
longer permitted his Infilling, and lie re
, tuse.l io reconsider his decision. It looks
I now. however, as if the meeting would be
I arranged.
! a ko Daniels came in from
j Buffalo, where he is living, and paid a
! Vitj.l to the New York Athletic flub mit
i.itorium. He had n<>t dope any swimming
|jn smny time, and curiosity aboui h's
I term led h.in to go a li.O-ynrd trial mi
;d< r tl.e watch. 'Io the surprise of hint
self ami over' ■ r. pri sent lie tore off the
■distance in s< ! 1-5 seconds, within ene
ll I I ■ ■ tile I" fl 'I me i,e eV(.|- ,eu.de 'll I 1 '•
slow 1. cal peel. Immediately Ills old '
. b arn niates clustered around him. beg
[ ,'t’ng him to consent to devote just one
| more sens.m to tin sport thru he might
try conclusions with Kahtfnamoku.
He was at first obrMirate. but so in
sist. nt were his friends that he tlnallv I
| agreed to do seme v .irk and take on tin
Islander in a friendly match, if the later
were willing nf re-entering op.-n com
I petit.on I«• w< uid not hear. Still, a match
;IS a in.Hi 11. .nd Whether held prltai.l
, .»r publicly, i: ■* ifi just the same provc a
I le-1 of .op emac)
Horace Fogel, which resulted in
this former president of the Phil
lies being forever barred from the
deliberations of the National league
Under the circumstances, a repu
diation of Lynch, after he' hiul so
ably proved his ease, would have
put the National league in a ver)
ludicrous position.
It would not be at all surpris
ing if a year hence Tom Lynch or
his successor should be returned to
office for a long term of years. The
trial of Fogel resulted in great good.
It showed the National league mag’-
nates the absurdity of their petty
squabbles and proved to them the
great benefit of conducting their
affairs like gentlemen anti sports
men. The long term of President
Ban Johnson in the American
league has proved the greatest
good to the young major, and its
example is likely to be followed in
the immediate future.
The National league seems to
have put down finally that certain
element which heretofore has caus
ed all the racket. Charles H. Eb
bets broke up the ring When lie
learned his friend Horace Fogel ’
had “dutohed” himself so badly.
Charles W. Murphy got in line witli
the vast majority. Murphy was
forced to go on record as opposed
to loose talk of organized baseball
affairs, and his power in the Na
tional league has been broken for
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all time. As a whole, the club
presidents have improved in the
past five years and all are lined up
for law and order. The league lost
i very able general in John T.
Brush, but Mr. Hempstead, his suc
, cessor. intends to pattern his ways
after the really successful men of
his league. "Jim” Gaffney, the new
owner of the Boston Nationals, is
a very sensible man and lias added
much tone to the organization.
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