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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. 9 f 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 ■-’ . t 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 I■ ' f $ 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 FRAN/i DEANS IS l.\ EXPERT Marathon Rider ! ’ 4 jO > v V 11 i He’s only 7 years old. but he's able to ride this Marathon Racer with absolute safety. And fun! Well, in the neighbor hood of his home, 111 East Fifth street, there’s no doubt, about the constant en joyment he gets from this little car. He's a familiar, happy figure there. You see these racers all over town, don’t you? We’ve given away hundreds of them. And we have other hundreds to give away to boys and girls in Atlanta and the nearby towns. If you want yours before Christmas mail the coupon today. We’ll tell you how to get a Racer without one cent of cost to you. A7/1 7?/1 THON RA CER DEP A RTMENT THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT. 20 EAST ALABAMA ST. I’iense send me instruct ions Idling how I .may secure one of The Georgian Marathon Racers without money. Name Age.... Addross City Slate., Sample Cars are on display at The G orgian office—2o East Alabama street. You are cordially invited io come in and try this new and popular Car. 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. 6 c z mi wvv The IHaiL.? acMs keenness p H io your sport I DRUMMONDI NATO3AL LEAF | CHEWiNG TOBACCO | 7