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Little Confesses He Stalled
With McMahon;‘Did It to Give
Fans Run for Money/He Says
|{\ W. S. Farnsworth.
..’t.'.TER LITTLE is a Self
\ \ ■ onfesScu fake:-. H>- has
’ oine out with the statc
ut lie stalled through the
. fiasco with Frank Mr.Mu
■ Dixie A. last Weiincs
bight-
it to give the fans a run
r • . money." claims Walter. "1
r off in earnest in the first
..ut one punch that I laml-
; ..s-r the heart practically lin-
McMahon. I could have
him out any time I wanted
that blow. But ther. have
n s many short main bouts
r. • late that I decided to give
fans a run for their money."
hard to. condemn Little for
.. , ion. He really meant well,
it nevertheless he should have
his opponent as soon as
There may have been
not many, fans who bet
money that McMahon
ou last five rounds,- or ant
... imhe of rounds, under flv. .
[f there were any such wagers,
-, v were robbed of their, money,
s ; Little was probably trying to
i -oteet the club, which had been
shid ■ nough to give him a chance
was very much on the
"uiit." _ \
ph: ' HIEF BENDER, who is
O spending the winter here in At
nt.i declares that lie is going to
< bis arm off for the .Athletics
xi season. The big Indian broke
■ ining last season, and t'onnie
,il . k .-uine mighty near tying a can
hi >i. But the chief is high and
\ now. and there is no reason
; n< \t season shouldn't find him
guod as he was in 1910, when he
,| the American league twlrjers,
ith 23 victories and 5 defeats.
The following from The New
York Sun is of interest to local
ns who are rnitting the Indian
y day along Peachtree street:
Big t'hief Bender has asked
onnie Mack to please forgive him,
mil promises to be a good Indian
.n the future. The famous pitcher
! the Athletics fell from grace last
runnier, also from the water wag
- and the climax was reached
ii'-n the Athletics played their
inn! series at the Hilltop. Bender
vine to the park in a boisterous
lood. He didn’t care whether
hool kept or not, and he wasn't a
t afraid when he saw the solemn*
“Recollections of
a Soldier’s Wife”
By Mrs. John A. Logan
Did you think there was a great deal of bitterness in
the recent Presidential campaign? It was a “Pink Tea
compared with the excitement, rancor and turbulence
of the campaign of 1860.
Political differences that meant
probable war —a bloody war be
tween brothers. Speakers and
writers felt that the very life" of
the Nation depended on their
words.
Mrs. .John A. Logan was the
girl-wife of one of the most
noted figures of those stirring
times. She knew personally the
actors in the great tragedy being
staged; she was one of them her
self, weighted with a responsi
bility far beyond her years.
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f iced Mack entering the dressing
room. Bender had been that way
befmo and Mack had quietly passed
ini by. But Bender’s condition
that day was the last straw. Mack
actually lost his temper. He slap
ped on a $250 fine, suspended the
big < hies tor the of the sea
son. without pa r, mid ordered him
to take the earliest possible trail:
for Philadelphia.
"Bender was duinfounded when
he heard Mack impose this sen
tence and left town abruptly. He
took a brace almost Instantly, and
reported at Shibe park for daily
practice, hoping that Mack would
> elent. But the Athletics’ manager
refused to even look at Bender, who
went home at the end of the season
wondering whether he would be
traded or not.
“Stories to the effect that Mack
intended to send the Big Chief to
the minors soon reached the pitch
er's ears. He couldn't believe them,
yet be worried. He wrote several
letters t., Mack and received no re
sponse. But one day Bender de
cided to place himself on record.
He wrote another letter to the tall
manager, in which he declared that
he had taken the pledge and would
work his arm off if Mack would
give him just one more chance.
V hen Mack received this missive,
lie smiled. It was just what he had
been waiting for. He sent word to
the Indian that he would be ex
pected to report in first-class con
dition at the spring training camp,
and that his retention by the Ath
letics would depend entirely upon
bis work in the box."
...
O CUTTY MACKENZIE, the golf
professional at the Brookhaven
club, declares that by next July his
course will be the best nine-hole
one in the South. At any rate, Mac
is working night and day trying to
get the greens in tiptop condition,
and that is all that is lacking out
there.
Tile course is a picturesque one
and many of the holes are sure
enough “goat getters." The greens,
however, are very rough and the
course is fully nine strokes harder
now than it will be when they are
ironed out.
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SEVERAL phonograph companies
are reported to have sent in
bids for a rigiit to make a record of
the conversation that will follow at
the first meeting of Muggsy Mc-
Graw and Rube Marquard.
Her recollections are History—
a most important addition to
the history of that period of our
country. They fire the imagi
nation and carry the reader
along as entertainingly as though
her work wen* a pojiular novel
of the day.
Mrs. Logan s description of the
famous Lincoln - Douglas d<
bates, the fierce campaign ot
1860 and the inauguration of
Abraham Lincoln, appear in the
January
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.FRIDAY. DECEMBER 27. 1912.
MMOF'ID"
BACKS DOWN ONi
$25,000 BET
By \\. W. Naughton.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., Dec. I
27.—8i11y Nolan and Tom j
Jones, who have been bom- |
ba.ding each other from long range!
for several days, drew close enough ut j
Los Angeles to exchange a few broad- j
sides. It is said Jones retired from the ;
engagement with a tew dents in his I
managerial armor.
Recently Jones gave out that \Yol- j
gast would make Ritchie a. present of
SI,OOO if the new champion would sign
articles for another match, to take place
next Fourth of July. Furthermore that
Wolgast Would bet $5,000 against $-,-
500 on the result of the contest.
“That’s acceptable,” said Nolan, when
the news reached him. “But how about
the $25,000 Jones offered to bet at sim
ilar odds a little time back? We’d like
the whole of it.”
"When the two managers met In the
Southern city, Nolan reminded Jones of
the $25,000, and Jones replied: “That
offer stood for ten days only, and was j
withdrawn because it was not accept
ed.”
A flimsier pretext for failing’to live
up to a betting proposition was never
advanced by a man of Jones' promi
nence in sjiorting circles, it is an ig
nominious back-down, in fact. If the
offer was made in good faith, it was
made because it was believed that Wol
gast could turn the tables on Ritchie
and Wolgast's backers would lr.iv
jumped at the chance to place theii
money at any time.
Jones' contention that it was only a 1
ten-day special, or a bargain counter
offer, suggests that there was never I
any intention of wagering the amount '
named.
“BALL PLAYERS ARE BUM
ACTORS” SAYS JENNINGSI
DETROIT. MICH., Dec 27.—Hughie
Jennings, manager of the Tigers in the
summertime, and actor during the winter,
today admitted that ball players are
"pretty bum actors,” but said he did not
see why a ball player shouldn't go on
the stage and pick up some "soft money.”
HANK O’DAY WOULD BUY
MINOR LEAGUE FRANCHISE
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—Hank O'Day, for
iner manager of the Cincinnati team,
while considering offers to umpire in
both big leagues, is looking around for
a minor league franchise.
SHAFER STILL “THROUGH.”
LOS ANGELES. Dee 27. Arthur Sha
fer, utility infielder of the New York
Giants, today reiterated his previous an
nouncement that he is through with
baseball.
I BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
I.ooie Drucke says he hasn't received
.enough money in payment for that stlb
! "J‘? . ■ |,f !lis arm to Hie on the rest
of his life ano that he's coming bark next
year to be the Giants' best pitcher.
!’ S. He has obtained McGraw's p, r
j mission. '
‘ •
i J. McGran is preparing to reap hist an
nual crop of holdouts by mailing out con
tracts.
ft ft
I In the hope or raising money to buv the
i Montgomery franchise the Little ’Ruck
■ fans arc in th. dimes of a big tlnam ial
| campaign -at two bits a throw, as usual.
| If Doc Johnston doesn't make good at
i base tor the Naps this coming soa
i ? on . La.ioie will probably tackle the
. oag. ir Johnston lands Napoleon max g«>
;to the outfield. Tie is said to have slowed
i down too much to last at second base.
’ i ’’hicago chib is trying to make a
Ideal for Brown that will suit him. Murphy
says he v. ill not send Mordecai an v where
he doesn t want to go. *
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Connie Mack has so many catchers he's
talking of sending Sehang, his Buffalo
to the Highlanders. His brother
I hlladelphia manager. Col. Dooin, is so
shy on catchers he's offering a fortune for
a man to help out with the backstopping.
n ft
Red Dooln is going, to Southern Pines
shortly to look over the situation. His
team will train there in the spring pro
vided the situation strikes Red as suf
ficiently Southern and piney.
•3 M M
i'mps Byrom who graduates from the
International to the National in the spring,
is said to weigh 110 pounds in his span
' gles, 105 pounds of which is grit mil
ginger.
If the Naps want to get rid of I.ajoie,
as is indicated by their Intention of cut -
ting bis salary, the Yanks would like to
take him on. They could use an intield. r
of his batting caliber, even if lie is slow
ing down.
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hood of his home. 11l East Fifth sti-eet,
there's no doubt about the constant on
joyinent he gets from this little <-ar lie's
a familiar, happy figure there.
You see these racers all oxer town,
don't you 7 We've given awa\ hundreds
of them. And we have ullicr hundreds to
give away to boys and uirls in \tlanta
and the nearby towns.
If you want to own one oi these little cars, ninl
the coupon today. We’ll tell you bow to get a
Racer without one cent cost to you
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of The Georgian .Marathon Racers without money.
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Sample Cars arc on display al The Georgian officr 20
Past Alabama street. You rdia 1\ invit'd to eonie in
and try this new and popular Car.
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By l{. \\’. Lardmr.
CiHR'ALH*. Dee. 27. -Some of
I-. having notaing better to
do. were dihvu.«slng ontileld
i :the other day. and of course
the question arose, ' W 10 is the
b. st outfielder in p < S'-nt-ihiv base
ball?"
There wer six in tie tunning
■!»•' and the mimes of four p.avers
were brought tip into the argument.
Speaker. <'obb, Sheekard uiifl
Hofman. Athletes like Bill Lunge.
Fi' lde Jon s and Fred Clarke we ■■
ba’red because they were no long
er In active service.
Strangely enough. <'. Welch Mui-
Pay. th, t'ub president, who w;e.
among the fanners, picked an
American leaguer, Tris Speaker, in
preference to one t'ub and one ex
t'ub, and the Chicago magnate's
dope had a good deal of sense in It.
''The Boston man for me," saiil
i'. W. "1 like him because he plays
such a short field. He has perfect
confidence in Ills ability to travel
back after a ball, and the couti
denco 1.- justified. He plays up so
close to the infield that be is abb
to deprive batters of what would be
liu.se lilts with any other man in the
position. Pet haps lie loses two or
three long drives that he would
atch if lie observed the 'rules,' but
he makes up for that ten times
over by being in position to gittb
the .short ones.
| MURPHY COMING SOUTH
TO PICK TRAINING CAMP
’■Hb'AGO, Dev. 27. President
I'im.les W. Murphy, of the Cblcago
National h ague club. I. ft lust night for
Florida to select a training camp f<>
I is team. He plans to visit six or set eu
.cities whi'-.i have offered sites for the
camp.
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, Bill Smith will leave Sunday so"
Wu« liugton. whei-f lie goes for a visit
I with I'larl-: Giitlitii and incidentally to
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THIRTY GAMES FOR CUBS.
i'lib'.A< l< i, Is,. 27. The Cubs will
play ti,irt.' exhibition games on their
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