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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. (pSMOPOLITAN ♦ 15 Cents a Copy At AU News-Stands 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. ♦ e » 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. * * V » 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. FRA \K DEA NS IS AN EXPERT Marathon Rider ft M - TmMk Jr J V** ill ■ aw sa. 'I 7(s w* (X 7 r i Xu * He’s only 7 years old. but he’s able to ride this Marathon Racer with absolute safety. And fun! W 11. in the neiuhboi 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 1/.1/M 77/D A RACER DEI'AR /MEM' THE ATLANTA LEORCHAN CntCULATION DEPARTMENT. 20 EAST ALABAMA ST. Please send nie instructions telling how I may secure one of The Georgian .Marathon Racers without money. Name Vge Address City State 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. CUBS’ BOSS 15 SPMSBEST OUTFIELDER 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. 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