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Jei r evidently Doesn’t Care for Those Conversation Dinners :: ':: :: By “Bud” Fisher
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f' Famous Team Gath-
I ers News and Gossip
T CZ. V j From Ail parts of the
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Some of Their IVI.-W -r
Dope is Original IK I M fc !„>
and Some They IK] ) i &
Get From the X ” •
Exchanges. H I j
K:„«a?su.o-"
I'T is just barely possible that the
Auditoi iunt may b" turned
ovei one night in every month
In . boxing match. We heard last
night that several of Atlanta's ric.i
tuns contemplating staging a
top-notvb scrap there once every 3"
clays.
As a >tu ter, if the thing goes
through. I'ackey McFarland Is go
ing to be one of the main bout boys.
Joe Mandot is said to bo under
consideration as an opponent for
tin- Chicago whirlwind.
Tin promoters wired McFarland
f.u i" .is to box ten rounds lie; c
an. Ii - ai -w< was 87.00". Tim!
almost Homed th" promoters, but
aft. inking a count of nine they
wired back that they would give
him
Tiny ■ »ii ing to giv. Mandot
82."m1.
This sur, would be some mill,
but w< don't l>. iiev.- tin re are $7,"00
wot th of iig.it fans in this neck of
tiie wood*
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pAI’KEI M I'AKLAM) is prob
-1 ably tiie eieiuiesi living boxer
t int . ver donned a glove. He does
not light because he loves tile garni
—in fact, he declares that lie had
rather take a dose of ladson than
climb into a i ing—but after sixteen
m seventeen years of his young life
had passed in found that he could
make more money fighting than
any other way. Being a business
man. tie decided to talo up tin
manly " : as a means of livelihood.
Today he is probably wort It a quar
ter of a million lound iron men.
But suet. ss n. vet turned I’aekey -
head. He has never tasted liquor
or tobacco, am. be admits himself
that he hasn't ev.-r said any thing
stronger than "damn
And Packey novel forgets his
folk-. A week or so ago he fought
Eddie Murphy. He received for hi«
end 35 pel cent of a SIO,OOO house
That night after the fight in his
dressing room Mcl'atland instruct
ed I>> S manager to deduct his share,
oa • xpen s.,- and then mail the
oa.am r, about 32.500, to his motile
in Chicago for a Christmas ptesvm
Packet lias made bis folks a gift
Os theii pi. ~nt horn u .. Windy
city, a.sows them to draw and keep
ito nnt of a six-Jut building which
h. owns and be is sending fiv< to
sclio r to giv. them .in education.
I'., . . of the five at> cousins two
t < • s’* • •
yy ' .'.ITU I v< n ar , a!
big kick to make because the
li \ < Vthletb elub Ims put a ban
■ii ■ . foi ••atnlllng" in his match
wit’ I'r. tA M ■M.dmu h» r- I'bri 1
in-’t night. 11. ~'s hi- tn*«- arid I'
doesn't listen 1,, d. < i I bet .
• I w< lit mu -., stop McMaiion as
so n . I <-otdd. I bit him a right
hai’ nder th ■ heart In tiie
first roum <mi he vv <nt to the
flu., in a helldess condition. Mike
' •• • • went over'to Mc-
Mahon and y lied to him:
'•»’’* U| you don't tp t any
money'.'
MEL ’ qq«-d him vv itli tab.
■’ f ‘ 1 n< •-. |,.| I - ; MeM .bon
L'’ 1 ■ ■
EF' M-d t.-.y W'ouj , unti
K - 11 1 '"• wU: th. ie f.in- to ■ o .
San! didn't want me to knock him
cut so early, and 1 did my best to
satisfy the club and the fans.
"The fact that I confessed the
day after the light that I had
stalled' after Saul wouldn't stand
for the knockout proves that I was
on the level."
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1/ RANK WHITNEY and Tommy
O'Keefe have wired the Dixie
Athletic club, sayfng that they will
be ell the ground in a few days to
put on finishing touches for tlieitt
ten-round mill New Years d iy . We
thing ho much of this scrap that
we wili be in the front row that
nigiit.
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LIAN'S \\ AGN'ER is a German,
* * every bus.-bfill fan knows Now.
il isn't often that a German eros-. s
a German, but Hans tells the fo’- x
low ing story that shows a brother
stacked the cards on him once:
"Jake Beckley, tin old first base
man. tried to work the old bidden
' ball trick on me a half-dozen times,
or that’s what 1 thought he was
trying to do. He would stick tile
ball under his arm right before my
eyes.
“ 'Jake,' 1 said to him one day,
there’s no use trying that old one
on me.' He didn't pay any atren
tion to what 1 said, and 1 grabbed
the ball from under his arm and
threw it to right field, ami then cut
loose for second base. Tli. second
baseman had (lie bull waiting for
me. Jake had used a phony ball
to deceive me."
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«i r E wen Ing to Jotfiiny M < ■
Gruw the oil er day . Johnny Iv
lev es that Al Demiit’ee is going to
make the Giants a winning pitcher
next season.
"I look for Demure. to be tignt
Up alongside ol Mathewson. T< -
re.lll and Marquard," said Johnny.
M" hanee of keeping ns away
from baseliall headquarters
these day- Billy Smith still has a
bunch of Christmas pills left over.
I They are "two-bitters.'' too.
eCOTTY MACKENZIE, elub plo
fessional ai the Bniokliavet
eluli Is tty ing to arrange a gob
in.'teli between i team from bis
elub and one from the East l.alo
elub.
ALEX SMITH COMING
HERE TO PLAY GOLF
Aip.x Stnhh. fnrnu*i hohi»r <•! I- th il H
natiouid anu riiPtn>i.-Iban arolf tiik s and
lh« Or*' histnirror ■>»’ .It at East latke'.
»s »‘D rr.ntf' South arid nHI \ isji \tlar.t,.
Mr Smith will plat uv.r th* Ehsi
( i-our for ;* . <.upi r ( .f wr. ks an- will
th. n go to Mori.ln n. partmipau- b. Un
iMurtuum uts ti iir ;<rp m.i (i (h en . . stir
j ing il.c of himiHrj and l«> t»m~
i «r\.
Mr smiih is tvli instructor at \>
K' l - i'll' a ill not resume his duties 'hen
I ’»« ’ 1 ’in grip King \\ ar. : p IC
ba t sumewha t
OVERALL WANTS TO PLAY
AGAIN: HE SHUNS CUBS
l.< •> \ .\’« JHI ES tic. ’K • irvie (iv«»r
aii. .»n. e star pitcher ol ti e Chicago t’tib.x.
although Im- failed to report to Murphx’M
organisation . d.. beginning of last
:>vas,.|., has t.-lrgraphvd tin national < .>m
•niFsb.il t-> tmu out what ». pls stand
ing in husebu.l. lb- wants hl- releas*-. >
| • mu' lx f i. - to join some nth€*r
"\cru..i.’ • xpirrd and he ibi
■n- r’port ».■ t-r <’ub- tor ihc next >a-
I !| < • un nla.\ ha’l agao., and
•Will hut th;i» ( \4 ij! nt.,l pt;,y V.’lh
the Cub-
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Tm ? ATLANTA ..FOKuiAX AX'D NEWS. SATURDAY. i»E< EMBER 28. 1012.
If Dohler Proves Success, Me May Be Used as Extra Utility Man
BILL SMITH MAY CARRY SIXTEEN MEN NEXT SEASON
Bv Pei.-y 11. W hiting.
811.1. SMITH m.-iy oullanew one
0,1 Hie Southern league next
year by carrying 1.6 men. It
\ ill depend u bit on salaries and
-ueli. but if lie can work il he will
carry one more man than any
Southern league elub ha- in the
memory' of mortal man.
If he cat rles sixteen, it will he
three mori than -mm Atlanta clubs
have iiad.
With a si\teen-man roster. Siyiith
will have four infield -rs. tliree out
lieldvr . live I itel .-r-., two eateh>-.s
and two utility men.
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I T all depends mi this kid. \\ illiam
Dottier, who Ims been recom
mended to Smith by Whitey Alper
mai,. Ii I t.dilcr w ili sign cheap,
md doubtles.- he will, for he's only
a kid, and if he comes up to speci
fications. Smith will cariv him us
second utility man. This will be
all kinds of an innovation in the
Southern, where a team was con
sidered lucky if it could have one
utility man
il has been Smith’.- intention fol
some time to keep either Keating
or Dobard for utility' man. One of
them will lie tin regular sfiortstop
of the club. The other will be the
regular utility man.
SKED if In- didn’t consider it
better to carry six pitchers and
otic utility man, instead of five
pitchers ami two utility mm. Bill
Smith said:
"No eliancc. Five pitchers is a
plenty in this league. Why, last
year at <’hattanooga, a lien W" had
tour men. they were complaining
some of the time that they didn't
have enough work to keep them in
condition."
Smith believes in working Ids
pitcher-, lie doesn’t "baby" them,
unless there is a good reason for it.
11111 always recalls with glee a
pitcher he had who occasionally
:oyed with the grape. One day,
after a hard night, this pitcher
worked the tlrst inning, with awful
result.-, and came back to the bench,
with penspiration running out of
Ids shoes and his "pep" all gone.
"Bill," said ho. ’ I’m all in.”
I know it. you fuig. fat-headed
tank." genially retorted Bill, "but
| you go right back and take the rest
of what’s coming to you. And 1
hope somebody bats one back that
knocks your fat head right off your
shoulders.’’
The pitcher went back, didn’t al
ow another run. and stuck to bei r
(and Uttle of it> through the rest
of the season.
That’s Bill all the way through.
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,11'1'11 is so'itg to Washington
K with high iiopes of getting sonti
playei.- from (’lark Griffith who will
heji out his club
"1 think I can close with Gt iff
wliilc I’m theie." says Bill, "foi
some play, is that will help IL
, Ii is one i>ltehei I w ani, a good i 'an.
’ mid one who emt help the club. I
figure Griff is going to tmn hi a
, loos*-, and he might ns well come
, ! (O Atlanta. If Im dm-s. lit tale my
. -mm eon the pitching sta IT I have."
AL I’Ll; VIA .< in .
cent lettei to Bill Smith, gives
• st nig boost tor Catcher Gra
tian). Vmi satisfy him in salary
ami It. ’ll make you a good caliber."
(.-» the way Alperman puts it. ’ Re
member, lie’s only a kid. and he has
a big future, I lielieve."
JIM DELLHAN’TY who isn’t much
given to moralizing, as a general
proposition, has some pretty wise
things m say about errors, which
be eha l aetel izi'.s. With some ria-011,
"baseball's- staff of Iff, .
fL t s ■' Im Jim say
"I'. us g, m rally roust p,.,,,
licit i.< mak. s an . or ti n; r- -
-nils* on o- two. It’s- dead
• wrong Tit. y forg. t thiit the play -
L
er never makes an error intention
ally. At least. 1 never knew of a
man to throw' a l ull game. Et rots
are the staff of life of baseball.
Tin y are to- the national game
what good food i s to th. human
stomaeli. Without the latter one
would not be able to subsist long
—minus errors they would, soon
write the obituarv for the one and
only; sport.
"A player takes a foozle niotv
to heart titan anything else, not
even excepting failure, to hit in a
, pinch. I know, for I have been
playing the game for ten years
now. Some players are more fortu
nate.than other.- when ii comes to
making errors,
"I guess I am one of the unfor
tun.ite kind. Donie Bush belongs
to the same school as yours truly.
1 venture to say that Rush and 1
have not pnade ten errors between
us in the almost thjree seasons we
RING INTEREST AGAIN
IN BIG HEAVYWEIGHTS
By Ed. . Smiih.
SOME of tin- greatest heavy
weight battles of (lie decade
probably will be fought out
on th. Pacific coast during tile
next two or three months. Follow
ing Luther McCarty’s signal vic
tory over Jim Flynn in Los An
geles a short time back, interest in
the lug fellows is consuming now
and it looks as if tiie heavies at
least have come into their own in
this decision of a new title.
Gunboat Smith, a heavy who is
considered among tile greatest of
tin possibilities, is to meet Frank
Moran, of Pittsburg, a sterling
young puncher, in a bout in San
Francisco on the night of the 27th.
If there is something decisive done
one way or tht other in this battle,
another strong factor will be well
introduced to the sporting public.
There Will Be a Winner.
Right on top of this battl. wili
come (lie New Year’s aftei noon
struggle lietween Lulhe. McCarty
and VI Paizer. Somf.hiiig deeisiv
surely will come out of that battle,
for it is not in th. cards for two
burlies of their caliber to stand up
for twenty rounds and whack away
at each other without one or tit
other succumbing.
That, if it hapepns. wili bring
out two winners shtirpiy. and tlieie
should be some grand old bidding
by tiie isiast clubs. It would b- a
card Worth thousands, foi it will be
a real, championship affair.
There are other disturbing el,-
Hants in tin distance, tine of tliem
is tiie elongated Jess Willard, i 'hai -
<j> Cutlet's discovet y. who surely
lias a. valid claim to attention from
McCarty al rust. Jes.- t imnu-b
McCarty in a tc-n-routid battle in
t’n. East an,: .an point to a nri.lo
fly v-rdi.-I
Willard Anxious to Cut in.
Jess say- lie is quip willing al
HIV 1 inn to giv. VI - . .i I y a "a.;;,
tn wi|i. out that k-fei:. Bi. . of |
' course, th- Neli aska ,-o,v li.-y i .
bit too busy rigid now to j.-.y -.mteii
attention to Willard And be- .
sides that. Willard is going East,
and not West, and a man who is
not actually on the ground lias a
slim chance of attracting much ,-it
tention.
At any ate. the way tilings ale
breaking now. tile winner of th-
New Year's day battle between Mc-
Carty and Paiz, r is sue to be
looked upon as th. new ehampiot)
of the world by a larg. majority
of the ciltics of thi country and
given "V. , i eiieour.igi in. nt and
support to mak< his .ampaiun ,o -
..." Hngly.
Tip r. isn'i -iny quest .m i. : this I
•mm- winn. wili tind ph-uty j:
if he cares to keep on fighting in. ”
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have been working together thAt
did not result in runs for the othe
fellows. One .»r the other of us
seems to have tiie unhappy facul
ty of kicking the liqll or making a
bail throw when a perfi et play
would retire tiie side.
"There are others just, like us.
Larry Eaj.de is v< iy unfortunate
in this respect. Few and far be
tween ar- tiie misplays that are
chalked against tile Frenchman, but
tiie percentage is all against him.
when he does make a bobble.
"Every one who knows Larry
knows that qn error hurts him to
the quick. it is bad enough to
make the misplay without having
tin- fans hoot the unlucky player.
They should bear in mind that any
tinu- errors are eliminated from the
great national game, tiie interest
would die and the magnates could
aze the'r half - million-dollar
plants."
I isn’t carried away with th. money
making craze the way- Willie Ritchie
is. Eith<« McCarty or Paizer looks
capable of righting early and often
and unless the so rail' d manage
rial astuteness cuts in and shifts
the plans we should see some rar.
old heavy weight struggled in the
next six or eight months.
Wells to Be a Facto".
Bombardier Wells is coining back
to try again for the crown and it is
not outside tin- range of possibility
that he may reverse the setback lie
received at the hands of Al Paizer
in New York recently. Wells is a
puncher for fair and possessed of
mote cleverness than is usually al
lotted io a man of any size and far
more than is ever shown by tiie
average heavy weight, t-pi he ought
to do well over here.
His presence qt least will lend
that needed international flavor to
th- w hole situation.
frank and hirsig off
IN BITTER -WAIVER WAR’
'■h^r^'Vmnk'Ak^^ivireonß;^’^ 1
ilm-.l baseman lasi year with New o?’
'r"v President Hi.-sig
of Nashville, handed .Mr. l-’rank . : ,',!-o'-
plexus byway of retaliation for the wav
Mott acted concerning one Rowd* i:l
Hirsig will not waive for this reason
h?' I 1 'v‘j ‘o' ’T' , ’ as ' l ' lind a spot
in tit.- tolunteer luie-u|. where Mr. Bum
ti»«’ bo list’d io advantage
•I IS staled in ie Hiai Krank is anxious
•• i.iindlc Burning off Ilt Toledo and
d< 7i’ ’*'i i 11 i" Vt ? ” n F of bls annual big
ha s x hereby be slips a dead „ lie lu
si t's nd an ' n n>tUrn h’liieh ..f
WOMAN OSTEOPATH PUTS
SENTELL BACK IN GAME
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I'" < Irn lan—va elub i: w,.> 1.-ared i - is
I'opular j-l.'y . I was tiu -ugl! a . t.,,.-,
"I ■ I "111 visiteo many tip si.-ians, ala,
>"l.: him h.‘ was suffering It-. I: , sever
■'"Cure hii.l that ■„ . .ml,; ,„. X1 . ~u . l jb
i. ana In.- oh! Refusing :<> despair
.1. N.-w 1 "h "is i-r .-lv miali. -la. ~I him-
' woman osteopath
1.1 Molllie. Sil, .hagnose.l 111.- tr-.iil.le as
'' ■■‘b-rtenc.t hgam-m n.. al'.-r twelve
•""tents ..Is. ‘ ar,-. .I hi,,, as
. tni.l. laid .leclqr.'s In is now as good
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CUBS OFFER BRESNAHAN
A MERE SIO.OOO A YEAR
'T Llll’lS. g
run. .a.-posed manager .it ,| . s, I .mis
Cmdinals. today wa- .-n51.1.-ring the nt'.
O ' es - IH.IIOII a year m,.!,.,- thre. L. •
contra." made by ITesul.-m Murphv' ~r
the Cubs
ArRCHER WANTS $10,000:
MURPHY OFFERS $5,000
*'i 1 1< ’\<n >. i s j iiuiu't \i l( t
‘■i(' .’■li.ir ('Hieher ol the I'uhs, bus joined j
l■' l‘"h.- -i, - ..s'Ciiy i'..i St"."tin a. . ..I-, I
»’liil> Murph? is off.-i ng him sVreO.
New Preacher-Pitcher Is
Favored by His Size
Considers a Big Asset---Record on Paper Is
Not Impressive, But He Conies Highly
Recommended asTwirlerof Ability.
DAMON RUNYON.
New York. Dec. 2s.—w.
found in our stocking
Christmas morning a letter
from some Santa Claus of informa
tion residing in Richmond. Va., w ho
admonishes us to keep an eye on
Perryman, the preacher pitcher,
who comes to tin- Giants next
spring from the Virginia league. We
shall certainly do that same if we
have an optie to spare along in
February and March. We ate ever
anxious to oblige, and tiie only way
Perryman can keep out of our
sight, now that we have the tip. is
to leap clear out of the league
j which he may do. boys: which he
1 may do.
A consultation of tiie Perryman
1 record shows nothing startling in
-the way of games won. but this’
Richmond correspondent deciares
tiiai-’ tlie young theologian's print
ed leeord is no true line on his teal
ability. This is probably true, as
McGraw would certainly not have
signed him on his figures alone. He
was strongly recommended by the
Giant scout, who took a slant at
him.
Perryman is a big fellow, which
is an asset in the beginning, as
McGraw likes 'em big. He Ims a
sort of rural delivery, as it were—
free ami easy—and is said to lie
kind to his folks. Perryman is
studying for the ministry, but his
Giant connection will be no knock
to him witii future congregations,
assuming that lie lias no truck witii
Re.-shard DeMarquis DeMarquard.
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Another t-. ruit pitcher Io the
Giants n. xi spring bears tin en
couraging name of Hanley , ami lie
hails from N-wark, of tin i »l:io
Slat- league, where they break thr-x
season up into two chapters, and
run tliem serially . Hanley 's r.-or.i
does not indicate that he was any
great shucks as a winning pitcher,
but lie could certainly "go git 'em."
in over 30 games he failed to make
a single error, and if he can't heat
tin opposing teams in the National
league he ought to be able to out
field ’em.
John J. McGraw says h. doesn’t
believe Monseei Marqnar’ said tl:.
tilings attributed to him. and soon
Re. shard will be along agreeing
witii McGraw.
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I’i'aii. .- Dooin probably figur. -
In- can ust Sir Clique Dotiiin to
til; out on Ims- oe-asions when
Siu wo. - M ig.. I.- und'-r susp.-n
--sioti.
Benni.- M.y. s. the St. f.miisbm,
ii'iisi- hitting li.-lp. .; Toronto v. in
tli< International leagm p. iinam
I and ■in. How beltvug; t,, Brookl-ti.
am .miie. - that h. will not take
I'ai’t n I a- <wo l.l's series httw-. n
tie Dodg is and Washington, in
< - i ", urs. H- made i w-.l
ding piomist to quit baseball.
It. njamin, a-many of us m.-ole
we.itling promists, but we can’t re
: . . ilt. r what they w ere.
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John McGiaw cross.-s us again by
ami.uiii. ing that he does not ii i-n.
making .any . i-nnges in his . lub for
llil-'t: ami that after we Imd tixetl
up s-veial nice new combinations
for him, too.
It is said that those patties at
Xt i shingtoy who hav. been investi
gating the tightness pf the money i
1 ■•' t I. ive about dicitled bring
i ■ ■ ■ ■ ; tindlng Tom s : i,, ,
guilty In tli. first d.-gi-,-. .
J. i Fly im 6a)B t K thinks h. tl
stick around New York for sous
days in order to claim any otlr ,
ii. vv titles that till- boxing commi -
sion may create.
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• News from Arthur Irwin, bu.-f
--mss manager, nee scout, of Hi,
Yanks, who is busting around 11. t
muda looking for training g.oun <
for tile elub, indicates that ii. lias
•a good line on ail the postal c.-iiks
used bn tiie island.
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Jimmy Callahan was the last man
to waive on "Red” Corridon. t
Detroit recruit, who was sent n. i
Chicago Cubs in tile deal which is
supposed to bring Chance to N-
Yoik. Jimmy says he had a-
• orridqn was a promising y.c.m;-
player, and lie thought h. mig'-
use him as utility man. Howev
* o uisk.-y finally told hint to v-.ai\-.
Johnny Evers says that om <.f
ins lirst tasks next spring wili
t<> incite Vie Saier to eonvers: -
tion during ball games. Vie’s pe -
sistent silence gets on Joht
nerves. Johnny feels that it- wi.i
be ..ui of the pastimes quite a lit
tle himself, and he wants some on
to help out "Heine" Zimmerman,
Jimmy Archer and the Cub out
fielders.
Hugh.-y Jennings announces gilb
iv that lie is going to depend on
' obl>, Crawford, Dubuc and his
youngsters next season, and tiien
Coho, Crawford and Dubuc become
liold-ouls. sticking the poor young
sters for the whole dependence.
POP BOY SMITH LANDS
JOB WITH HAVANA REDS
BIRMINGHAM, Dee. 28. -Clareac
| premier hurler of the Barons’ club
corps lasi season and later sold to ’i
.Chicago White Sox. lias left for Cub.
where he will play ball during the wh
ter season. Smith will join the Huvur
Reds under the managership of Rafael A •
meida, the former Cuban third baseman < i
the Birmingham elub.
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