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6 GEOMiMK SFCIOI (OCWWB A A <iEnF~ Jei r evidently Doesn’t Care for Those Conversation Dinners :: ':: :: By “Bud” Fisher I fjEFP, I HCW WE CAN , _ • ' ! f , __ is LA ' T ' ' CC '■ ®ELK»OUS Ano Thij, Now ’ IHINK • vjhaYiS ■ HUNGRY Ccf?N - THE Q,RAY V A fcU S ■ - Z THIb CCIFCt ! I_ VW Yty j. '.- JfSr" 1 . Z IS GrR» AT. PLEASt v i ) THE CR&wd & GRfat, UP WON’T) I ' PASS THE / I - > ’ , <s SOUR. «•»«> ( ' z . any cotn for | i < ,> ~—v . N\FAUS ' i 4? ' z> i ' '' 1 Z ‘ i x .. r • /nEjP , ■- ' X W W Afca^j&L-J * A * k—— I — ' ...... ( * * '» He ■'**. O> • ; /J MUTT and JEFF _ f' Famous Team Gath- I ers News and Gossip T CZ. V j From Ail parts of the • °I L n A 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* s * » 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." v* * - 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. • • * 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." ♦ » • «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- - 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. • 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. • • • ,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. ” I 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 ■ ■ - - ■ ' 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 . - 1 " T.J ; 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. • W P 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. > « * 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. ik • 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. s # » • 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. • ♦ 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. - s® £F I Jl $ Nothing else in this S world but the blending of pure tobaccos the S choicest leaf could K give you the excellence M ®f of Fatima Turkish-blend HI gra Cigarettes; "jM»rtwrtw4t H /MiofuT* EH M juE CZi [UU 15<