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I u ’W' M WI Some of Theli XT !■» y >IIOi J J N ill Get From the X 1 Exchanges. 9 . -——— . . 1- T is just barely possible that the Auditorium may be turned over one night in every month for a boxing match. W< heard last night that several of Atlanta'; rich funs are contemplating- staging a top-notch sc: up there once every HO ria ys. As a Ma or, if Hie tiling goes through, Packey Mcf'Aariand is go ing to be one of the main bom boys. Joe Manriot is Baid to be under consideration as an oppoir til for the Chicago whirl wind. The promoters wired McFarland for terms to box ton rounds hen; and his answer was $7,000. That'' ilmoat floored the promote:--, but after taking a count of nine they wired back that they would give ' .m $5,000 They are witling to irivt Mftndot ■r.'.oOO. This su:- would bi some mill, but we don't believe there are $7,000 worth of light fans in this neck of lie WOOds * • • n .tCKEi M’FARL\ND ■ ob * ably the cleanest living boxer :at ever donned a glove. He do. s no’ fight because lie loves tin- game in f.ic’. lie declares that ho had • the. take j dose of poison than ■ limb into t> ring -but after sixteen ,-■ seventeen years of his young life :.d passed he found thin he could nuke luorr. mor, y lighting than Hiy other way I’.'ing i business: man. he decid* i to ttik» up the nanly art as a means of livelihood. Todav he Is probably worth a qnni of a million round iron men. But su< << ss nev( tunit dPi >'a rad. H< has never lasted llquoi or tobacco, and Im admits himself that he hasn’t ever said anything stronger 11 an "damn.” And Packey never foigets his iiis. A week ot -o ago he fought Hcblie Jill pl y. He received for Ids ■nd 35 per cent of a SIO,OOO house. That night after the tight in his J-. Hsing room McFarland instruct ■ d his manager to deduct his share, —. y expenses and then mail the balance, about $2,500, to bis motlie in ('hitago for a Christmas present. Packey lias made, his folks n gift of .their present home in the Windy city, allows them to draw and keep thi .ent of a six-flat building whit e owns, and h<- is sending live to school to give them an education. Three of the live a 1-1 • c0.,-ill-, tv., a>< sister*. ♦ yv c .TER 4 ITTI.F. g.iei big kick to make because the Dixie Athletn .mb has put a ban on him for "stalling" In Ills match with Frank. M, Mahon her.- t’iiri--t --iii i- night. He -, '»> hi* m l --. mu! i donut listen bin., •■iiher: ' I went out to slop McMahon as ■non :1« I could. I hit him a right hand sm.-isp under tin heart in the first round, and In went to the floor in helpless condition. Mike Saul, the referee, went over to Mc- Mahon and yelled to him: "Get up or you don't get any money!' "Finally McMahon arose. and I could have stopped him with a jab, be was o weak. Hut I figured that " it to go along Bk- 11 M ‘ •*’ I knocked hiiu out one • <ru hey wouldn't stand for it b ■ ' ■I - ' Va ■ I ' ■-e t. . > a,..., Saul didn't want me io knock him out so early, and I did my best to Itisfy tile chib and the fans. ■The fait that I confessed tin day alter the light that. I had ‘stalled - after Saul wouldn't stand lor the knockout prove- that I v. as on the level.” , • ft DRANK WHITNEY and Tommy * O’Keefe have wired the Dixie Athletic club, saying that they will be i n the ground in a few days to put on finishing touches for their ten-round mill New Yeats day . We thing so iiuu-ti of this scrap that we will be in the front row th.it night. H ANS WAGNER is i mull, ,s ■i veiy baseball fan knows. Now it isn't oltcn that a German crosses , German, but Hans tells the fol lowing story that shows a biotite: tacked the curds on him one. : Jake Beckley, the old first b.-e-e -IIIIUI. tried to "w ork Hie old hidden ball trick on me a half-dozen times, or that's ivhnl I thought lie was trying to do. Hi- would stick the ball under h's arm light before my eyes. " '.lake.' 1 Said to him oil, day, ihtre's no me trying ihai obi oni on me. - 11l didn't pay any atten tion to w bin I said, and I grabbed the ball from unde, his arm and tlnew it to light held, and then cut loose for s- cond base. ’Pile second iKtsriii nt had Hie ball waiting for me. lake had used a plumy b l to deceive me." \IfIC were King Johnny M< •* Gr.-iw the other day. Johnny b - li -ves that \l Hen tile, is going Io make tin Giants a w tuning pitcher next eakon I look tor Hemal, e to In ight no alongside of Mathewson. T.-s --rean and Marquard.'' said Johnny. ■a >• e "V l ' iiam-i of keeping ns aw.,y from baseball headquarters these day.-. Billy Smith still lias a bunch of I 'hiisinias pills left over. They are “two-bitters.” too. • • e i i >TTY M \<' KENZII.. .-lub i-i •• ‘-J fessioiutl c the Biookhay ett club. is trying to aciange goo' match between a team from his club and om- from the East Lake . lub. ALEX SMITH COMING HERE TO PLAY GOLF Alex Smith, former bolder of both rhe national amt metropolitan golf i.-j.-s, and the first insiruelor ot gelt ai East Laki, is on route Soul -o • \ ..ydatita Mr .smith will pla) over tin- Ems, faike * - at -e for a couple of necks and will then go to Florida to partleipatc In the open tournaments that are held there mir ing the months of January and Febru ary Mr Smith is gol: instructor at VVkya gr I but .viii not resume his duties there until tliu grip of King Winter lias re lented somewhat. OVERALL WANTS TO PLAY AGAIN: HE SHUNS CUBS LOS ANGELES. Lev LS orvie (»ver all. once star pin 1 er of the Lubs, although he tailed to report to Murphy's organization at the beginning «>f last season, has telegraphed the national com mission to find out what s his stano ing n baseball. He wants his release, so that he ma? b» tree to join sonic other team. Overall ohu-Hf eyp.red ami t» dici not rvp-.r: <• . o •’uh.- f..r • ... nexi x,. a .*•’! lit ■ s -uh Ihs hah ag: it 1 . im : will < ■. .. I*! H u h? mHI tot phi $ with rt-e ' td IHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 2S. 1912. i If Dohler Proves Success, He May Be Used as Extra Utility Man BILL SMITH MAV CARRY SIXTEEN MEN NEXT SEASON I l»v I’t-riy 11. Whiting. B‘ II I. SM ITT I limy pull a new one mi tin- Southern league next year by c.irrying 1G men. It will depend a Idi on siilnrics am! spell, but if he e in work it he will carry one more man than any Southern league club Ims in the memory of mortal man. If In- carries sixteen, it will be iliree mor, than sonu Atlanta clubs have had. With a sixteen-nr.in roster. Smith will have fnm infielders, three out fielder-. live pitchers, two catch, ,s and two in ility men. • # • I 'I all depend on tills kid. William Hollier, who lias been recom mended to Smith by Whitey Alper man. Ii Hohler will sign cheap, iml doubtless he will, for he's only a kid. and if lie comes up to speci fications. Smith will <arry him as second utility man. This will lie ill kinds of an innovation in the Southern, where a team was con sidered lucky if it could have one utiliiy man. if Ims been Smith's intention for ' stum time to keep either Keating or Dobaid for utility man. One of them will bo the regular shortstop o" 'he club. The other will be the legulii ii’llit) man. o v X SKEH ii n> didn't consider it ’* H,-ti» i to carry six piti-lier- ami . mi. utiliiy man. instead of five pitchers and two utility men. Bill , Smith -aid: •No e pc. . Fly , pitchers are a 1-1,-my in this league. Why. last 1 yen at i'ha ttanoog'a. w hen we had four men, tiny ivere complaining smm of the lime that they didn't have enough work to keep i hem in condition." Smith bell,-ye, in working' his pit,-her . He doesn't "baby” them, mil, -s lb, re is a good reason for it. Bill always recalls with glee a pitcher lie had who occasionally loy eti w ith the grape. <me day , after a hard night, this pitehe. yyyirkeii the first inning, with awful results, -md came back to tin- b< m b. with pi-pspii ation running out of his shoes and his "pep" all gone. 'Hill,” said lie. "I'm all in." "I know it. you s>ig. fat-headed tank," genially retorted Bill, "but you go -ight back and take the rest of what's coming to you. And I hop, somebody bats one back tli. t knocks yotlv fat head right off your shoulders.” The pitch, r went back, didn't al low another run. and stuck to beer land little of itt through the rest of Hi.- season. That's Bill all Hie way through. r ai All TH \ fink: b» ,\\ ion with high hopes’of fitting- sonn pla\t is from <'lark Griflith who will help mti bis chib I think I ran t-10.--<• with Grist while rm ilh.r." says Bill, “foi sonit pla.\<T.s that will help Ho h is one pitcher I want, a good man, and om who ean lu l|» ilm club. I »igui* Griff is to turn hi a loon , ami he might as well t om< >•» Mlant’i. If he does. I’ll take m\ - banco on t b.e pit eh ing st aIT I hast." e«» \VHi I’l \ LI’F’.EM AX. i ■. . ■ Hate’ t • Bill Smith. ui\ a -trung boost tor I’ntehvr Gra ham. "You satisfy him in salary and lie’ll make you a good catcher * is the way Alpertnan puts it. "lb - member, he’stmh a kid. and lie has a big future, I beliex r.” JIM DELEHANTY, who isn’t much given to moralizing, as a general proposition, has soin« pretty wise things to sa\ about errors, which lie characterizes, with some reason. , as "bas»?|» ill's staff of lif- Hn». x w iia ’ Jim savs Eans gemrailx roasi a playci •vlh n he maks s an error that re mits m un or two. It's de.i ■ ■ li£ T 1 • \ ’• > Im ■ ■ . I • f\ . < r nev< r makes an error intention ally. At least, I never knew of a man to throw a hall game. Errors are the staff of life of baseball. ’’l’ll y ar. to tin national gaim what good food L to the human stoma h. Without tin latter one would not he able to subsist long minus errors they would soon write the obitnarv for the one and only sport. “A p.la\<‘r takes a foozh more io heart than anything else, not • ven e.\cepting failure Io hit in a pinch. I know, for I have been playing the game for ten years now . Some players are more fortu nate than others when jt conies to making eriors. "I guess 1 am one of the unfo 1 - tunato kind. Doni** Bush belongs to the same school as yours truly. I venture to ay that Bush and I have not made ten errors between us in the almost three seasons we RING INTEREST AGAIN IN BIG HEAVYWEIGHTS l>\ Eil. \\ . Smith. SOME of tin- gicatl.-t heavy weighl bailies of thp decade pl'ob.ildy will be I'ougllt out on th,- I’a.-iiie coast duiiuw th next two or three months. Follow ing- Luther Ai,-Gariy's signal vic tory over Jim Flynn .in Los An geles a short, time back, interest in ill- big fellows is consuming now and it looks as it the heavies at feast have come into their own in this decision of a new title. There Will Be a Winner. Kight on top of the Gunboat Smith-Frank Moran battle last night c-lines the New Yeai's after noon struggle betyveen Luther Alc <'.-ii'ty and Al I’.dz, . Something di - 4-islv,- surely will come out of that battle, for it is no; in the cards for two bullies of theii caliber q, stand up for twenty otinds and whack away at >-:ic'n oilier without om- or the other succumbing That, if it hap,-mis. wiii bring out two winners sharply, and tiiere should be sonic grand old bidding by the coast clubs. It would lie a card worth thousands, for it will be a real championship affair. There are other disturbing ele ments in the distance. One of them is the elongated Jess Willard.-('hur ley Cutler's discovery, who surely [ has a valid claim to attention from McCarty at hast. Jes- trimmed Met'arty in a ten-round battle in th,- East and can point to a major- I ity verdict. Willard Anxious to Cut in. Je.-s say.- he is quite willing at any time to giv. Met a ty .a • ano to wipe out that defeat. Bui, of course, tbi N.b.ask I" ) i- : i lilt too busy lull' How to | , :mi,-'i i attention to Willur. Aid In sides that. WITml is going East, and not West, uni .a man who - j not actuary on to,- group; h;is a -lim eltania of attracting inti'-h - tent 1011. Ai af>y ate. te way tbiiigs a breaking How . the winner ot i'-, New Ai-a:'- day batt ■ bet wci 11 Mc- Carty and Palzir i- sun- to be looked upon as tie m-w champion of the world by a large majority of the critics of the country anil given every encouragement and support to make his campaign ac cordingly. . There isn't any question that this ante winner will find plenty to do if he cares to keep on lighting ami isn't carried away with the money - making craze the w ay Willie Kitchie is. Father Mei'arty ~. I’alzcr looks pable of fighting i arly and often •nd unless th< railed :i an.-m- - ial astutities-- iins in ami shift th p ans v.i -hould see ~ome ra-. old lieuvy»Aeight -ti vgg • - in t! . i .xi six o, ight i-mnti>- have been working together that ’ did not result in runs for the <>jhef ; follows. One or the other of us J seems to have the unhappy faettl- s t.v of kicking the ball or makingai J bad throw when ;t perfect play < would retire the side. "There pre others just like us. ? Larry Lajoie is very unfortunate ; in this respect. Few and far be- ; tween are the misplays that are 5 chalked against the Frenchman, but s - the percentage is all against him when he does make a bobble. "Every one who knows Larry knows that an error hurts him to th< quick. it is had enough to .make tit/- misplay without having tin- lans* hoot tile unlucky player. They should bear in mind that any time errors an eliminated from the great national game, the interest would die and the magnates cotiid raze their half - million-dollar plants.” Bontbardier Wells is coming back to try again for the crown and it is not outside the range of |.ossibility that ill- may levers;- 111, scliiaek 11, i,-i\-iv,-i! at tin- hands of Al I‘alzer ' in New York i-c, ntl; . Wells is a puncher for fair and possessed of mole cleverness than is usually al lotted io a man of any size and far i or, 11. ii*v- ■> , , shown by the averag,- heavyweight. So he might to do well o\ e, her, . Hi- pres, tie,- at 1,-ast w ill lend that needed international tlavor to th, whole situation. FRANK AND HIRSIG OFF IN BITTER "WAIVER WAR' NASHVILLE, TENN., Dei . \\ hen Cliarll. I-rank asked waivers on Bunting, third baseman last year with New Or leans and chat'mnooga. President Hirsig, of Nashville, handed Mr. Frank a solar plexus byway of retaliation for the way Charles acted concerning one Itowdv El liott. Hirsig Will not waive i.ir ibis reason and th, ii. too, he could easily find a spot in the Volunteer line-up where Mr, Bunt ing could be used to advantage , ,llal Frank is anxious to mmdle Hum mg off i,> Toledo and tlier-eby pm over one o f ills annual big deals whereby he slips a to I lev,-Im.l ami in return gets a bunch of stars. •" 11 - -w. W— V I _ WOMAN OSTEOPATH PUTS SENTELL BACK IN GAME NT .\\ • nll.l. A NS. 11, e. LX. I.asi tui,l- S,-.(S,UI Whi n Paul Seniell was lei ~ut m 'H i < hattanooga club ii was feared this J popular i.layer was thyougu as lep-nnteh- • I'aul visited many physicians, who i- I-, bn;; In- was suffering from a severe rupiurv and that he could never ;ig;sin i« !■ - did speed. Itelusing p. despair hi- X. v. orlr.ms <-r:u I. linall,. placed hi n ,- ‘ scl' nude;- i h«car. <»t i< wonien •• •;< opath jin \l .i.iic She diagnosed th*- ir-.uhle as Go'i •'!).liiMmvni and . ft» r twelve i "rubbing ' treatments discharged him as ! eur.-d. I’aul declarer I-.- is n*»w its go<»d , i,s nttd las signed with Prank Is- | bell s Des Mein.’s club f.»r i». \t season. CUBS OFFER BRESNAHAN A MERE SIO,OOO A YEAR HT LOI’IS, Di ;’S. Roger 11, . iiaii. ilepfis.". inatii.g. r ■.!' the St I. mis »'ar<iinals. today \sas considering tin of fer of siO.UOU a year under a thrcc-year contract, made |»\ President Mui phv of the Cubs ARCHER WANTS $10,000: MURPHY OFFERS $5,000 'Tlli’AGii. Dec :x limin' Ar,-her ilu star catcher ~i' the I'tibs, has luined Hie hold-outs, asking for SIO,OOO a year while Murphy is offering him $5,000 Yid'ft rooms can be rented if voti will Ivertise them In the Recognized Rent .Medium of 111, city. People wli. are looking for nice, ronins. 1... k f.-i ihcm where l hey have * Is,- largest minib, r t, ■ hoos. from. Your a.I ip "The Georgiar’x It,-tn Biillr-m' will attract ail, -,,.i "i ii - per - ’ bat * looking f< * i-uomx ir ; Olli .bolls.- Try il' and I? 5-1. New Preacker- Pitcher Is Favored by His Size Perryman Is a Big Fellow, Who McGraw Considers a Big Asset—-Record on Paper Not Impressive, But He Is Highly Recommended as Man of Ability. kz By DAMON RUNYON. N-EW YORK. Dec. 28.—AVe found in our stocking <'! istmas morning a letter from some Santa Claus of informa tion residing in Richmond. Va., who j admonishes us to keep an eye on Perryman, the preacher pitcher, who comes to the Giants next spring from the Virginia league. We .shall certainly do that same if we have an optic to spare along in February and March. We are ever anxious to oblige, and the only way Perryman can keep out of our sight, now that we have the tip. is to leap clear out of the league— which he may do, boys; which he may do. * A consultation of the Perryman record shows nothing startling in the way of games won. but this Richmond correspondent declares that the young theologian's print ed rci ord is no true line on his real ability. This is probably true, as McGraw would certainly not have sighed him on his figures alone, lb was strongly recommended by tin ■ Giant scout, who took a slant at hun. , Perryman is a big fellow, which is an asset in the beginning, as McGraw likes 'ent big. He has a sort of rural delivery, as it were— fr,-. and easy - and is said to be Kind to his folks. Perryman is studying for the ministry, but his Giani connection will be no knock to him with future congregations, assuming that lie has no truck with R'-vs-'.ia ,i DeMarquis DeMarquard. • v v Another recruit pitcher for the Giants m-xt spring bears the en couraging naaie of Hanley, and he hails from Newark, of tilt- Ohio Stale league, where th| y break the season up into two chapters, and run them serially. Hanley's record does not indicate that he was any great shucks as a winning pitcher, but he could lertajnly “go git ’em." In over 30 games he failed to make a single error, and if he can't beat th, opposing teams in the National league lie ought to be able to out field 'em. i « * « John J. McGraw says he doesn’t believe' Monseer Marquar’ said the tiling.- attributed to him, and soon Rce-!’ard will b< along agreeing with McGraw. * ft * ‘ 'Lai - y Dooin probably figures b, can use Sir Mique Dunlin to lib out on thos, occasions when S . iw 00. .Mag, > i< umier suspen sion. Ilcnnii M'-y -. S: Louis boy. w • --■■ hiti ing belp<-, Toron,,j vin th, Int'-rii.ii- ‘iia! league pennant, and v. ho now belongs io Brooklyn, announces that be will not take I art m th,- w o cl, 1 s >i- i'i,-s lin tween th. Dodgers and Washington, in ease it occurs. He made a wed ding promise to quit baseball. Benjamin, a-muny of us made wedding promises, but we can't re -11 .-mb, r what they were. * < ■>- John .McGraw crosses us again by announcing that he does not intend making any changes In his club for 11'13; and that after we had fixed up several nie, new combinations tor him, too. it is said that those parties at. W ashington who have been investi gating the tightness of the money market have about decided to bring b ; v. rdlet finding Tom s rkey guilty in he first eein <-. I- I'A mi -a . h. ihb. . . u , -;| stick around New York for some days in order to claim any other new titles that the boxing commis sion may create. « » » News from Arthur- Irwin, busi ness manager, nee scout, of the Yanks, who is busting around Ber muda looking for training grounds for the club, indicates that he has a good line on ail the postal cards used on the island. « * « Jimmy CaJlahan was the last man to waive on "Red” Corridon. the Detroit recruit, who was sent to the- Chicago Cnbs in the deal which is supposed to bring Chance to New York. Jimmy says he had heard Corridon was a promising young player, and he thought he might use him as utility man. However. Comiskey finally told him to waive. * * H Johnny Evers says that on, of his first tasks next spring- will b> to incite Vic Saier to conversa tion during ball games. Vic's p< ; - sistent silence gets on John's nerves. Johnny feels that he w> I be out of the pastimes quite a lit tle himself, and he wants some one to help out “Heine” Zimmerman, Jimmy Archer and the Cub out fielders. i * :k Hughey Jennings announces glib ly that he is going to depend on Cobb, i'rawford, Dubuc and his youngsters next season, and then Cobb, Crawford and Dubuc bei-i- i " hold-outs, sticking the poor young sters for the whole dependence. ! POP BOY SMITH LANDS JOB WITH HAVANA REDS BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 28. -Clareu e ►Smith, premier hurler of the Barons’ club corps last season and later sold to th*' Chicago White Sox, has left for Cub.t, where he will play ball during the wir t< r season. Smith will join the Havai Reds under the managership of Rafael Al meida. the former Cuban third baseman 1 t the Birmingham club. jl Nothing else in this H M| wor'd but the blending ] BE °* P ure tobaccos - the a® choicest leaf—could Jk| give you the excellence jO of Fatima Turkish-blend I Cigarettes! 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