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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS.
Art Hats Its Demands, but Love Is the Lure That Tickles the Hox Office Man
What’s a Million, Anyway?
By James Swinnerton
Own>r of Reds Plans to Dispose
of Former Manager at League
Meeting To-morrow.
C
T.\ -lames Clarkson.
ir.i'AGO, ILL., Dec. 8.~It now
*ins to look as though the
rional league meeting to be
New York to-morrow will be.
i \ lively affair after all. Prae
tor club in the circuit will
ac aftf the services of Tinker, wtto
w., b. placed on the market by Garry
Herrmann. i
The Pittsburg Pirates want Joe
uadl\ Tinker admitted yesterday
hat ' iarke was going to land him, al-
iicmgh he did not intimate what the
■■onditions of the trade may be. Flow-
-v. - , Jof says there is nothing of a
'sure : mg" nature connected with
dii* possibility of hint going to the
Pirate*. He w ould be willing to play
• irk<*, although he seems to pre- j
« ■ . turning to his first love—the
«Tib*. I
T nker to Bring High Price.
h tooting to-morrow night may |
..ring on more trades than we are ex
acting Practically every manager in
•he .Wmnal League, with the excep
tion of McGraw, will be in attendance.
There will also be several American
Ijp&gu* magnates there.
'lark 'Griffith, who comes out in an
nterview and says he will not run
.-twv’ than second next season, will
nake hid for Outfielder Bates, of
he 1 n , innati Reds. Griff says he
t an idea that he w ill succeed in
r Ins the deal, but nevertheless he’s
roing to tackle Herrmann.
Just who ( iarkes of the Pirates, will
offer for "Pinker is not known. It is
•easonable to believe that Herrmann
w;i; ,iFk a whole lot when He says to
■if> National League moguls: “Gen-
•»: ier.. nake your offers.” Tinker cost
inn in tha neighborhood of
in money and players. Five
players came to the Cubs via the Reds
vhen Tinker was, assigned to the
uiiiage-ment of the Herrmann tribe.
So you i*an gamble that Herrmann
hold Tinker at a high price. How
ever. .Joe is worth a high price, and
’he Rods will no doubt be able to
get cor.8lder.ible talent in exchange for
him.
Evers Leaves for East.
Johnny I'I vers stated when he left
r.- f Troy last Thursday that he
Tin think he would attend the meet-
ng\ Pu you can bet. that Peppery
John will be among those present at
’he confab. And it would not be sur
prising to learn that John was armed
•1th a lot of papers from Charles W.
Murphy authorizing him to go the
rii to secure the services of Tinker.
The American ‘ League, despite the
Gat It is willing to go the limit |
•;th he krile, has no cnance of gei- j
ing Tinker. The , National League \
•□agnates have all stated that Tinker j
too good a ball plaver to let get out
>f the league. That means that he I
shortstop f^r one of the National j
League clubs next sea soli.
McDowell Sold to
Dulls; A1 O’Dell
Will Quit League
Ml. I BILE, Dec. 8.—Ward McDowell,
■ ■ played second base for New Orleans
i'i M j i. has been traded to Mobile,
erring . the deal whereby Starr comes
' the Pelicans.
> ►’ 1 tell, tile former Atlanta third
•a:- ran and utility man, wi’l be shipped.
t!i« Eastern Association, formerly the
■'■•r.nectlcut League.
• Earley Schmidt is threatening to
iiPil. the Southern League for a berth
n Ln; Federal League unless he receives
•ertain concessions.
Jaurez Results
wing are Sunday's race results at
LUST Five furlongs: Little Bit
Ford), even, won: Janus 1H) (Mc-
hvt. s-5, second; Bashful Bertie 110
even third. Time, 50 2-o.
- ran: Bright Stone, Strike Out.
Dale, Bear. Abbey, Christinas
1} h.s> and Martin Chavis.
LV'i\[> Mile: Belle of Bryn Mwr
i«l). 8. won; Mary Emily 100 (Ney-
’ i-r», sseond; Chanticleer 100 <Mc-
' 'F», 6-5. third. Time. 1:88 2-n.
' ' ran: Ocean Queen. Buss. Ursula
• !.i Marie and Coghill.
, Five furlongs: Sir Alvescot
•Tap In), 6, won; Rose of Jeddah
L‘\lon». 2-5, second: Herpes 115
•H bhins). 1-2, third. Time, 58 3-o.
rai.: Ida Lavlr.ia, Veno Van, Hazel
I Fthelda.
i KTH Five and one-half furlongs:
' 1 wy 1)2 (Gross). 0-2. won; Edith W
McCabe), 3, second; Blrdman 103
• "in. 2, third. Time, 1:05 2-6. Also
“ 1 tnganese. Osaipe, Red path, Bing.
f i <1 Gem, Milton Roblee.
"'ii ' ll Five furlongs: Miss Sly 1L»
i 1 • won: Gimli 115 (Loftus), 3-o.
1 ‘arnell Girl 110 (Garner). 2.
Time, :59. Also ran: MoIIer.
P-Tty. Rosemary, Palatable and
Thomas.
T H Seven furlongs: Vested
’05 (Tapi in'), 30, won: Dorothy
U (Ford), 2-5, second: Just Red
union i. even, third. Time, 1:24.
‘Irish Gentleman, Foundation,
and Bert Getty.
MR JOCK \ AM ABOUT To
REp.t> To tou Tour l/ste,
UNCLES WILL IN WHICH HE
l EAVES YOU more THAN a
MIILUOH DOLLARS IK MONEY
AMO SECURITIES PROVIDED
YOU CEASE YT>UR FOOL'SH
Flirting- which he Quite
rightly thinks reflects
.ill, on THE Family name, "
POLLY AND HER PALS
there’s Sometning the Matter With Ashur
FULTZ DOUBTS Plights
On Sports
Famous Yellow Jacket Coach Looks tor Very Few Changes
HEISMAN TALKS ABOUT 1914 FOOTBALL RULES
Welsh Would Take
Joe Rivers’ Place
In Go With Dundee
No Action Will Be Taken by
Fraternity Until Contract Is
Received From Outlaws.
A CRACKING GOOD
SHOW FLEASES ALL
AT THE DUTCH MILL
r, ie extravaganza at tho, Dutch
is pleasing all who have
- n t, as it is one of the best
3h °ws for the money ever put
] r n Atlanta. The girls are all
*‘ty and the costumes are new,
h t and catchy. The come-
3 lns - ’oo, are away above the
age, and it is a real dollar
- ■ lor which you pay a dime.
- 'ii lee! like life is not worth
ta e an hotsr off* and go
Dutch Mill and you will
your mind. You may
i ' 1oU e if you like.
N -KW YORK, Dec. 8—David L.
Fultz, president of the Base
ball Players' Fraternity, issupd
a statetnent in which he said he did
not believe, the report that a number
of the players In organized ball have
signed with the Federal League, for
the reason that 85 per cent of the
players in the four larger leagues had
stated to him personally that they
would noi sign with anyone until con-
traits satisfactory to the fraternity
were procured.
.Mr. Fultz's statement follows:
I do no t—beiif'Vc the report *hat a
number of the players in organized
ball have signed »wlth the Federal
League, for the reason that 85 per
cent of the players in the four larger
leagues have stated -to me personal v
that they would not sign with anyone
until contracts satisfactory to the fra
ternity were procured.
■'As the advisory board has not yet
passed upon the Federal League's
contract, and as no agreement lias
yet been reached with organized ball,
any player who signs a contract with
either faction at the present time will
be considered to have committed an
act of hostility to the fraternity which
may amount to cause for expulsion.
"We understand that the Federal
League contract, which will be sub
mitted to us within the next few days,
will comply with all our requests; f
so. tiie fraternity will place no ob
stacle in 'he way of players signing
when the proper time comes. If they
think the move Is a wise one. A few
of the players may have signed al-
readv. and a number more may have
agreed to lo so when the contract if*
approved, but there isn't the slightest
di.ubt in the mind of any member of
the advisory board that the players,
with few exceptions, will remain ab
solutely loyal to the fraternity and
will follow out the plan agreed upon
several months ago.”
Japs Drop 16 to 3
Game to Americans
TOKIO. Dec. 8.—The Japanese base
ball players dropped a l6-to-3 game to
t ),p Americans yesterday morning, when
a nine from Kelo Tnlvarnity met a
mixed team composed of players from
the (’hicagr* American I^eagu** club and
the New York Giants. Scores^ ^ ^
. . l<? 16 4
i ' k. u r
.12 8 1
Americans
Kelt* l'niversit>
Afternoon game:
Chieap. Americana
New York Giants 0
By A. H. C. Mitchell.
W HEN the so-called spitball
came into prominence
eight or nine years ago,
all of the star pitchers of thm
period learned to pitch it in prac
tice, but nearly all of them de
cided to have nothing to do with
it for fear that constant use of
the spitball would have a bad ef
fect on their pitching arms. Only
a very few of the best men of
the day took up the newfangled
delivery. Cy Young" was one of
those who would not. use the
spitball. Christy Mathewson was
another. Chief Bender. Morde-
cai Brown, Rube Waddell and
other Stars turned it down.
* * *
On the other hand, the spitball
was the making of several pitch -
| ers who would have long ago been
relegated to the minors except
I that they- became very adept in
using it. and it proved so effective
for them that they cut out all
other deliveries from their repe* -
toire Among these may be men
tioned Big Bd Walsh, of the
White Sox, and Russell Ford, of
the N.*w York Americans. Now,
however, good Judges say these
two men have ruined theif arms
by constant use of the spitball.
Walsh was of practically no use
to the Chicago team last season,
while Ford won very few games
for New York. Walter Johnson,
j the greet Washington slahman.
blames the spitball for the do'' n
fall of these two noted pitchers.
* * *
Says Walter Johnson:
“The spitball is a novelty. 1 11
admit, but it ruins ;i pitcher’s arpi
in time If Ed Walsh, for in
stance, had never used the spit
ball ho would have had no trou
ble with his wing. The snme ap
plies to Russell Ford, who seems
to have lost his effectiveness last
season
“The pitching in the last
World’s Series was devoid of new
wrinkles. Bender and Plank de
pended almost entirely on speed
and Curves. Bender mixed in a
slow ball now and then vt ldcli had
the Giants swinging at nothing.
Bush had a jump ball which was
nothing more than the time-hon
ored inshoot, delivered so that It
would pass close to the upper
part of the-body. MathewBon's
fadeaway, so-called, was a drop
ball with an out curve, delivered
so that it would shoot down past
the waist.
“You can puzzle the best bats
man by sending up a different
kind of ball each time. Then he
doesn’t know what to expect and
can not set himself for a healthy
i swing. In the long run, ho " ever,
speed counts when you put the
ball over the plate without delav
and can get the batsman in the
hole as quickly as pus able.’’
GIBSON THROUGH WITH HEAVIES.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.- Billy Gibson, of
the Garden Athletic Club, is through
With heavyweights for fill time t;> conic,
according lo a statement credited to him
to-day. The New York public, he sa.id,
won’t fall for the big fellows The Wil
lard-Morris bout was the lu9t straw.
By J. W. Heisman.
B ASEBALL has become so well
crystallized that we nardly ex
pect any changes in the playing
rules from year to year. But foot
ball is a game which in its nature is
bound to go through a deal more of
experimenting before we can say
positively that tha very best and
most,satisfactory rules have at last
been evolved.
It must be admitted that the ele
ment of danger has not been entirely
eliminated from the game, nor, for
! than matter, do I ever expect to see it
so. Football is undoubtedly a rough
gome, and It always will be. else 1L
will not be football.
But it can no longer be said to be
anything like as dangerous a pastime
as it was somo seven or eight years
ago. A number of unfortunate casu
alties do still occur each season, but
they do not number one-quarter what
they formerly ran to. And we also
observe that the very serious acci
dents do not occur on high-grade col
lege teams or elevens that have been
handled by skilled coaches and train
ers. It is the young boys who go j><*11-
mell into the thing without competent
super-vision and coaching, or w ho play
against teams very greatly their su
periors in weight and strength, that
get badly hurt or worse.
But the American people have come
to realize th.it many nutif i^isons
lose their lives each year in hunting,
in skating, in swimming, in boating
and other sports than succumb in
football, and the mad outcry against
the game has entirely hushed. We
can not hope to make the game much
safer, so it Is probable we shall see
no changes in the rules having for
their object the mere elimination
of alleged danger.
* * *
Y\J HEN t he requirement to gain 10
vv yards in four downs first came
into existence, it seemed doubtful
whether that was not asking too much
of the offense; and, Indeed, for the
first year of experience under tho rule,
it did look that way, for there were a
heap of games played in which abso
lutely no scoring was done, and a lot
of tie games were the result.
But ns the game opened up, and the
possibilities that lay in open work
unfolded themselves, it became ap
parent in the course of another year
that teams could force the ball across,
and as the players also became more
expert in the manipulation of the for
ward pass, they forgot to kick about
the ID yards.
In the Houth and the West, whore
offense long ago took on a mere open
and venturesome style, there has been
no inability to score touchdowns,
hence in these sections It Is difficult
for players and coaches to understand
why tiie Eastern Colleges should see
any need for reducing the distance to
be gained in four trial*.
In all fairness, though, it must be
admitted that the results of the big
games in the East seem to indicate
that they have here a real problem
to worry ever. It will be recalled that
in their games with each pther, neither
Harvard, Yale nor Princeton scored
a single touchdown; all the points
that were scored In the three games
came either bv way of held goals or
a safety. And that Inis been the *tury
for other years than this between
these Eastern team*.
It may also be recalled that the
Navy has beaten tiie Army ifor the
three years preceding this one by field
goaJs only This year, however, the
Army not - ly won the game, but did
it by touchdowns, not by field goals.
And how came it that the Army did
at last succeed in scoring touch
downs; whereas the Navy and the
other three crack Eastern teams could
only execute field goals? We’ll an
swer that uestion in just a minute.
Coming back to the contention of
Yale, Harvard, et al., it is claimed
that when a team gets the ball down
within fin opponent’s 20-yard line and
that opponent brings up in»o action its
secondary defense, the distance of 10
yards Is too great to be ‘^ed with
consistency in four tri-! and there
fore it ought to be shbrtened. Will it
be 0 1 don’t think so.
These three may vote that way, but
they will he outvoted by the repre
sentatives of the smaller college*, who
outnumber them.
Why not make it five trials at this
stage of the game? someone asks.
Well, that could be done, but it im
poses too severe a mental and physi
cal strain on the defensive team to be
thrown on the defensive for so long a
time without any chance of relief.
How come* it that Yale and the
other two can’t score when, weeming-
ingly, no other teams seem to expe
rience this great difficulty? Two
points explain the situation. In the
first place, these teams are simply
crazy on the subject of defense- and
they always have been. While 1
cheerfully grant that the Western
teams, as a rule, know more about
offense than do the Easterners, I must
say that they are still far behind the
Orientals in the matter of repelling
attack. This being the case, the
Eastern teams are better able to stop
all manner of things than are those
in the South and West, hence fewer
touchdowns.
On the other hand, they have been
too conservative in handling their of
fense, with the result that they have
not yet even found out the possibili
ties of the open game; hence they
Think they need a change in the rules.
But the open work of the Army team
against Navy (in large part taught
the former by Notre Dame) show*
clearly that even the Navy or Eastern
defense does not avail against a mod
ern system of attack. Ho what the
Eastern team* need is not a. change
in the rules, hut a change in their of
fensive playing systems. This fact
will, I think, be borne in on them be
fore the committee meets, and the
Eastern representatives will find
themselves too weak, numerically, to
bring about any change in the dis
tance to be gained or the number of
downs In which to gain it.
• * *
A S!) now field goals have become
more common than three-baggers.
When one man can tally five of these
In one game the thing is getting to a
stage where it cuts altogether too
much of a figure.
While ft very pretty play, it must
yet be said that a field goal is hot
strictly of tho real essence of our
American game of football, as is a
touchdown. And even the non-play-
ing public have come to ace and be
lieve this way about It. for did they
not hiss each time the Harvard team
lined up for a try at another one aft
er the first two, amf call for a touch
down instead?
Well, what are you going to do
about it? I don't know. I doubt if
the committee will do anything about
it this year. But before long .we’ll
find the value of the field goal going
down still another point.
But when it does they will also
have to reduce the value of the goal
following touchdowns, for if the field
goal is worth only fwo, certain it is
that the goal following touchdown is
not worth half as much. So it might
very well be that we shall see changes
in both these resects even this win
ter.
rlook for some of the old dead let
ter rules to he completely excised
from the book, and possibly some rule
forbidding teams to go beyond their
own scrimmage line in the execution
of shifts before the ball is put into
play.
Outside the above points. I see no
chance for heavy changes of any char
acter, nor aer any heavy changes
needed. The way the public all over
tho land patronized the game** this
fall indicates very clearly that they
think football a pretty good game
now. Neither have there been any
v«ry loud complaints from the coaches
or players; and so we may look for a
game in 1914 very similar to what we
have been Hoeing for the two seasons
past.
Packey Pules 2 to 1
Choice Over Britton
In To-night’s Bout
cmOAGO, Dec. 8.—Packey McFar
land, the popular South Side boxer, and
Jack Brit ion. the pride of the North
bide, both Chicago fighters of Irish par
entage, will meet to-night in h ten
round bout before Tom Andrews'
Queensberry Athletic Club, of Milwau
kee.
in contrast to most fights which have
been neld in the Badger State since the
boxing bill became a law. tonight’s bat
tie should be pr.e worth going miles to
see. The principals have trained hard
and faithfully and are in condition to
step ten rounds at a lively clip
McFarland Is in better shape than he
has been for any tight in the last Mx
month*. He ha* done considerable road
work and has not missed a day in the
gym.
Realizing he must meet one of the
best men of his weight in the world.
Britton Is in the best of shape. Three
weeks -»f conscientious training has put
Jack in tip-top condition.
NEW ORLEANS, Deo. 8 Promoter
Tortorich will have no trouble finding a
suitable opponent for Johnny Dundee
Christmas Day, according to a message
received yesterday from Freddie Welsh,
lightweight* who telegraphs
that he is tAixIous to meet the Italian
lightweight 'here in a ten-round bout In
the event Joe Rivers is unable to keep
the engagement.
The Dundee-Rivers bout, according to
Mr. Tortorich, has not been declared
off as yet. Rivers was signed to a set
of articles with the understanding he
would release In the event he could not
get a match with Willie Ritchie on the
coast 'hrlatmae Day.
Tortorich says he ha* not heard from
Joe Levy, Rivers’ manager, requesting
* release from the contract he entered
into here recently, hut expects to know
definitely within the next day or two.
BUSCH TO LEAD CARLISLE.
CARLISLE. PA.. Dec. 8. -Annonce-
ment was mode to-day of the election
of Fine r *1. Busch, right guard, as cap
tain of nexfi year’s Carlisle Indian foot
ball eleven. Busch is a member of the
homo tribe and comes from Potter Val
ley. Cal.
WANTS BERTH IN S. I. A. A.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN., Dec. g.—
The I’niverslty of Chattanooga eleven
will make formal application for en
trance into the S. I. A. A. at the meet
ing at Jacksonville December 12. It
was announced to-day The decision
was reaobeU last ui^uL
Athletic Club Five
Plays Chattanooga
Quintet Saturday
The Ghattanooga Tigers, champion
basketball players of East Tennessee,
will play the Atlanta Athletic Club in
the second game of the season Saturday
night.
The Tigers defeated even' team in
East Tennessee last year, and went
through the entire season without a de
font. They have been at work for quite
v while this season and are now in ex
cellent condition.
English Net Sharks
To Return to Courts
Special Cable to The Atalnta Georgian.
LONDON, Dec 8. -Norman Brookes,
the great Australian tennis player, who
has not appeared in first-class tennis
since his defeat by James < \ Parke in
the last Davis competition in Australia,
has decided to return and will play in
the tournament on the Riviera this win
ter. If all goes well with him he will
make another attempt to win the all -
English championship next year.
This of course means that Australia
w'ith the help of Mr. Brookes, who is
still considered one of the best If not
the best individual player in the world,
)>■ going to make a strong bid to take
the Davis cup away from America next
year and give It another trip to the
Antipodes. On the Riviera Mr. Rrookes
will again have an opportunity of meet
ing lits old competitor, Anthony F.
Wilding. When last here, Mr. Brookes
was considered the best player of the
two. but Mr. Wilding has improved so
much that the struggle should be a
very keen one.
WOLF ro LEAD ROCKFORD.
ROCKFORD. ILL., Deo 8. - Directors
of the Rockford W 1. League team have
voted to accept the terms of Orville
Wolf to manage the nine in 1SU4. Wolf
caught on the Rockford team two sea
sons.
GLORGIA APPLES WIN PRIZES.
ELLIJAY, Dec. 8 John W. Clayton,
a fruit grower or Gilmer County, has
just received a telegram that he won
first prizes on four varieties of apples
exhibited at the National Apple Snow
In New York.
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Leaders of Game Say Fourteen
Deaths This Season Not
Argument Against Game.
By Ed W. Smith.
npHE fact that there were four-
j teen deaths in football th's
fall can not possibly be an
argument against the great inter,
collegiate game, for the simple
reason that the leaders of the
game will tell you that in the main
the reason of these fatalities is thar
untrained or half-trained men are
permitted to enter into the fray.
At least, that is the argument we
always have heard advanced, and in
a measure it is borne out by the faei
that the men who are best trained
seldom meet with serious mishaps
But where in the line to be drawn
and who shall have the sav as to
whether a man is fit or unfit for aucb
a strenuous game? There ought to
be a line drawn somewhere.
Players are killed In baseball, too,
many of them, as the records of th>-
year Just ended will show. Most of
these fatalities ore caused bv blows
from pitched balls which strike the
batter either on the head or over the
heart. In such cases the matter of
training does not enter at all. The
men simply are killed, and that is
all there is to It.
But football is the game of all
games that requires tho highest per
fectlon of physical training In it,
participants. The leading teams of
the country do not at the outside
schedule more than ten games dur
ing the season, and ten games for
the baseball player during the yesr
is but a little over a week’s work.
This shows the difference.
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