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7 - •r'“* 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. RPMINE ra Wklak«T Ory% rUh,« Ho-at at til Sanitarium. Book oa wkj*# u OR R. M. WOOLLEY. M-K AUaeta, L«or#« , 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. TOBACCO HABIT * miff nailth arnlana voi You can eonqttor n easily In 3 davi. id. pm»e your health, prolans your Ufa. No more atom ach trouble, no foul breath, no heart woakneea R pain manly vlfor, cairn naryea. clear eye* aj»l «i l*i-1 or mental strenpth Whether you chew or Annie pipe, cigarette*, ri^ar*. get my lu'ereatln* Tobaoo Book. Worth It* weight in gold. Mailed frea. E. J WOODS. 134 Sixth A wo.. 748 M.. 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