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' I 7 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Two Con Live as Cheaply as One After Marriage—Because They Have To FAREWELL TO il Present Head of League Has Pre pared Hot Speec for Magnates dT Old Organization. By Prank G. Menke. N EW YORK. Dec. 9.—Tom 'Lynch’s farewell to-day to the National League clan. whjcn lie has served so well as president, prontlsed to be of the kind that the lansmen would not forget for a con siderable period. This was the annual meeting day of the National League crowd. The first event on the program was the plac ing of the skids under the said Thom as Lynch, giving Thomas a push in the general direction of the subway, and then the immediate elevation cf Governor John K. Tener. of Pennsyl vania, into Tom's old job. Lynch knew the National Leaguers no longer wanted him. Also he knew that if they cared for him no more it wouldn’t do him any good to plead his own cause. But Lynch also knew that he had the right of free speech, and that as a retiring officer of any organization he had the right to utter a few words of his own choosing. And from those close to Lynch the word came that Lynch had prepared for de livery before the National Leaguers just about the hottest little denuncia tion of men and policies that has been prepared since speechmaking became nn art. Long Contract for Tener. Tener will be tendered a four-year ontract, (‘ailing for $25,000 each year, immediately after his election. How ever. he will not draw any salary for It is first year on the job, as his term as Governor will not expire until Jan uary 1. 1915, and he will retain his Gubernatorial position until then. But Tener has announced that he will give as much time to baseball af fairs dtiring the next year as he would even if he wasn’t Governor. The Waldorf-Astoria, where the meeting will be held, was throng'd to-day with magnates and manager? of the National League ball clubs. Each was eager to make some sale or trade that would strengthen his team. Garry Herrmann, owner of tne , loe Tinker, was besieged by an army of magnates and managers who wanted Tinker, regarded as one of the greatest shortstops 1hat ever played the game. “Herrmann to-day still stood pat on his demand of $20.- • '00 cash for Tinker, but several own ers tried to get him to change his mind and let Tinker go for part cash and part players. Brooklyn After Tinker. The Brooklyn club is hot after Tinker, although Tinker has an nounced that he would not play ex cept in Chicago or Pittsburg. Herr mann, it is said, was offered Brook lyn players of more than fair ability for Tinker, but turned down the prop osition. It is possible that Tinker may go to Brooklyn as the result of a three-cornered deal involving Broox- ■ lyn, Cincinnati and Philadelphia. John B. Foster, secretary of tho i New York club and proxy for Man- j ager McGraw, was much sought af - | er by the moguls. Most of them wani-c ,-d Marquard. the Giants’ star pitch er. who has grown unpopular in this section The Giant management wi.l trade the “Rube” if a reasonable' proposition is made, but during the | morning Poster waved the nothing doing" sign at those who wanted to ti,lk Marquard business to him. All or them, it is said, wanted to give Foster some money and a few ordina ry players in exchange, hut Foster was out after Rucker, of the Dodgers: Tyler, of the Braves, or a southpaw of equal meri f .Managers and owners held private conferences during the forenoon and il was whispered that many big deals were pending, but just who was in volved was not divulged at the time. Dartmouth Awards Football Letter to 15 HANOVER, X. H., Dee. 9.—Fifteen men who played during the Dartmouth football season have been awarded the football “D.” .... The fifteen men are .1. H. «eeii, T If. L. Dunbar. M: -I. B. Hirnan. 14. R. N. Hogsett. ’ll. ► A. Uewellyn, 14; p. W. Loudon. '14; K. A. Curtis, IS. M. r. iJhee. '15; L. P. luck. to. D A. Whitney. '15: .7. X. Colby. 16. J. B. Mi * Auliffe, ’16, and <\ A. Pudnth. 16. The track ”D” was given to K R. Marceau. T4. and seven rross-countn ■ Ds" to the following men; U E. Ba con. '14; F. R- Marceau. 14: b. \\. saltmarsh. '14: \V. R. Granger. .Jr, 15 It. B. Merrill. 15: C. F. Durgis. 16, and D. Lewis, ’It). POLLY AND HER PALS That Makes Quite a Difference---Quite a Difference IT2T 5utTiblLV Tod6H OKI A \ Vcuno Teller. Like AShur, j ~To BE PouWJ UMW The Chicken Fb/, But rr'S better, HIM Thau a oll mah , —\ like HE f J Put That Bock powc/M ~Tms m/nute T~~ TO/hom are Qou SpEAfTN’ x'"Wcm 1 I6JEZS You Ter tin ^rSelf VbuMO LAO'f [ Vou AlH~ -TALKIN '7'HOHL OF ,{ VER, C ffOMItS VbuAlKT - <ln,iRF ADDDESSiNCt VtR ALL RldHT PA. IT5 Qcup lookout T whaddve Mean ITS' MV OH NcThiw' Much - / ONLY ASHURS had TH4T Book IN BED Ritchie Quit Ring for Autos Boxing Notes But Only for a Short Time This is the fourth 'installment of the lift of Lightweight Champion | W illie Ritchie, us described htj himself and irriften t rrlusirrty for The i (leorgiu u. s McFarland Spurns Match With Clabby CHICAGO. Dec. 9.— Packey McFar land to-day turned down an offer of a twenty-round battle on the coast with .1 irpmy Clabby, the Hammond, ind., crack middleweight. The offen came from .James coffroth. the San Francisco promoter. Clabby ‘ ~*ackey are very popular out 'Nest. ‘Sunny Jim" set January 16 as the According to Coffroth, Clabby is anx- ions to battle the local man. but since the verv best the Hammond boy can do Is 148 pounds. McFarland passed It up. and and date. BigG Cures In 1 to 5 day* unnatural discharges. Contains no poisons and I may be used full strength absolutely without rear. Guaran teed not to stricture. Prevents contagion. WHY NOT CURE YOURSELF 0 At Druggists. or by parrel post. $1. or 3 bottles $2.75. Particulars with each bo tie or mailed on request. THE EVANS CHEMICAL COMPANY Cincinnati, O. By W illie Ritchie. AN FRANCISCO. Dec. 9. After losing two battles in a row, one to Charley Reilly and the oth er to Frankie Burns. I began to scratch my head and figure a little. True, I managed to put over seven teen victories without a loss, but those two defeats caused me more worry than 1 am now willing to ad mit. I was not knocked out or even hurt in either of the battles, but at the same time 1 was outpointed, and this very thought was enough to make me sad and gloomy. The promoters did not look for me after Burns got that verdict. They never do go after a fellow who is beaten once. They are looking for the one who is right up in front and who the fans are talking about all the time. I knew’ that they were not talking about me. for I had not been a winner. My brother and Baker and Ed wards and a lot of my friends came to me and urged me to go ahead and take another chance. But their words did not seem to give me much com fort. I could not see any future in the boxing game and 1 decided to try my hand at something else. T ran across a friend of mine who advised me to get into the automo bile business. He told me of a place down in Coalinga where T probably could get a job in a garage and work myself up into something better. This struck me right, so I wrote down to the address that my friend gave me and in a few days I \got a letter saying that the position was open to me. Goes to the Oil Fields. 1 did not even hesitate. I jumped on the first train for the oil fields, determined to get out of the fighting game for a while at least and per haps forever. It was just into my hands, for I managed to get a lot of experience while I was working for that wholesale machinery house. I felt ready to take a chance anyhow, no matter what did happen. I started to work in the garage at the oil .fields for $2.50 a day, and. be lieve me, it was pretty hard work at that. I used to put in 12 and 14 and sometimes 16 hours every day and night. I learned rapidly, and al though I was doing two men’s work half the time, still 1 liked it. for 1 took a great interest in machinery and I was given every opportunity to learn. They called upon me to do ail sorts of odd jobs, and I always did the best I could. Some nights I would go to bed so tired that I would not even take time to eat my supper. But l was learning a good trade, so 1 never kicked. I made many good friends down in the oil country anc4 they all seemed to like me. and after a few months I fell in for a pretty good job. Forgets About the Game. When the opening'came. T jumped in as a driver of machines and later a demonstrator. I was getting $5 a day for this. There was plenty of money in that section of tHe country then, and 1 managed to get my share of it. I worked steadily all the time, and just kept my nose to the grind stone. Some oi my new-made friends who knew that 1 had been doing a lot of boxing around San Francisco tried to get me to go on again. In fact, they put several good matches up to me. But there was no chance. I made up my mind to stick with the automobile business, and forgot that there was anything in the world like a set of boxing gloves. But later I will show how 1 changed. I began to get tired of Goalinga. I had saved up a nice little sum of money, and I was about ready to take my departure. My boss was very nice to me, and he offered me a good raise when I told him I was about to go back to San Francisco. This did not do a bit of good, because I had my mind rriadfr *ip to return to my home town. Returns to His First Love. My father and my brothers and sisters were very gTad to see me. es pecially w hen I told them that I was in the automobile game to stay. They believed that I intended to stay in the ring, and this did not seem to suit them at all. It was against their will that 1 started to fight, and they kept wishing and praying that I would do something else for a living. Everything went along nicely for a month or two, till I started going out to the four-round fights on Fri day nights again. I saw fellows per forming whom I had licked In the past I began to find myself slip ping. Tiie old feeling came back on me. I tried to stall it off, but it was no use. I was lighting mad once more? and the automobile business seemed to lose all its charm. The first thing I knew, 1 was out in the gymfiasium again after work, putting on the gloves f with the boys, liitting the punching hags and doing some road work every time I got a chance. I felt better than 1 ever felt in my life before, so 1 concluded that the lighting game really was the game for me, and I began to look around for another match with the four-rounders. THE FREAK. A mighty tumult surges about the. J playhouse door. The speculators gathered hale until, both arms mere sore: "Ah. this." I breathed, "is Rernhnrdt, [ or stone strong sketch likt , that. (h maybe Mr. Hopper /lulling 'fusty j at That Util!' ’’ When It)! a blaze of winkling lights \ proclaimed the wondrous dope:\ "The Italy Hi.r-foot White Man Who Don't claim To He u White Hope!" * * * We can offer the White Hope this much consolation—it isn't his fault. His forefathers began living In cities two thousand years (oo soon. They arc big enough and strong enough, but their judgment of distance is on (lie blink and their agility is like unto that of a traction engine in advancing beg. This is the penalty civilization exacts from “Thankind. And dogs, too. j * * * For many, many generations we have not been forced to depend on our sure ness of eve for a meal once a week or so: and our escape from a side-swipe of the cave-tiger's paw has not hinged on our quickness of fyot for several years now. Hence, wo have lost these things. The dog feels it. too. He has had ids eats pawed out i«» him in a pan so long that he no longer classes with his broth er. the wolf, as a lighting machine. It is a paradoxical world. How would you figure that any man who would pay money to see a White Hope contest could ever get $5 together at one time'.* * * * Steve KetcheK the Chicago light weight w’ho has a host of admirers in the Windy City, will box Joe Mandot ten rounds at Racine. Wis., on December 19. Kefchel writes that he is in hard training for the bout and expects to land the verdict. Premier John Keating, of Kenosha, has resuscitated his club, according to a wire from the Badger village. John is to offer a championship attraction early in January. He says he lias signed Johnny Kilbane. featherweight cham pion, for a scheduled ten rounds with Joe Harang, of New Orleans. # * * Eddie Hanlon, local welterweight, started light w’ork last night for his fifteen-round bout with Jack Robinson, at .Jacksonville, Fla., on December 16. Eddie boxed three fast rounds with Frank Baker and pulled the pulleys for fifteen minutes. Eddie is anxious to win this scrap, as he will be in line for some good bouts if he gets away with Jack. * * * The Charlie White-Ad Wolgast bout has finally been closed. Frank Mulkern, Milwaukee promoter, lias secured Wol- f rast’s signature to a set of articles to >ox White in the Brewer City on De cember 19. The winner v» ill probably get Dundee on Christmas Day * * * Matty MeCue. who, a few months ago was being touted as the cornnig feath erweight champion of the world, is now under Tom Jones’ management. Me- Cue battles Tommy Bresnahan in a ten- round. go at Racine. Wis. # to-night. Three Umpires Hear Can Jingling *>•*!* -i* • -i- %*••:* fudge Kavanaugh May Swing Ax Fans Refuse to Bet Hoodlums Riot at On Murphy Against Bike Race; Fourteen Champion Ritchie j Teams Are Bunched I > V (>. Keeler. R UMORS emanate from up Mem phis way that Judge William Marmaduke Kavanaugh. presi dent of the Southern League, is go ing to dust off the well-known rinky- dink and apply the .same to one or more umpires before the robins nest aga in. One section of the rumor says one umpire will be attached to the can. Another says three. Olir guess would be as good as f yours, and no better. And‘now’ that i the heat of battle has chilled off into j a Regular December, we aren’t dis- j posed to beat a drum, mount a dry- j goods box and shriek for anybody’s ! head. We reflect on the cold and lengthy winter months, and the idea possess- i es us that even umpires have to live. B UT as a plain matter of news and dope, we have it that of the four umpires Wright, Fifield, Stoekdale and Kerin—who debutted last spring in the Southern League, only the last- named made good. Our observation was that Kerin did uniformly good work, and appeared to have the nec essary qualifications of an umpire. The others did not do well, but it isn’t our job to figure out if they were hopeless or simply green. Judge Kavanaugh is the judge. * * ■ O F the four veteran umpires—Breit- enstein. Hart. Rudderham and Pfenninger— -there was not so much criticism last season, and a good bit of what there was might easily have resulted from their being teamed with an erratic youngster. At the risk of getting in bad with the' fans by saying a good word for [ an umpire, we will just say mildly that that quartet looked pretty blamed good after watching the work in the American Association for three years—which Is a Class A A league, at that. * • • S O it looks as if the four old 'uns will stick, plus Kerin, the de butante. As to the others well, the judge has always been firm in up holding his boys in blue, and that undeniably is the proper attitude for a league president. The Southern League owes a good deal of its sta bility and prestige to just that pol icy. and it is a good thing for fans to remember when they begin yell ing for sralps. But our idea of the worthy judge is that his ideas of support do not include long-term contracts with um pires that are manifestly incompe tent. U/HKRMFURK ;f Mr Kavanaugh ^ considers that Wright and Stoekdale and Fifleld or any one or two of them are incompetent, Mr. Kavanaugh probably w ill try out one two or three new boys in blue in 1914. At this writing, anything connected with the (J. O. G. looks so good to us that we can’t get much worked up even over an umpire. McWhorter'Placed on All-American Team Bob McWhorter, captain and half back star of the University of Geor gia football team, has tteen honorm with a place on an all-American team. Parke H. Davis. Princeton's repre sentative on the football rules commit tee. gives Bob the position ot halfback. In speaking of McWhorter. Mr. Davis says, in part “To Northern en thusiasts McWhorter comes as a strang er. but not so in the South, where lie is known as the most phenomenal back- field player the game has known in years." Here i«s his selection: Ends—Merrilat (Arnivi. Wagner (Pittsburg). Tackles Baffin (Princeton!. Pontius (M ichlgan). Guards Talman (Rutgers). Brown (Navy). (‘enter Marling (Yale). Quarter- Huntington (Golgatei. Half? Gayon (Carlisle), McWhorter (Georgia >. Full- Brit kley (Harvard). AUTO RACER KILLED. BRUSSELS. BELGIUM. Dec. 9.—Ca mille Jsnathy. the Belgium automobile racing pilot, was accidentally killed in a forest near here yesterday. He was with flu* editor of a Brussels newspa per. Both were members of a hunting party. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 'c There is a lull in the training camps of both Willie Ritchie and Tommy Murphy to-day. Both lads have finished their training ami each is on edge for the 20-round title mill a i Coffroth s arena to-morrow night. Ritchie is a 2 to 1 lavorite to win in the betting, but wagering Is ab sent If he were a 4 to I choice it is doubtful whether any more money would be In evidence. The fans here have taken it as a foregone conclusion that the champion will retain his hon ors and Ritchie money goes begging Some bets of freak nature are made, but very few on the final result. HOWELL BSATS ALBERTS. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 9 -Tommy Howell. I he Italian welterweight, won from Johnny “Kid" Alberts, the New York lad. in an uninteresting six-round bout at tlie Olympia Athletic Club last night MARS BEATS CONLEY. CINCINNATI. Dec. 9. Ernnkie Con- lev, ex-bantamweight champion of Ke nosha, Wis.. was bested lien* last night in a ten-round bout with Knockout Mars, of this city. NEW YORK. Dec. 9 -While the six teen teams left in the six-day bike race at Madison Square Garden went merrily on tlielr way smashing records, two gangs of hoodlums fought a pitched bat tle in the building early to-day. The rioters were driven from tiie gar den after one man. an “innocent b> - stamler,’’ as usual, had been hurt. The light is said to have started over the di vision of spoils taken from sleeping spectators by the “dips'' that always appear at the garden during a six-day i race. ' At the end of the thirty-second hour, ,8 a. m.. fourteen of the teams w*ere five ! miles and two laps ahead of the record. BOXERS IN DOUBLE-HEADER. PORTLAND, MAINE. Dec. 9.—Terry Martin and Patsv De Lucca last night fought the first six-round double-head er that I7a sheen pulled off in this city since the six-round law went into effect several years ago. the referee declaring it a draw at the end of the second six- rouud session. ‘ ‘THE OLD RELIABLE” 1 Ijrfpr-, j Sauk* .RE M E DY7dr MEM TETTER Tettrrlue c'jrn* U»lt«r. Read wh*» Mrs. V. C. kfcQu!<~Jd.v, Katlll Springs. Twin, say*: 1 had a s»vere caw of tetter on both tiands and I finally cot r>elpltts. A leadln* ct.ytclan knew of no cure. I decided to glv* Tetterine a trial. To my utter surprlao and watlitaction It worked a speedy cur*. Use Tetterine *.T DRUGGISTS. OR TRIA L BOX Br MAIL 50c ffiCM PLANTEN .93 HENRY ST. BROOKLYN NY. -8EWARE Of I MITATIQNB- J' cure* eczema tetter, erysipelas. 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