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TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. \ Pile Kirst Tiling an Earlv Erost Usually Lands On Is ci New Baseball League °y SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT Poor Judge; He Can’t Pin a Rose On Her McFarland Manages to Pile Up Lead in Majority of Rounds. Nelson "Kids" Victor. By Kd W. Smith. HU 'AGO. Dr :< 1*acke> M | I F^rland world’* yriltMt boi er. lost Ills hs;td but won a fight last night. Opposed to Jack Brit ton of Chicago, the Idol of tlie stock- arris displayed so much fueling of a disagreeable nature that he couldn’t l»ox a lick, and when it ^am** to fighting Britton he lost much of the sterling. sparkling qualities that Brings him that title of "world’s greatest boxer." The battle went the full ten rounds nd at the finish the general verdict was that McFarland had had a good shade the better of It In addition to being pitted against nr of the best fighters in the bus! ne*6 in the legitimate 136-pound lass, Packey whs badgered and heckled by one Rattling Nelson, once j world s champion of the division and avowedly Packers lifelong bitter) cnsm> Nelson sat near McFarland s omer and sent messages over to Rritton’s corner even attempting penly to have Referee Stout act as a messenger boy for him. Stout wouldn't but the incident obviously annoyed Packey. who leaned out of 'he ropes between the fifth and sixth rounds and yelled at Nelson: "It s a good thing for you T haven’t sot you In here to-night. I’d knock your head off." Nelson, know ing he bad the Mr- I'arland goat meandering, merely grinned and tossed some notes across t he ring The papers w ere promptly kicked out. hut Packey was as wild as a loon after that, and didn’t re cover his bearings for a full round. The contest was a keen disappoint ment. especially to Packey s friend*, because he didn’t do the Impossible - knock Britton out. He failed In this just as every other good fighter has not so much because he lost his bead in anger, but because he can not beat Britton any more decisively than he did last night—at least in ten rounds Packey ha* flashed his speed be fore Chicago crowd* against a lot of mediocre opponents. He beat them without trouble Assembled in the ring last night with one of the bes* men in the business, ttye crowd of Packey’s friends though he should treat Britton in much the >»ame man ner When he didn’t do It. there was hiseing and booing, and the crowd yelled In disapproval. It was hardly just, because McFarland did his ab solute best. The first three rounds were in Britton’s favor, the next two were fairly even, but from the sixth round on it was McFarland* battle In a big walk. In the ninth and tenth rounds Britton's gloves were heavy as lead, and he couldn't hold them higher than hi* waist with any success Packey, too. was dog tired, but he < arried all the battling to the North Stder, and wac entitled to the shade. I vjHATAA (jUV Go^^A DO NWHE.k’ vucwr TXl-K TO KlbA — HCP-fc J tPOGeE WMh./i.u 16K- B*J*FtrSD fv AND 6CMCH SW0&PI6O TO 0E>T|4- . 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Quit kidding • • • Bill Smith will alien.! Hie National le-aglie meotln* with Clark Griffith Bill .topped off at Washington to pick ip Grift Some time In Gay Gotham for theae two "youngsler, " • • • Memphis ha* losi Paul Smith, who was bought by Memphis from the Adrian Club, of the Michigan Associa tion. Smith ha* contracted to play with Washington and the national commis sion ha* ruled that he had the right *o to contract. • • • The Worcester. New England league « lub is fighting the draft of Outfielder Shorten, who is the property of the Memphis club lease Burkett, former National League batting king, manages hr Worcester club, and i* endeavoring ;» find a flaw in the draft • * A Three National League clubs Cincin nati. Pittsburg and Chicago, are after Pitcher Hovlik. of the Milwaukee club Having disposed of Outfielder Larry Chappelle for $16,000, the Brewers may tfv to get about $10,000,000 fur Hovlik. * • • Boston Ians consldei Kalibtt Ma ranvlllc a irreat baseball player, but the young man's father still insists that his son should have stuck to the plumb- ing business "Walter was doing nice ly as an apprentice in a tinner's shop and should hare atuck to H. says Pop- President Johnson has come out with a strong boost for "Three-Fingered" Brown as manager of the Cincinnati Rede a team that Is without a leader at present A few days ago President Herrmann, of Cincinnati published a statement In which he said that Tinker would not be re-engaged • * • Mr. Johnson stated that he consid ered Brown a credit to th« game and That in his long experience in baseball tie had never met a squarer or more ntelligent representative of the na :ional pastime than Brownie, from his conversation it could easily be seen that Mr Johnson would not hesitate to name Brown as the Red manager if such a thing was in his power * * • But, of course, the National league s far from being within Mr. Johnson’s jri6dictior At the same time, he has 'he privilege of talking National League aserall, and when he comes out with a boon for Brown It means something r he American League* president is onsidered the big man in baseball W>-4ay and it's not going to hurt ^fcownle » chances of landing the Cln- ^Binau ;g'i i - p bit >>.- having him comp •itnation a’ ‘ incinnati n the same light. Bv Coach Heisman. TT THENBVER present day f»ot- yy ball playera stop for a mo- menl to contemplate the fact that some years ago the offen sive learn had only five yards to gain to make Aral down, they invariably fall to wondering how the defensive team ever held their opponents f~»r downs at all. Admitting, as they do, that the defense of to-dsy oould not stop a team for that required gain, the inquiry is pertinent as to wheth er modem defense has not deterior ated. Well, that depends. First of all, it depends upon what you are con- aidering. Tf by stopping a team you merely mean stopping its running or rushing attack, of course there can be little doubt that the defense .f to day is not near as sturdy as it used to he in the days when who’« afternoons w^erc put in by the coaches teaching the players hotv to get up der the line and stop the dreaded "guards back ' or the famous "tackle over” ramming, smashing, grinding plays of that period. But, then, it must he borne in mind tlJHt no forward passes were played in that day: and, ns a result, the secondary defense found It not only safe but eminently proper, to come right up behind the lino and play en the very haunches of the tackles. If our secondary defense of to-day were permitted to do this, no doubt they could also do better !n the matter of stopping a rushing attack. Still, It must t>* admitted that sec ondary defensive player* of to-day are not in a class with those of a de< ade ago, when it comes to getting into the mix-up and doing their full share toward stopping a strong buck through the line; and that no matter where they might be permitted to station themselves. Nowadays they are mostly coached how to stop for ward passes, not bucks; and wh.it tackling they do is mainly on the opposing end runners Hence they have not had the coachipg on slop ping the stuff through the line that used to be expended on these sec ondary men. On the other hand, it can be point ed out with equal truth that the sec ondary defensive players of that day would have made an even greater mesp of the job of trying to stop for ward passes had they been called upon to do it without several years of working tip to it. In short, the I defense of ten years ago was strong I er for stopping the offense of ilia period than would be the defense of to-day, white the converse is true re garding defense under present rules, when contrasted with what the de fensive players of bygone days could do with the game of to-day. • * • \\7TIAT is going to be the limit to the throngs that will patronise* the football of the future? That would be difficult to say. Had you noticed that the attendance grows greater every year? The Yale-Harvard game drew 4_\- 000 this jear. The Army-Navy game drew 47.^00. None of the big games in the West drew less than 26,000. Tn the Southern cities the attend ance has beep distinctly larger than in any previous seasons Thirty years ago the college that built a stadium seating 30.000, •« does Penn’s in Philadelphia, would have been considered non compos mentis. But that SO.000 capacity is no longer sufficient for the Army- Navy game, so they took their game to the field with the largest stands In the country; and then it wasn’t nearly large enough. Harvard’s sta dium was built to hold 40,000, and still it didn’t hold more than half of those who clamored for admission. Now comes Yale with her 60,000 ca pacitN stadium well underway. And will it be filled with spectators when completed ’ At the big games it oer- talnlj will and running over. And isn’t ihat remarkable when you stop to think that Now Ha Yep is far from being a large city? In other words, they will not depend vei n much on the resident population to fill up tlie big saucer. The people will pour in from hundreds of mUes in every direction. The ancient Coliseum at Rome he'd but 70,000 spectators*, and while it was comfortabh filled at all bargain matinees, it must be remembered that the attractions ^ ere even more numerous than in the football coli seum of to-day. and that the stage settings were particularly and oe culiarly realistic—rather more so than in our da> In another ten years the query at each college will be where wi'l they find «. pioi of ;#acL large enough on which to build the football coliseum that will be required in that day. • * • LJA1» you noticed how the use < f * 1 shift formations is spreading Ilk* wild fire over the cou. try? The quick jump-shift very similar to the Min nesota shift that was introduced at New Haven by Shevlin in 1910, just prior to the Yale-Princeton game wae first shown in the South by Tech, also in 1910? But Tech nev< 1 learned It from Yale, or from Minnes d ' either. Th*y*took it up weeks before Yale ever heard of it, right after the Alabama game in October, and worked not only the backs Into *ho jump, hut the line as well. And that very year yet they used it to get 1 high-grade punt formation a pur pose for which it was not employed by any team that year, nor the next either. What surprised me this year was not to see a good many collccc team.s playing a jum»y-sh1ft. but a goodly number of prep teams hh well. The Jump-shifts of Tech High, of Bovs’ High, of Riverside and of G. M. (’ were all different from each other, and all had points of merit. Othe prep teams doubtless used such na well, but thcH« happened to be all th prep teams 1 saw fr< tn thi» Sjitate this fall. I did see a game between two Tennessee prep teams, however, out neither of these used jump-shifts. T was particularly impressed with the excellence of the work done by the Tech High team in this depart ment of play. Their shifting was particularly fast, clean and uniform. It did not violate the rules in air way. and it was done quite as woH as the best college teams could do It. This means that In a year of so the prep players who come to college wiil already have been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of quick shifts, which will make the worl of the col lege coaches easier On the other hand, this matter of jump-shifting is leading to so many freak formations in the backfleld and so many maneuvers calculated to take advantage of the wording of the rules in new and unexpected ways that it would not surpris me if the rules committee did no! take a hand in th* rame and do some legislating regard ing these quick shifts in a year of two. They make things too hard for the officials, for they can't w-ai* ) everything in a game as the game* are now played. Camp Stops Talk of Yale-Michigan Game CHU’AGO, Dsc. 9. Waller l amp, ath letlc adviser for Yale, yesterday put a stop to the talk that he is attempting' to arrange a game between Yale and the University of Chicago for next sea son Camp denied he is here on such a mis sion, and further stated that there are two strong reasons why such a game can not be played. First, he declares, the Yale 1914 schedule is so filled that it would be almost impossible to slip In another, and. secondly, ho doubted whether Coach Stagg would take h1s team to New flaxen for a clash. Camp said there isn't a chance of Yale corning here. Local Five at Work For 'Nooga' Quintet The Atlanta Athletic Club basketball team has started work for next Sat urday night, when they play their sec ond game of the basketball season The Chattanooga Tigers, champions of Fast Tennessee ami one of the best fives tn Tennessee, will clash with the local fixe The Tigers went through the 1912-1913 season without a defeat, eliminating some of the strongest teams throughout that section of the South SPRING DATES FOR REDS CINCINNATI. l>*c. 9 The Red spring dates have all been filled by Frank Ban croft who is always right on the job at getting favorable games for the lub during the practice season The team will play at New Orleans March 2S and 29; ai Memphis. .March 20 and 31. and at Louisville. April 1. 2 and 3 At Redland Field the club will plax Washington April 4 and 6. Cleveland 6 and 7 De troit 8. 9 and 10. and Boston 11 and 12 PLAYER SIGNS CONTRACT. NEWARK. OHIO, Dee 9. Bert Brown. 13 y ears old premier second- baseman of the local city league for three 'ears, signed a contract with the Terre Haute Central League team yes terday ILLINOIS FIVE BOOKS GAME CHAMPAIGN. ILL.. Dec 9. -The University of Illinois to-day booked a basket ball game with James Milliken University of Decatur, to be played here ijecAiubei 18* TH13 te» YOOP SALARY TVJO dollars vjhaodvS WIET AH !! DO VOO T>HAJI< THAT I CAW V/AW A. GROt-E^v ICENVAW, BAKE*, BuTteeR- , ywstn-F amd swe Vcc .Some. o*jtta THi 6 . liuppOSE VOo MEr M'-LAFFEVV TH/Wt Awe aovoceti a fe'm .WHAT ? UIJ VJ-E-L-L - LISTEW COV l- * - I- I indoor sports' BtU W> (rl Nl Cr HOAA-E THE BA cow’ TWO OOCKi 6moRX- White Sees McCue Floor Ad Wolgast I11 ‘Gym’ Workout Food for Sport Fans CHICAGO. Dec. 9.—Charlie White, xx ho is matched to box Ad Wolgast in Milwaukee on December 19, saw his opponent dropped to the floor from a right cross, and Charlie will likely try that punch repeatedly when they meet. Ad and his stable mate, Matty McCue. put on the gloves in Lewis yesterday. In the third round Wol- gast rushed in at his opponent, and Matty shot over a right cross. Ad hit the floor like n log his head hit ting before his body. Jones May Quit Yale To Enter Business NEW HAVEN. Dec. 9. — Now that the captaincy of the Yale football team for 1914 has been deckled, interest shifts to the appointment of the coach ing staff for the coming year, and though it is generally regarded certain that Howard .Jones will be at the head of affairs next fall, a report is current in Yale circles that .Tones may not be here after all. It Is rumored here that Jones is being pressed to take a po sition in another line of business FORMER BALL STAR DEAD. PITTSFIELD M ASS . Deo. 9 John .1 Drum, aged 76. a member of the Kck- ford baseball team, of Brooklyn, which won the championship of the country in 1861 and 1863. died last night after a short Illness. He was a native of New York City And joined the Fckfords as shortstop in 1856 TEMPLE VS. SHERMAN SUPERIOR, WIS.. Dec 9. Ray Teni pie, Milwaukee lightweight, and Joe Sherman. Southern boy will clash here to-night in a scheduled 10-round set-to Sherman was a former sparring partner fey Joe Mandot. who xvas once defeated by Temple PURDUE ELEVEN DREW WELL. LAFAYETTE, iND.. Dec 9 The re ceipts from football games played by the team of Purdue University during the season Just closed amounted to $18.- 000 This is the largest amount cleared in the history of the university TOPHAM TO HEAD BUCKNELL. LEWISBT RG. PA.. Deo 9. Karl Top- ham. of Philadelphia, has been elected captain of the Bucknell College football team for 1914 Topham played full back for Bucknell during the past sea son. THE WHITE HOPE. A White Hope is a large section of human flesh surrounded entirely by hot air. It is called White because that is the color of its liver, and It is called a Hope because it hopes to obtain a living with out working for it. Technically the White Hope is a fight er, but it generally has about as much fighting spirit a* a senile clam. The only time a White Hope shows any fe rocity 18 when It attacks a free lunch counter. On such occasions it resem bles a famished behemoth. It beards the Bismarck herring In Its den. it smites the pickled pig’s foot hip and thigh and ravishes the Boston baked bean on its very threshold. The White Hope, however, la not wholly to blame. It Is a child of cir cumstance. It begins life as a human being in some sequestered hamlet far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. It waxes strong in the back and weak in the mind, utterly Ignorant of the terrible fate In store for It. Then comes the Manager like the vil lain In the movies. He Inveigles the feeble-minded creature from its happy | home, forces It to sign the fatal pa pers. and from that time on its doom is sealed. It is a White Hope. The White* Hope Is then taken to a , newspaper office, where It Is Bertll- ' loned. photographed In fifty-seven poe- 1 tures and introduced to the world with the accompaniment of a braes band. It then climbs into a prize ring and. for a stipulated share of the gate receipts, demonstrates that Phlneas T. Barnum knew whereof he spoke. THE BACKSLIDING OF P. M*FA ■?- LAND. Hr max a shining model in the eyes of honest men. With his sterling and his upright Imposition ; ff(*mag a thing of credit to the fight ing game—and then He derided to become a politician. While it is sad to reflect on Mr. Mc Farland's plunge into politics, it might have been worse. He might have be come a wrestler. Reports from Mexico indicate that all the stare are jumping the Federal League. After figuring up the cost. John Evers came to the conclusion that a cable gram to his boss in Europe would be nothing short of suicide. Garry Herrman says Mordeca' Brown will not manage the Cincinnati team, but neither will the unfortunate person who is hired for the job. Yussif Mahmout writes from Pa is to deny the report that he was shot He avers that he wasn't even half shot. The All-Stars beat the Soldier? 22 to 7. instead of 23 to 7. This important point having been settled, let the world proceed on its way. Christy Mathewson did not oean a batsman all last season, but he probably figured that with so much ivory in the league It would be useless. Kid William#, pugilist, has awakened to the sad fact that It ie one thing to get a guarantee in Milwaukee and an other thing to GET IT. JAKE SHOULD GRIEVE. -lake Stahl sat in his banking house Through all the Host on vurry. 1. He piled his money, note by note. \nd answered. “7 was one the goat. Hut l SHOULD WORRY!' 1 Jimmy Johnston is wanted by the St. Louis Browns, but It is expected that Ever* will give him a thorough try-out l before sending him to the minors. | If Joe Tinker accepts that Job In the ] I Federal League he will be able to write j (a dissertation entitled, “From Messen ger Boy to Manager." Those Federal magnates discuss $10,- 000 salaries with the ease and non chalance of a free-lunch fighter offering to make a $10,000 side bet Collins and Barry are finished artists at working the double play, but Murphy and Herrmann are world's champions at working the double cross. THE OASIS. | V ow fair oasis gleams lthe llivelong \ day— \ Yon shaded spot where amber foun tains play. lull ill day it mocks my dry and hurtl ing throat. i So near to me and yet so far away. j / wander homeirard when my iob I quit, \ or grasp a stein of taper in my mitt j Till Seir Year's Day I tread the desert sands {And five hard bones is all 1 win by it. I Tech Players Will Compete in All-Star Game on Xmas Day ___________ j CHATTANOOGA. Dec. 9—Chatta- j nooga will stage another all-star foot- ! hall game this Christmas. But the | players In this all-star game will be men who are still in school and who expect to play again next season. Gene Patton. Talley Johnson, Cush man and Senter, of Georgia Tech, all Chattanooga boys, will carry the bulk of the interest ai this game Vander bilt, Sewanee and Auburn will furnish some of the men in the game. Cracker Outfielder Also Keeps Busy Telling Home Fans About Local Team's Great Finish. 7 7 //tf is the third of a series of * letters from members of th-c. champion Cracker team. Jt is from Tommy hong, who ioil7 again be in the outfield in 191 r f . Tommy writes that hr. expects to be in great shape for spring practice, and hopes to help th< Atlanta club to another rag. l Toinette. Ala., Dec. J, 1913 TV. S. Farnsworth, Sporting Editor The Atlanta Georgian; Friend Bill—Your letter received a few days ago, and was glad to hear that, the boys in dear old Atlanta are feeling fine. Have been taking pret ty good care of myself, and expect to report in great shape 1n the spring and help the Crackers cop another pennant. I went to my home, in Btadori Springs for a ten-day visit after the close of the ball season, and from there came here to accept a position in the commissary of the Cochran Lumber Company. The mill, how ever. burned down on the night of October 17. throwing the greater parr of the employees out of work. I had a great time while at work, dealing with the people of the town. They all wanted to know about the Crack ers’ grandstand finish, and kept me busy reviewing the dope. 1 am now spending much time fish ing and hunting. I landed a six- pound black bass the other day, be sides others of smaller size. Gee, but it’s dandy sport, especially if you happen to be lucky. Near here there is a river swamp abounding in game of all descrip tions, where many ducks, both Mal lards and Teal, as well as numbers of squirrels, have fallen victims of my dogs and gun. I was a member of a camp' hunt held in this swamp Thanksgiving week, and killed eleven ducks and 53 squirrel*. Well, Bill, have nothing else to write about, so will close with re gards to all my friends in Atlanta Your friend. TOMMY LONG MITCHELL TO CAPTAIN BROWN. PROVIDENCE, R. I., Dec. 9.—Seth Mitchell, varsity center, will captain the Brown eleven next fall. He has played renter three years, coming hers from Phillips-Exeter. PAY ME FOR CURES ONLY • • you bav* been takinq treatment for week* and month* and pay Inq out vour bard earned money without heln* cured, don't you think It I* blob time to accept DR. HUGHES’ GRAND OFFER? You will certainly not be out any more money if not cured. Consul, tatlon and Examination are Free for the next thirty day*. If I decide that your condition will not yield readily to my treat ment. I wiil be honest with you and tell you so. and not accept your money under a promise of a cure. My treatment will poeftlvely cure or I will make you no "bnrpe for the following dtaeaaes: --Si KIDNEY. BLADDER AND BLOOD TROUBLE, PILES, VARICOSE VEINS. FISTULA. NERVOUSNESS. WEAKNESS, RUPTURE. ULCERS AND SKIN DISEASES. CONSTIPATION Ec/oma. Rheumatism. Catarrhal Affections, Pile* and Fistula and all Nervous and Ctironlo unease* of Men and Women. Now and Chronic Cases of Burning. Itching and Inflammation stopped in ZA hours. I am against high and extortionate feea charged by some phyalcians and specialists. My fe«* are reasonable and no more than you are willing to pay for a cure. All medicines, the purest and TirrciTv 8 *' a ‘ supplied from my own private laboratory. 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