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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Two Can Live as Cheaply as One After Marriage—Because They 1 , - - ———————— — lave To ‘GIQKO [M fl PORTS’ OT/MD T ! m TD NATIONAL Present Head of League Has Pre pared Hot Speech for Mog- nates at To-day’s Meeting. By Frank G. Menke. N EW YORK. Dec. 9.—Torn Lynch’* farewell to-day to the National League clan, which he has served so well as president, promised to be of the kind that the clansmen would not forget for a con siderable period. This was the annual meeting day of the National League crowd. The first went on the program was the plac ing of the skids under the said Thorn es Lynch, giving Thomas a push in the general direction of the subway, and then the immediate elevation of 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 ;t 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 ame that Lynch had prepared for de livery before the National Leaguers just about the hottest little denuncia tion of men and i>olicies that has been prepared since speechmaking becajne an art. Long Contract for Tener. Tener will be tendered a four-year < ontraet, calling for $25,000 each year, immediately after his election. How ever. he will not draw any salary for his first year on the job. as his term ms Governor will not expire until Jan uary 1. 1915, and he will retain his Gubernatorial position until then. Rut Tener has announced that ie will give as much time to baseball af fairs during the next year as he would even if he wasn't Governor. The Waldorf-Astoria, where the meeting will be held, was thronged to-day with magnates and managers of the National League ball clubs. Each was eager to make some sale, or trade that would strengthen his team. Garry Herrmann, owner of the Cincinnati Reds, and also owner of .roe Tinker, was besieged by an army of magnates and managers who wanted Tinker, regarded as one of the greatest shortstops that ever played the game. Herrmann to-day still stood pat on his demand of $20,- 000 cash for T*inker. but several own ers tried to get him to change Ilia 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 Brook lyn, Cincinnati and Philadelphia. John B. Foster, secretary of t.ie New York club and proxy for Man ager McGraw, was much sought af..- er by the moguls. Most of them warn ed Marquard. the Giants' star pitcn- er who has grown unpopular in this section. The Giant management wi.I trade the "Rube" if a reasonable proposition is made, but during Ui morning Foster waved the nothin* doing” sign at those who "anted to talk Marquard business to him. All of them, it is* said, wanted to give Foster some money and a few ordin i- ry players in exchange, but Foster was out after Rucker, of the Dodgers Tyler, of the Braves, or a southpaw of equal merit . . _ Managers and owners neld priva.e conferences during the forenoon and It was whispered that many big deals were pending, but .iust who was in volved was not divulged at^the time. Dartmouth Awards Football Letter to 15 HANOVER. N H.. Dec. 9.- Fifteen men who played during the Dartmouth football season have been awarded the ^The^fifteen men are J. H. Beer. H.L Dunbar. ’14: .T. B. Hlrnaii. ’H: R. v T-fncsett '14■ F. A. Llewellyn, ■4 P.’ \Y. Loudon, ’14; E. A. Curtis ’16; M. P. Ghee, 'lot L P ; Tuek. U. JL. A. Whitney, ’15: J. N. Colby. 16, I. B. Mc- AtilllTe. ‘16. and C. A. PudHth, 16. The track "D was given to f . it. Marceau. '14. and . seven^ cross-country ••Ds” to the following men. L E. Ba .•on ’14: F. R. Marceau, 14. S. W. kali marsh '14: W. R. Granger. Jr.. IS., E R Merrill. '15; C. F. Durgis. '16. and A. D. Lewis, '16. McFarland Spurns Match With Clabby 11CAGO, He*. 9 Packe> McPar- to-dav turned down an offer of enty-round battle on the coast with my Clabby. the Hammond. Ind.. V middleweight. e offer came from .lames < offioOi. San Francisco promoter Clabby Packey are very popular out W esc ■•Sunnv Jim" set Januarj 16 as the ■cording to Coffroth, Clabby is anx- to battle the local man but since verv best Hie Hammond boj can Is i4S pounds. McFarland passed igG Cun** in 1 to 5 day* unna1ur»l di*oharge*. 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IT5 Ybup lookout sioi Mime 1 . rfr OhlV Amur's had -THAT Book in Bed vii7H H/M For "Tu/o PAVS'f Ritchie But Only for a Short Time This is Ihc fourth i out ailment of the life of Lightweight Champion Willie Ritchie, as ilcsirihcil by himself anti written exclusively for The (leorgian. By Willie Ritchie. S 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 I am now willing to ad mit. 1 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 mo after Burns got that verdict. They never do go after a fellow r 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 1 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. T could not see any future in the boxing game and I decided to try my hand at something else. I 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 1 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. T 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 w’hat 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 T was doing two men’s work half the time, still 1 liked It, for I took a great interest in machinery and I was given every opportunity to learn. They c alled upon me to do all 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 I was learning a good trade, so I never kicked. I made many good friends down in the oil country and 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 I 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 sec tion of the country then, and I managed to get my share of it. 1 worked steadily all the time, and just kept my nose to the grind stone. Some of 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 I changed. 1 began to get tired of Coalinga. 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 ine. and lie offered me a good raise when I told him I was about to go back to San Francisco. Thw» did not do a bit of good, because I had my mind made <ip to jreturn to my home town. Returns to His First Love. My father and my brothers and sisters were very glad to see me, es pecially when 1 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 i hem at all. It was against'their will that I 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 l began to find myself slip ping. The old feeling came back on me. i tried to stall it off, but it was no use. I was fighting mad once more, and the automobile business seemed to lose all its ciiarm. The first thing I knew, I was out in the gymnasium again after work, putting on the gloves with the boys, hitting the punching hags and doing some road work every time I got a chance. I felt better than I ever felt in my life before, so I concluded that the fighting game really was the game for me. and I began to look around for another match with the four-rounders. THE FREAK IA mighty tumult surge* about the | playhouse door, Thr *peculators gathered kale until both arms mere star: i “Ah, this." I breathed. ‘T* Bernhardt, j or some strong sketch like | that. (Jr maybe Mr. Hoppei pulling ‘(’asey at That Bat!' ” When to! a Maze of winkling lights proclaimed the wondrous dope : “The (July Six-foot U hite Man Who I Jon’I ('la ini To Be a 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 too soon. They are' big enough and strong enough, but their judgment of distance is on the blink and their agility is like unto that of a traction engine in advancing bog. This is the penalty civilization exacts j from mankind. And dogs, too * + * For many, many generations we have not been fortaed to depend on our sure- ness of eye 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 foot for several years now . Hence, we hgve lost these things The dog feels it, tom lie has had his eats passed out to him in a pan so long that he no longer classes with his broth er. the wolf, as a fighting 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 Kelchel, the Chicago light weight who has a host of admirers in the Windy City, will box Joe Mandot ten rounds at Racine, Wis.. on December If*. Ketchel writes that he is in hard training for the bout and expects to land the verdict. Frontier John Keating, of Kenosha, has resuscitated his club, according to a wire front the Badger village. John is to offer a championship attraction early in January. He says he has signed Johnny Kilbane. featherweight cham pion. for a scheduled ten rounds with Joe Ha rang, of New Orleans. * * * Eddie Hanlon, local welterweight, started light work last night for his fifteen-round bout with Jack Robinson, at .Jacksonville. FTa., 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 gels away with Jack. * • * The Charlie White-Ad Wolgasi bout has finally been closed. I'Yank Mulkern. Milwaukee promoter, has secured Wol- gast's signature to a set of articles to box White in the Brewer City on De cember 19 .The winner wifi probably g*»t Dundee on Christmas Day. * * • * Matty McCue. who. a few months ago was being touted as the comnig feath erweight champion of the world, is now under Tom Jones' management. Mc Cue battles Tomm;. Bresnahan in a. ten J round go at Racine. Wt*. # to-night. I ThreeUmpires Hear ‘Can’ Tingling Judge Kavanaugh May SwingAx o. 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 again. One section of the rumor says one umpire will be attached to the can. Another says three. Our guess would be as good as yours, and tio better. And now that the heat of battle has chilled off into a Regular December, we aren't dis posed to beat a drum, mount a dry- goods box and shriek for anybody’s head. We reflect on the cold and lengthy winter months, and the idea possess es us that even umpires have to live. • • • B IT as a plain matter of news and dope, we have it that of the four umpires Wright. Fifleld. Stockdale 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, hut 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 AA league, at that. * * • S O it looks a.s 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 scalps. But our idea <»f the worthy judge is that his ideas of support do not include long-term contracts with um pires that are manifestly incompe tent. Y\7 HERE FORE, if Mr Kavanaugh considers that Wright and Stockdale and Fifield or any ope or two of them are incompetent, Mr. Kavanaugh probably will try out one, two or three new bovs in blue in 1914. At this writing, anything connected with the G. O. G. looks so good to us that we can’t get much worked up even over an umpire. Fans Refuse to Bet 'Hoodlums Riot at On Murphy Against Bike Race; Fourteen Champion Ritchie Teams Are Bunched McWhorter Placed on All-American Team Bob McWhorter, captain and half back star of the University of Geor gia football team, has honoreu with a place on an all-American team. Parke H. Davis. Princeton’s repre sentative on the football rules commit tee. gives Bot> the position of halfback. in speaking or McWhorter, Mr Davis says, in par 1 “To Northern en- j thusiaats McWhorter comes as a strang er. but not SO in the South. Where be Is known as the moat phenomenal back- fleld player the game has known in years.’’ Here is his selection: Ends Merrilat (Army). Wagner (Pittsburg). Tackles Ballin < Princeton >. Pontius (Michigan). Guards—Talman (Rutgers*. Brown (Navy). (’enter Marting (Yale). Quarter Huntington (Colgate) Haifa Guy on (('artiste). McWhorter (Georgia i. Full Briekley (Harvard* AUTO RACER KILLED. BRUSSELS. BIO LG 11 M. Dec. .). Ca mille Jena thy. the Belgium automobile racing pilot, was accidentally killed in a forest near here yesterday. He was with the editor of a Brussels newspa per Both were members of a hunting party. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. !* There is a lull ih the training camps of hojfii Willie Ritchie and Tommy Murphy to-duy. Both lads have finished their training and each is on edge for the 20-round title mill at Coffroth’h arena to-morrow- night. Ritchie is a 2 to 1 favorite to win in Die betting, but wagering is ab sent. If he were a 4 to 1 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 (lie final result. HOWELL BEATS ALBERTS. PHILADELPHIA Dec. !). Tommy Howell, the Italian welterweight, won from Johnny "Kid’’ Albert*, the New York lad. in an uninteresting six-round bout at Di«r Olympia Athletic Club last night MARS BEATS CONLEY. CINCINNATI. Dec. 9. *- Frankie Con ley, ex-bantamweight champion of Ke nosha. Wis.. was bested here 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 their way smashing records. two gangs of hoodlums fought a pitched bat tle in the building early to-day. The rioters were driven from the gar den after one man. an “innocent by stander,’’ as usual, had been hurt. The tight is said to have started over the di vision of spoils taken from sleeping spectators by the “dips" ‘that always appear at Die garden during a. six-day race. At the end of the thirty-second hour. 8 a. m.. fourteen of the teams were five miles and two laps ahead of the record. BOXERS IN DOUBLE-HEADER. PORTLAND, MAINE, Dec. 9.—Tertv Martin and Patsy De Lucca last night fought the first six-round double-head er that has been 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- round session i TETTER ‘THE OLD RELIABLE’ PlANTENS oR BlA gk I n r OK ou--. v , c u CAPSULES REME DY <~3R MEN AT DRUGGI8T8.0RTRIAL BOX BY MAIL fe0o FftCM PLANTF.N 93 HENRY ST BPOOKLY N .N Y. -BEWARE OF IMITATIONS^ ( ’ } Tetterinr rnr«« tetter Rrtrt wh*r Mm V. C- ) McQoMrtF. Spring*. T*nn. iiti: | had a ca*a af tetter on bath hand* and I Anally flo« halpteaa A leading f hytclan Une\» at no euro. I decided ta give etterlne a trial. To my utter aurprlM and / tatlifnctlon It worked a npeedy euro. Use Tetterine f If cure* eczema, tetter, eryntpetej, Itchinf < / pt:<*. cround lldi end all sldn maladies 50c at druagists. or by mail. ) SHUPTRINE CO. SAVANNAH. GA <| A. THE UNIVERSAL CAR Ask t he man from Ortonville —all about his Ford. Here’s a Michigan town with forty- six ears, and forty-four are Fords. And there are many other towns the world over making ()rtonville hustle for its record of Ford popularity. Five hundred dollar* is the new price of ‘h*» Ford runabout; the touring car is five flft' ; the town car .even fifty—f. o. b. Detroit. omplete with equipment. Get catalog and particulars from Ford Motor Company, 311 Peachtree St., Atlanla. Ga.