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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
BRINGING UP FATHER
By GEORGE M’MANUS
T9 NATIONAL
Present Head of League Has Pre
pared Hot Speech for Mog-
nates at To-day's Meeting.
By Frank G. Menke.
N EW TORK, Deo. 9.—Torn
Lynch’s farewell to-day to the
National League clan, wliJch
ne has served so well as president,
promised 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
( v< nt <>n 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
.lust about the hottest little denuncia
tion of men and policies that has been
prepared since speechmaking became
an art.
Long Contract for, Tener.
Toner will be tendered a four-year
contract, 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
as Governor will not expire until Jan
uary 1, 1915, and he will retain his
Gubernatorial position until then.
But Tener has announced that ne
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 malt' 1 some sale
or trade that , would strengthen his
learn.
Garry Herrmann, owner or tne
Cincinnati Reds, and also owner of
Joe 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 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
mav go to Brooklyn as the result or a
rh ree _ t 'ornered deal involving Brook
lyn. Cincinnati and Philadelphia.
John B. Foster, secretary' of tile
S'ew York club and proxy for Man-
alter McGraw, was much sought aft-
, r th moguls. Most of them wan:-.
Ml Marquaril, the Giants’ star pitch
er who has grown unpopular in this
aeetion. The Giant management wi.l
ir.de the ■’Huhe’’ if a reasonable
proposition Is made, hut during the
morning Foster waved the nothin,,
diere " sign tit those who wanted to
talk Martitiard business to him. All
,f them, it l* said, wanted In give
Foster some money and a few ordinv-
rv (pavers in exchange, but Poster
was out after Rucker, of the Dodgers:
Prior of the Braves, or a southpaw
of equal merl
Managers ami owners held prlva.e
conferences during the forenoon and
it was whispered that many big deals
wore pending, but Just who was m-
. Civet! was not divulged at the time.
McFarland Spurns
Match With Clabby
i’HIFAGO, Get 9. Packer MoFar-
larti tn-dav' turned down an offer of
at went} round battle on the coast with
Jimmy Flabby, the Hammond. Ind..
-rack middleweight. „
Tits offer vanie from .lames Coffroth,
,he San Francisco promoter. Clabhv
and Pti.-kev are vet y jrtpular out W est.
»ml •’Sunny Jim” set January lb as the
la \v,ording to roffroth. Flabby Is anx-
,nus to battl- the local man but since
the verv best the Hammond boy can
.,,, - js ns pounds. McFarland passed
POLLY AND HER PALS
That Makes Quite a Difference---Quite a Difference
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Chicken ft*. But n’s better]
ftlM TiHAH A OEE MAH
-) LIKE ME!
Put Th4T boon.
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Ritchie Quit Ring for Autos
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But Only for a Short Time
This is the fourth installment of the life of Lightweight Champion
Willie Ritchie, as described by himself and written exclusively for The
Georgia n.
Boxing Notes
ThreeUmpires Hear‘Can’ Jingling
lU 'LL ENJOY EVERY
INUTE OF THE SHOW
AT THE DUTCH MILL
s not a dull moment
s performance at the
1, and you’ll really en-
Extravaganza put on
te chorus is made up
ul girls who can sing
and tne costumes will
I, too. as they are all
it and clean. There i*
|h plot to make it in-
and the orchestra is
,ou feel that the whole
against you. visit the
I and you will change
f.’*!< In 1 ' n *
*1) .’a unnatural discharges
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4-uhoiiT o-»t Ouarar
♦ to stricture. A’r**Tf*nta ronfagVc
WHY NOT CURE YOURSELF 1
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‘bottles $2.75 Particulars with each
bottle ' <” rf>n\rxl
EVANS CHEMICAL COMPANY
Cincinnati, O.
THE
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, l 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
j worry than I am now willing to ad-
I mil. I was not knocked out or even
hurt in either of the battles, but at
the same time l 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. Th e y
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
j the time. I knew that they were not
| talking about me. for I had not been
a winner.
My brother an& Baker and Ed
wards and a lot of my friends came
to me and urged me to g«» 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 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 l probably
could get a job in a garage and work
myself up into something better.
This struck me right, so I wrote dow n
j to the address that my friend gave
I me and in a few days I got a letter
trying that the position was open
I lo me.
Goes to the Oil Fields.
I did not even hesitate. I jumped
j on the first train for the oil fields,
j determined to get out of the fighting
I game for a while at least and per
haps forever. It was just into mv
hands, for I managed to get a lot of
experience while I was working for
j that wholesale machinery house. I
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 I liked It. for l
took a great interest in machinery
and I was given every opportunity to
learn.
They railed upon me to do all sorts
of odd jobs, and I always did the
best l could. .Some nights I would go
to bed so tired* that l would not even
take time to eat my supper. But l
was learning a good trade, so I never
kicked. I made many good friends
down in the oil country and they ail
seemed to like me. and after a few*
months I fell in for a pretty good
Job
Forgets About the Game.
YVhe» *he 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 l
money m that section of the country
then, and J managed to get my share j
of it I worked steadily all the time,
and just kept my nose to the grind
stone.
Some of my new-made friends who
knew that J 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 rne. But there eras no chance. I
made up my mind to stick with tne
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.
T beg'an to get tired of Coalinga
I had saved up a nice little sum of
money, and l was about ready to take
my departure My boss was very
nice to me. and be 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 l
Bad my mind made op to return to
my home town.
Returns to His First Love.
My father and m> brothers and
sisters were very gfad to see me, es
pecially when 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 ail. It was against their
will that I started to fight, and they
kept wishing and praying t:iat I
would do something else for a living.
Everything went along nicely- foj
a month or two. till 1 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. The old feeling came back on
me. 1 tried to stall it off, but It
was no use. I was fighting mad once
more, .end the automobile business
seemed to lose all its charm.
The first thing I knew. I was out
in the gymnasium again after work,
putting on the gloves with the boys,
hitting the punching bags and doing
some road work every time I got a
chance. I felt belter than I ev’er
felt in my life before, so 1 concluded
that the fighting game really was the
game for me. and I began to look
around tor another ma;*h with the
four-rounders.
THE FREAK.
.4 mighty tumult surges about the
playhouse door.
The speculators gathered kale until
both arms were sore:
"Ah, this," / breathed, "is Bernhardt,
or stone strong sketch like
that.
Or maybe Mr. Hopper pulling 'Casey
at 'That Hat! 9 ’’
When to! a blaze of winki ng lights
proclaimed the wondrous dope:
"The Only Six-ford White Man Who
han't Claim To Be a White
Hope ! 99
• • *
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 i
a traction engine in advancing bog
Tills is the penalty civilization exacts {
from mankind. And dogs, too
* • *
For many, many generations we have
not been forced to depend on our sure- j
reus 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 Herce, we have lost these things, j
The dog feels it, too. He has had his j
eats passed out to him in a pan so long .
thai lie no longer classes with Lis broth - !
er, the wolf, us a fighting machine
* * *
It is a paradoxical world. How wou’ri t
you figure that any man who would pay
m«»ney to see a White Hope contest!
could ever get $5 tegether at one time" i
Steve Ketchel. the Chicago light
welgl ’ who Las u host «*f admirers in 1
the Windy City, will box Joe Mandot i
ten rounds a: Racine W - <.n I tecemher |
1H. Ketchel writes that lie is in Lard i
training for the bout ami expects to *
land the verdict.
• * *
Promter John Keating. of Kenosha ;
has resuscitated Ins club according to a
wire from the Badger village John -
is to offer a championship .iitraction i
early in Jar nary II* say s be lias signer!
Johnny Kilbane. featherweight oharn
pion. for a ached tiled ten rounds with
.Joe Ha rang of New Orleans.
Judge Kavanaugh May Swing Ax
Eddie Hanlon. lo* al weMerweight.
started light work las: night for his
fifteen-round bout with ,1a k Robinson,
at Jacksonville. Fla . on December lfi 1
Eddie boxer! three fa«t round* whli ‘
Frank Baker and pulled the pidlevs fr>r |
fifteen minutes Eddie i» anxious to
win this scrap, as be wi I be in line
for some good bouts if he gets away
with Jack.
The Charlie White Ad Wolgast bout
l as finally been < !ose«i Frank Mwlkern, |
Milwaukee promoter, has secured Wol- |
gast s signature to a set of articles to i
box White in the Brewer City on !>e- j
cember 19 The winner will probably
get Dundee on Christmas Day.
* • •
Matty McOue. who, a few month* ago i
was being touted as the cotnrig feath,
erwe ght champion of Ihe world, is now j
under Tom Jones' management. Me- |
Bv 0. B. Keeler.
R UMORS emanate from up Mem
phis way that Judge William
M&rmaduke 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 no better. And now that
the heat of battle lias 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.
• • •
H UT as a plain matter of news and
dope, we have it that of the four
umpires Wright. Fifleld. Stockdale
and Kerin who debutfced las: 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 homeless or simply green.
Judge Kavftnaugh is the judge.
/ \F the four veteran umpires Br<-
' ' ensteiu. Hurl, Kudderham and
Pfenning*!*- 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
blann-d 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 scalps.
Hut our idea of the worthy judge j
is that his ideas of support do not
Include long-term contracts w*lth um
pires that are manifestly incompe
tent.
\X7 HEREFORF, if Mr Kavanaugh
considers that Wright and
Btockdale and Fifleld or any one or
two of them are incompetent, Mr.
! Kavanaugh probably will try out one.
two or three new* bovs in blue in
1914.
I At this writing, anything connected
with the G. O. O. looks so good to us
that we can't get much worked up
even over an umpire.
McWhorter Placed on
All-American Team
Fans Refuse to Bet
On Murphy Against
Champion Ritchie
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9.—There Is a
lull in the training camps of both Willie
Ritchie and Tommy Murphy to-day.
Both lads have finished their training
and each is on edge for the 20-round
title mill at Coffroth’* arena to-morrow
night. Ritchie Is a 2 to 1 favorite to
win in the 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
haw taken it as a foregone conclusion
that the champion wi'I retain his hon
ors and Ritchie money goes begging
Some bets of freak nature are made, but
very few on the final result.
HOWELL BEATS ALBERTS.
PHILADELPHIA Dec. !»—Tommy
Howell, the Italian welterweight, won
from Johnny "Kid ' Alberts, the New
York lad. in ati uninteresting six-round
bout at the Olympia Athletic Club last !
night
MARS SEATS CONLEY.
CINCINNATI. Dec. !♦. Frankie Don- .
ley. ex-bantamweight champion of Ke
nosha. Wls.. was bested here last night i
In a ten-round bout with Knockout I
Mars, of this city.
Hoodlums Riot at
Bike Race; Fourteen
Teams Are Bunched
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 wore driven from the gar
den after one man. an "innocent by
stander.’* as usual, had been hurt The
fight 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
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 reconi.
BOXERS IN DOUBLE-HEADER.
PORTLAND. MAINE. Dec. 9.—Terry
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.
Bob McWhorter, captain and half
back star of the University of Geor
gia football team, has f>een honoree
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 of halfback
in ipetking of M< W ' ortei Mr
Davit nyi >n pa !*o Northern on - |
■IK
♦*r. but not so in the South, where be
is known as the most phenomenal hack-
field player the game lias known in
year*.’ |
I lei« is his select ion
End* Merrilat lArmy), Wagner
t Pittsburg i
Tackles Halim • Princeton i. Pontius)
t\l ichlga n i
Guards Talrnan (Rutgers), Brown j
( N a v y r.
(‘enter Marling *Yale>.
'Quarter -Huntington (Colgate!
Ilalfs -Guyon (Carlisle). McWhorter]
(Oot gia i
Full—Bricklev < 1 larva r d >
AUTO RACER KILLED.
(!a 1
j tr.ille Jenathy.. the Belgium automobile |
racing pilot, was accidentally killed in j
a forest near here yesterday. He was |
with tin- editor of a Brussels newspa i
per Both were members of a hunting J
jiarty.
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Cue ba’tles Tommy Bresnahati in a t
en
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-BEWARE OF IMITATIONS —
TETTER
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M'QuHdy. Kstlll Springs T'*nn, *«ys
'■ | had a arvrr# casa of trtter on hoth
) hands unit I finally got hatpins* A trading
) ahytelan knew of no cure. I decided to give
) Tetterlne a trial. To my utter surprise end
t vatlsfactien If werksd a speedy cure.
Use Tetterine
P <-nr*s evr.ema. t»tter. •rrslpelm ftrhlOf ’
pi!- s ground ttrh and all sain rualadlra.
SOc at druggists, er by mall.
SHUPTSINE CO. SAVANNAH. GA
a Michigan town with fort.v-
six cars, and forty-four are
Fords. And there are many
other towns the world over
making ()rtonville hustle for
its record ofFordpopularity.
Five hundred dollar* is the new price of ♦b'*
Ford runabout; the louring car is five fifty;
the town car even fifty r o. b. Detroit,
complete with equipment. Get catalog ini
particulars from Ford Motor Company, 311
Peachtree St , Atlanta, Ga.