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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 ITiT SutTiMC/ ~Tcu6h A vbuA/6 HLLTR. Like /Rhcr, ■fbR ~To BE pouWJ With -The Chicken ft*. But n’s better] ftlM TiHAH A OEE MAH -) LIKE ME! Put Th4T boon. n>OVX/Ni ~THl£ Ml MUTE Ritchie Quit Ring for Autos •Fed* *f* • *7* •!-9t 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 R*. O*? 1 'gin- rop"’>' - .in ; | AftG iv 4-uhoiiT o-»t Ouarar ♦ to stricture. A’r**Tf*nta ronfagVc WHY NOT CURE YOURSELF 1 i i, - v j - *. or by parcel p*.-i $! nr ‘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. nnoe’ i * *. -1 .ion*-* ,!<i i 4% Cue ba’tles Tommy Bresnahati in a t en “THE OLD RELIABLE" p L ANTEN’S oR . Bu/ycs . C & u CAPSULES REMEDY.^* MEN AT DRUGGI6T8.0R TRIAL BOX BY MAIL50o FROM PLANTF.N 93 HtNRYST. BROOKLYN.NY -BEWARE OF IMITATIONS — TETTER ■ TM*«rlne cure* <COr R^ift whit Mr*. V C. 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. 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