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TTTF ATLANTA dEOfiCiTAN ANT) VFWS T1 ie First V lino* an i Earlv Frost L O' sually Lands On Is a a Xew Kaseba 1 League JACK BRITTON 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 Ed W. Smith. C hicago, n*r. 9. -Packey Mr- Far land, world's great e»t box er, lost bis head but won a fight last night. Opposed to Jack Brtt- ton. of Chicago, the Idol of the stock yards displayed so much feeling of a disagreeable nature that he couldn’t box a lick, and when it came to lighting Britton, he lost much of the sterling. sparkling qualities that bring* him that title of “world’s greatest boxer.” The battle went the full ten rounds, and at the finish the general verdict was that McFarland had had a good •hade the better of It. In addition to being pitted against one of the best fighters In the busi ness in the legitimate 185-pound class, Packey was badgered and heckled by one Battling Nelson, once world’* champion of the division and avowedly Paoke.v’s lifelong bitter enemy. Nelaon sat near McFarland's corner, and sent messages over to Britton’s corner, even attempting openly to have Referee Stout act as • messenger boy for him Stout wouldn’t, but the Incident obviously annoyed Packey, who leaned out of the ropes between the fifth and sixth rounds and yelled at Nelson "It’s a good thing for you I haven’t got you In here to-night. I’d knock your head off." Nelson, knowing he had the Me Farland goat meandering, merely grinned and tossed some notes across the ring The papers were promptly kicked out. but Packey was aa wild «s a loon after that, and didn’t re cover his hearings for « full round The contest was a koen disappoint ♦nent. especially to Packey's friends, because he didn’t do the impossible knock Britton out. He failed in this Just aa every other good fighter has, not so much because he lost his head in anger, but because he can not beat Britton any more decisively than he did last night at least in ten rounds. Packey hee flashed hi* speed be fore Chicago crowds against a lot of mediocre, opponents. He beat them without trouble Assembled in the ring last night with one of the be** men In the business, the crowd of Packer's friends though he should treat Britton In much the same man ner When he didn’t do It. there was hlsaing and booing, and the crowd yelled in disapproval It was hardly just, because McFarland did his ab solute beat. The first three rounds were in Britton's favor, the next two were fairly even, but from the sixth round on it was McFarland's battle In a big walk. In the ninth and tenth rounds Britton’s gloves were heavy a« lead, and he couldn’t hold them higher than his waist with any success Packey, too. was dog tired, but he carried all the battling to the North Sider, and was entitled to the shade. VYH a>ts A GUV Gokjk A 00 'AlHEk J l+li WlPP vajOIVT TM-K to mh* — He'ftt 'J JDD&e fl-O A A k+A* u 1 WfiteXrsD SV 0^* AND 6CIUCH VJO&PlfcO TO OEAf H— - i-Air fwi 6++r- his \jjir-f. 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BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip President Baker, of the Philadelphia Club offered to trade Doolan and Knabe to Cincinnati for Tinker and Groh. In reply to the offer Garry Herr mann telegraphed back two words: Quit kidding • • • Bill Smith will atl»nii the National lx-agur meeting with Glark Griffith Bill stopped off at Washington to pick up Griff Some time In Gay Gotham for these two "youngster*" • • • Memphis has lost Paul Smith, who was bought by Memphis from the Adrian Club, of the Michigan Assorts tiori Smith has contracted to play with Washington and th« national commis sion has ruled that he had the right •o to contract. • • • The Worcester. New Fngland League chib is fighting the draft of outfielder Shorten who la the properly of the Memphis club. Jesse Burkett former National League batting king, manages the Worcester club, and la endeavoring to find a flaw in the draft * * * Three National league clubs. Cincin na.tt. Pittsburg and Chicago, are after Pitcher Hovlik. of the Milwaukee chib Having disposed of Outfielder l-arry Chappelle for $15,000. the Brewers may try to get about $10,000,000 for Hovlik • • • Boston fans consider ‘Rabbit’’ Ma ranville a great baseball player, but the ▼oung man’s father still insists that bis eon should have stuck to the plumb ing business “Walter was doing nice iv as an apprentice in a tinner's shop and should have stuck to it.’’ says Pop- psr • • • President Johnson has come out with a string boost for “Three-Fingered*' Brown as manager of the Cincinnati Reds 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 the game, and that in his long experience in baseball he had never met a squarer or more intelligent representative of the na tional 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 pow er * * * i But. of course, the National League Is far from being within Mr. Johnson's jurisdiction At the same time, he has the ptivilege of talking National League baseball, and when he conies out with a boost for Brown it means something The American League's president Is considered the “big man’ In baseball to-day. and it’s not going to hurt Brownies chances of landing the Cin cinnati Job one bit l>> having him come out In the open with a Bt<<wn boost. And there are many others who view the situation at Cincinnati In the same light. , B\ Coach Heisman. W 7HENEVER present-day foot- Vy ball players stop for a mo ment to contemplate the fact that some years ago the offen sive team had only five yards to gain to make first down, they invariably fall to wondering how the defensive team ever held their opponents ?>r downs at all. Admitting, as they do. that the defense of to-day could not atop a team for that required gain, lh© inquiry Is pertinent as to wheth er modern defense has not deterior ated. Well, that depends. First of all, it depends upon what you are con sidering. If 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 be in the days when who'* afternoons war* put In by the coaches teaching the players how to get tin der the line and stop the dreaded "guards back” or the famous “tackle over” ramming, smashing, grinding plays of that period. Put. then, it must be borne In mind that no forward passes were played In that day. and, as a result, the secondary defense found it not only safe, but eminently proper, to come right up behind the line and play on 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 be admitted that sec ondary defensive players of to-day are not in a class with those of a dec 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 whit tackling they do is mainly on the opposing end runners. Hence they have not had the coaching on stop 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 se •- ondary defensive players of that day would have made an even greater mess of the Job of trying to stop for ward passes had they been called upon to do It without several years of working up to it. In short, the defense of ten years ago was strone er for stopping the offense of that pe’iod than would be the defense .»? to-day. while the converse is true re garding defense under present rules. When contracted with what the de fensive players of bygone days could do with the game of to-day. • • • Y\J HAT Is going to be the limit to ** the throngs that will patronise the football of the future? That would be difficult to say Had too noticed that the attendance grow* greater every year” The Yale-Harvard game drew 42. 000 this year. The Army-Navy game drew 47.000. None of the big games In the West drew less than 25,000. In the Southern cities the attend ance has l>een 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 30,000 capacity Is no longer sufficient for the Armv- Navy game, so they took their game to ti»e 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 pacity stadium well under way. And will it be filled with spectators when completed” At the big games it cer tainly will, and running over And isn’t that remarkable when you stop to think that New Haven is far from being a large city? In other words, they will not depend ver> much on the resident population to fill up the big saucer. The people will pour in from hundreds of miles in every direction. The ancient Coliseum at Rome he'd but 70,000 *t*eotators. and while tt was comfortably filled at all bargnln matinees. It must be remembered that the attractions were even more numerous than In the football coli seum of to-day. and that the stage settings were particularly and r>e- culiarly realistic—rather more so than in our day. In another ten years the quer> at each college will be where will they find a plot of land large enough on SPRING DATES FOR RIDS. CINCINNATI, Dec. J The Red spring dates have ail been filled by Frank Ban croft. who is always right on the iob at getting favorable games for the cluo during the practice season. The team will play at New Orleans March L’R and 29. at Memphis. March 20 and 31, and at Louisville. April 1. 2 and J At Red’and Field the club will play Washington April 4 and 5. Cleveland 6 and 7. 1 >e trolt S. 9 and 10. and Boston 11 and 12 PLAYER SIGNS CONTRACT. NEWARK. OHIO. Dec 9 Bert Brown 18 year* old premier second baseman of the local city league for three rears signed a contract with the Terre Haute Central League team yes terday ILLINOIS FIVE BOOKS GAME CHAMPAIGN. ILL . Pec. H The Lnlversltj of Illinois to-day booked a basket ball game with James MMliken University of Decatur, to be played here December IS f Milliili in which to build the football coliseum that will be required in that day. * * * LlAI) you noticed how the use of 1 1 shift formations is spreading like wild fire over the cou. try? The quick Jump-shift very similar to the Min nesota shift that was introduced at New Haven by Shevlln in 1910, Just prior to the Tale-Princeton garm - w a a first shown in the South by Tech, also in 1910? But Tech never learned it from Yale, or from Minnesota either. They took It up weeks before YaDever heard of It, right after the* Alabama game in October. an.I worked not only the backs Into the Jump, but the line as well. And that very year yet they used it to get a high gTade punt formation—a pur pose for which it was not employed by any team that year, nor the next eit her. VV’hat surprised me this year was not to see a good many collece team? playing a Jum.i-shift but a goodly number of prep teams as well. The Jump-shifts of Tech High, of Boys’ High, of Riverside and of CL M. C. were all different from each other, and all had points of merit. Othu’- pren teams doubtless used such a-s well, but these happened to be all the prep teams T saw’ fr< m thlg State this fall. T did see a game between two Tennessee prep teams, however, out neither of these used Jump-shifts. I 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 any way. and It was done quite as well as the best college teams could do It. This means that in a year or so the prep players who come to college wlil already have been thoroughly Initiated into the mysteries of quick shifts, which will make the worl of the col- I lege coaches easier t)n the other hand, this matter of jump-shifting is leading to so many freak formations in the backfleld *nd so many maneuvers calculated to take advantage of the wording of the rules in new' and unexpected ways that it would not surprls me if the rules committee did no: fake a hand in the »’.une and do some legislating regard ing these quick shifts in a year or two. They make things too hard Tor the officials, for they can't waten everything In a game as the games are now played. Camp Stops Talk of Yale-Michigan Game CHICAGO, Dec. 9. Walter Camp, ath letic 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 dented he Is here on such a mis sion. and further stated that there are two strong reasons why such h game can not be played First, he fiecJares. the Yale 1914 schedule is so filled that it would t>e almost impossible to slip in another, and. secondly, he doubted whether Coach Staag would take his team to New Haven for a clash. Camp said there isn’t a chance of Yale coming 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 East Tennessee and one of the best fives in Tennessee, will clash with the local five The Tigers went through the 1912-1913 season without a defeat, eliminating eome of the strongest teams throughout that section of the South. \t> VO UP SALAfcV t l \ TVJO DOLLAR.S ^HORr v VHADDVS ME" AM !! DO VOO T>»/NI< that I CAW VAW A GP0C-e?v ICENtAW, BAKE*, OoTCHEIi ORtTSi VWSCT-F AMD SOL} OU-rrA THIi. 11*-' iSrll \ 1 \\\ * iO?P0i£- VOL) MET t)+ ill. l '| M<-C.AFFE*V TH/MG- Bfr *1* t \ 11 I i * Nt> ®0VDl-eX> A F£V-t , \whvt ? . ISli fa' WDDOOR SPORTS' BSinjG-iwG 7He BA CO U’ TV)0 0000 ShoR-T■ White Sees McCue Floor Ad Wolgast In ‘Gym’ Workout CHICAGO, Dec. 9 -Charlie White, w ho is matched to box Ad Wolgast in Milwaukee on December 19. saw hi* opponent dropped to the floor from a right croRR. and Charlie will likely try that punch repeatedly when they meet. Ad and his stable mate, Matty McCue, put on the f glove# in Lewis yesterday. In the third round Wol- gaat rushed in at his oppoflbnt, and Matty shot over a tight cross. Ad hit the floor like a log. his head hit ting before his body. Jones May Quit Yale To Enter Business NEW HAVEN. Dec. P Now that the captaincy of the Yale football team for 1914 has been decided, interest shifts to the appointment of the coach ing staff for the coming rear, 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 Jones 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. MASS . Dec. 9.- John J. Grum. aged 7»v a member of the Eck- ford baseball team, of Brooklyn, which won the championship of the country in 18fll and 18t>3. died last night after a short illness. He was a native of New York City and Joined the Eckfords as shortstop in 1856. TEMPLE VS. SHERMAN. SUPERIOR. WIS., Dec 9. Ray Tem ple. 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 for Joe Mandot. who was once defeated by Temple Food for Sport Fans PURDUE ELEVEN DREW WELL. IaAFAYETTE. iNP . Dec 9 The re ceipts from football game* played by the team of Purdue University during the season Just closed amounted to $13.- 000 This is the largest amount cleared in the history of the university. TOPHAM TO HEAD BUCKNELL. LEWISBURG, PA.. Dec 9 —Earl Top- ham. of Philadelphia, has been elected captain of the Bucknell College football team for 1914 Topham played full back for Bucknell during the poat sea son. THE WHITE HOPE. A White Hope is a large aection 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 as a senile clam. The only time a White Hope shows any fe roclty Is 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 6mltes the pickled pig’s foot hip and thigh and ravishes the Boston baked bean on Its very threshold. The White Hope, however, Is not wholly to blame. It it 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 at is Bertll- loned. photographed In fifty seven pos tures and Introduced to the world with the accompaniment of a brass 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. He a thining model in the ej/es of honest men. With his sterling and his upright Imposition; He tcos a thing of credit to the fight ing game—and then He decided 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 stars 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 Mordecai Brown will not manage the Cincinnati team, but neither will the unfortunate person who Is hired for the job. Yusslf Mahmout writes from Paris to deny the report that he was shot. He avers that he wasn’t even half shot. The All-Stars beat the Soldiers, 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 bean a batsman all last season, but he probably figured that with so much Ivory In the league It would be useless. Kid Williams, pugilist, has awakened to the $ad fact that It is one thing to get a guarantee In Milwaukee and an other thing to GET IT. JAKE SHOULD GRIEVE. Jake Stahl sat in his banking house Through all the Boston uurry. l He piled his money, note by note. And answered, “/ was once the goat. But 1 SHOULD WORRY!” l Jimmy Johnston Is wanted by the St. Louis Browns, but It Is expected that Evers wHI give him a thorough try-out I before sending him to the minors. If Joe Tinker accepts that job In the Federal League he will bs able to write a dissertation entitled, “From Messen- j 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. You fair oasis gleam* lthe lAwelong day — Yon shaded spot where amber foun tains play. lux All day it mocks my dry and burn ing throat. So near to me and yet so far away. I wander homeward when my job I quit. Tor grasp a stein of lager in my mitt. Till New YearU Day l tread the desert sands And five hard bones is all I win by it. Cracker Outfielder Also Keep* Busy Telling Home Fans About Local Team’s Great Finish. • r l I fS is the third of a series of letters from members of th49 champion Cracker team. Ii is from Tommy Long, who will again be in the outfield, in 1914. Tommy writes that he expects to be in great shape for spring practice, and hopes to help the Atlanta club to another rag. a Tolnette, Ala., Dec. 1, 1913. W. S. Farnsworth, Sporting Edita* The Atlanta Georgian: Friend Bill—Tour letter received « 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 In the spring and help the Crackers cop another pennant. I went to my home In Bladon 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 part of the employees out of work. I had a great time w'hile at work, dealing with the people of the town. They all wanted to know about the Crack ers’ grandstand finish, and kept m* busy reviewing the dope. I 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 eleve* ducks and 53 squirrels. Well, Bill, have nothing else t# write about, so will close with re gards to all my friends in Atlanta. Tour friend. TOMMY LONG. Tech Players Will Compete in All-Star Game on Xmas Day CHATTANOOGA, Dec. 9—Chatta- 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, wilt carry the bulk of the interest at this game. Vander bilt, bewanee and Auburn will furnish some of the men in the game. MITCHELL TO CAPTAIN BROWN PROVIDENCE. R. I , Dec s Hetk Mitchell, varsity center, wlil captain the Brown eleven next fall. He haa ssr d pssais-ss2rr ea "- com,ng her< PAY ME FOR CURES ONLY •* y«u hav« been taking treatment f®r week* and menth* and pay ing out your hard earned money without being cured, don't you think It la high time to aeoept DR. HUGHES’ GRAND OFFER? T on will certainly not be out any more money If not cured. Consul tation and Examination are Free for the next thirty day*. If I decide that your condition will not yield readily to my treat ment, I wlil be honent with you and tell you so, and not accept your money under a promise of a cure. My treatment will goeftlvely eure er I will make you ae charge for the following diseases: KIDNEY, BLADDER AND BLOOD TROUBLE, PILES, VARICOSE VEINS, FISTULA. NERVOUSNESS. WEAKNESS. RUPTURE, ULCERS AND SKIN DISEASES. CONSTIPATION Eczema, Rheumatism, Catarrhal A It,chons. Piles and E (alula and all Nerveus and Chronic Diseases of Men and Women. New . *n d Tronic Cues of Rumln*. Itehlng and Inflemmatlon stopped In 24 hours. I am ag.Tinst pi*h and extortionate fees charged by some physicians and specialists. My fees are reasonable and no more than you are willing to pay for a cure. All medicines, the purest and TncriT^* 5, * re * u FP lle<1 frora my own prlrate lalioratory. OUT-OF-TOW'N MEN VISITING 1 he ulT 1. consult me at once upon arrival, and maybe you can be cured before returning Home. Many cases can he cured In one or two visit*. CALL OR WRITE-—No detention from business Treatment and addee confidential. Hours 9 a- m. to b p m Sunday. 9 to 1 If you can’t call, write and give me full description of your case in your own words. A complete consultation costa you nothin* and If 1 can help you I will. DR. HUGHE.S Opposite Third National Bank. 1§ nwunta 16y 2 North Broad Street, Atlanta, Ga. “THE VICTOR” DR. WOOLLEY’S SANITARIUM ft • j tail • a anfl *11 Inebriety and Opium and Whisky ^ a »’ * years’ experience shawl these dlseaeee are curable. Patients also treated M homes Consultation confidential. A book <m the Ject free. Dr. B. M WOOLLJET * SON. No. 1-A Via- ter SqpUariy . Atlanta. Qa