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mmm A J I 1 IV A1 lvAlN'iiX aiMvmtlAJN AM) JNMVVB. Drop That Egg—What Do You Know About lewelrv? °y SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT ‘Windy McGhee’--That’s a Name tor a Judge Chicago Magnate Returns From Abroad and at Once Goes Into Conference With Herrmann. Bv Frank Gk Menke. N EW YORK,'Dec. 11.—The gUt- tering presence of C. Waistcoat Murphy, owner of the Chicago ubs. and a brisk resumption of the business of Tinker-ling were features f such import around the Waldorf- Astoria to-day that they practically vershadowed the fact that the league magnates met with John K. Tener, : heir new president, and discussed ways and means of bringing the Xa- onal League back from the state of haos into which it skidded some : ears ago. Murphy, freshly returned from Paris and other European way sta tions, brought with him a chubby smile, a pair of gorgeous spats, some of the most beautiful neckties ever ren outside of a museum, and a • unk full of vests that are beyond ,'ie description of words Murphy Trails Herrmann. Also, C. Waistcoat toted along a keen desire to acquire Mr. Josephus Tinker, late of the Cubs and still lat er manager of the Cincinnati Reds. I Hiring the morning Murphy trailed Carry Herrmann, owner of Tinker, to vie Herrmann lair, and told Mr. Herrmann that he desired Tinker at ,ny cost. In the meantime each of the other managers, failing to gain - ntry to Herrmann's room because ot Murphy’s presence there, and fearing that C. Waistcoat might hypnotize Carry into turning Tinker back to the (’ubs, telephoned to Herrmann’s room or sent Garry notes telling nim it will be to your advantage to see me before you close any deals con- < erning Tinker.” Dodgers Offer $30,000. The Brooklyn club owners, deter mined to get Tinker if it cost them their bank roll. An offer of $30,000 was made by the Dodgery for Tinker a large lot of money for one human being—but Herrmann blandly an swered that “I’ll have to think this over. When Herrmann landed here Sun day he said $20,000 would buy Tinker About six magnates wanted him, bu f the-six magnates at once loudly de clared that $20,000 was too much, ahd then immediately afterward each ot them slipped up to Garry’s boudoir and told him they would pay him his price. The first arrival was the Brooklyn representative. Garry, it is said, was on the point of closing the deal at $20,000 when a rap came on his door. Another magnate appeared. He, too, was willing to pay $20,000. Soon an other magnate arrived—with a de sire to pay $20,000. Garry Raises Price. And then, of a sudden. Garry be came quite coy about selling Tinker at $20,000. And quite as suddenly he decided that $20,000 was a bit too low. Even a $25,000 offer, made by Pres ident Ebbets, of the Brooklyn Dodg ers, was spurned. The $30,000 bid made by the Dodgers to-day is the record offer for a ball player. It is not likely that anyone will outbid it, but Garry has assumed an air of re luctance about disposing of Tinker for such a paltry sum, perhaps in the hope that somebody will boost it to about $35,000—which would be about $25,000 more than Herrmann ever ex- pected to get for Tinker. Large gobs of trade talk floated around the Waldorf-Astoria lobbies ill day, but no trades of any impor- mce were made during the early hours. It seemed that all the assem bled managers and magnates wanted from one to four players each, mostly Pitchers, but they were offering only • ash, and the moguls who had play ers they wanted to rid themselves of did not want cash—they wanted players in return. The New York-St. Louis Nationals deal involving “Big Ed’’ Konetchy. the first baseman, still is hanging fire, but may go through within the next 4X hours if the Giants will throw in a ittle cash in addition to First Base man Merkle and Infielder Herzog in exchange for Konetchy. SoaaE PEOPLE njfDjJGrS- S CaaE. DO Mr tkdjk a7c alL- omen ■MlWICTH-wr Os' CfttUvCr ft PRJO IVU\/£/vJT /waaj ■PUEE1*- NA.MET SO Ct+ AT- PATHEAD, KIONCV FOCJT, aaj0 Such that iti THEHEIS-HT 3E f-HJ M. OK — cMLK hr/vr HAP PS v/jHO PEMi.STC IV VAA.S//UG- (PmSC-P off as 3VD GrE (Cu na t-YAu SEP- tS o/^e of 7>+E:se — HeM^vet" mae: rot a'/ and ujH-eTJ rwer P£>t- 3UO&C PASdh> etc TOU) HEFP- THjVT . THG p ArS S / V G-e iJT~ VNiNOs /vv c Ge.fc CAaj v/OU QeTCT THAT ToR. A SwETU. MONiCICEH. 9 the ioeta of rwe tup <rtr BClWCr CAU-tO 'K/fODS Gr6E ee set INDOOR SPORTS - - m By Tad Carpentier Agrees To Meet Smith for $10,000 Side Wager /t TELEGRAM from Bill Smith r\ announces the acquisition of four ball players as the result of Bill’s expedition to New York for the National League meeting. These are the new Crackers: Schwind, a third baseman and shortstop, acquired r fon\ the Boston Nationals, and ra ext as a young man of much ability and promise. Doeseher, a pitcher, from Jersey i City; also a youngster, who pleases Bill immensely, and on wlaom Bill has been looking with some covetousness for months. I The Walsh brothers, one a catcher and the other an- inftelder. Long Branch players, recommended by no • less an authority than Mike Doniln. The usual lack of volubility on Bill’s part has restrained him from mu h correspondence concerning his adven tures in the East, but he appears io be thoroughly satisfied with his trades* Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, Dec. 11.—The manager of Georges Carpentier, the French pugilist, who defeated “Bombardier” Wells, to-day announced that a chal lenge from ’Gunboat” Smith had been accepted. The match will be decided in London, the stakes to be $10,000 a side. Bike Racers Settle Down to Steady Jog NEW YORK. Dec. 11.— 1 The six-day bike racers at Madison Square Garden settled down into a steady jog to-day, setting a pace which they are expected to maintain until the final spurts at the end of the content. Bat’s Wooing Doesn't Suit Fay; Divorce PORTLAND, OREG.. Dec. 11. — Bat Nelson's “dream of love is over.” In a short time he will apply for a di vorce from his w iv ay King Nel son. daughter of Jack King, athletic trainer of Portland. Mrs. Nelson ar rived hero to-day and announced that k was off “fur good and always” with Bat. “The«famous ex - light weight cham pion ia a fine boy,” said Mrs. Nelson, “but he wooes like he fights, with a dogged persistency that distracts. It was a mismatch,” continued the pen sive bride. She also announced she will not have any of Bat’s money or Jewels. Well, They DO Catch Big Fish in Florida CHICAGO, Dec. 11.—A fish captured ' * ‘ “tv at Miami, Fla . by Charles H. Thomp son wan no large that when the tall was In the doorway of Thompson's store, the head extended over the street car tracks. The routing of a street car line was changed. The fish could not be taken indoors. N EW ORLEANS, Dec. 11.—fllke Gibbons, St. Paul phantom^ gave a demonstration of his real boxing ability here last night and as a result “Wilcat” Ferns, the Kansas City battler, was knocked ou in just little more than one round of lighting. The ending came Just after the second round had started. In this tfrief time Gibobns gave a beautiful exhibition of boxing, block ing and old-fashioned in and oui work, and then, as though juat to show that he can fight as well as box he feinted Ferns into a lead with a left and shot a right to the point of the jaw, which put Ferns down for the first of four knockdowns. The first three upsets lasted nine seconds each. The last brought Referee Dick Burke to Ferns' rescue. Burke gave the signal for a cessa tion of hostilities and then raised Gibbons' hand In token of victor} They led Ferns to a seat in his cor ner He was in bad shape. M'CUE IN DRAW SCRAP. RACINE. WIS., Dec. 11.—Tommy Rresnahan and Matty McCue fought a ten-round draw hero last night at the Racine Athletic Club. Federal League May Invade Gay Gotham Blinkey Ben Talks on Uplift of Boxing Game -:•«+ +•+ Here Is Correct Dope on This Vital Question NEW YORK, Dec. 11—The Fed eral League, it was learned, contem plates putting a club in Greater New York, if possible. Edward Hanlon ;and Judge Henry Goldman, who are >t'< moting the Baltimore Federal League club, are at the Hotel Im perial in the interests of the so-called ' utlaw circuit. 'There is room in this city for an other major league club,” said Han lon, “but I will not my one will be Placed here. The Federal League is going right ahead with new clubs in ^Baltimore and Buffalo. W hen we have held a few more meetings we ill make public the names of pla> * < tf both known and unknown, w ho *»!ll provide good baseball next sea- Jh?u.” M’AULIFFE TO TOUR EUROPE. XEW YORK, Deo. 11 - Jack Mc- Auiiffe, undefeated and retired light*, ’light champion, sails Saturday for Europe for a six weeks’ exhibition Jour. As McAuliffe holds a unique in> ition in the boxing world, he is assured of enthusiastic receptions in 2he cities he expects to visit. He wil. ;, >egin his tour in London, December and will then visit France and Germany. At each place where he exhibits, some well-known local box er wiH go on with him in a sparring bout. By II. M. Walker. AZE into my hazel *rown It eyes an’ you wiy see what the fiction tedders refer to as ‘a look o’ grim determination.’ ” Blinkey Ben had removed his hat and coat. He sat with several sheets of copy paper clutched in his hands. Zigzag streaks, scratched in blue lead above and. behind his right ear. of fered evidence that the old man had been struggling through a siege of what lie was wont to term ‘‘the throes o’ ' ompositlon “I wi’ he with you fo' some few minutes to come.” he continued, “an’ you wi’ please be so kind as to bear .wi' me an’ weigh well what I wouldst have spread befo’ the clamorin’ pub lic. The Uplift Question. “I have bin a-t'ninkin’ deeply fo’ Hie past half hour, a-knowin’ full well that such a proceedin' wi’ everlast ingly - disqualify me as bein’ a sport writer. But I'm a-gonna tell you some things that you wouldn’t find out yourse'f between now an the ti they har\ est the first poppy crop In the Yukon. • How to help the boxin game. 1 his be the subject o’ my lay this morn- in’ Every sport writer from Bill Xaughton down to the small fry kids jes’ outa college ikaes a weekly fling at this thing. Some o’ you shoot well, but you never get the range. Hearken to your Uncle Blink. ••To strengthen a thing you must splice up the weak strands an’ polish the strong links by way o’ decoration. Exactly! Now, that’s what I propose to do wi’ my subject. . “Abolish the heavyweight division fo* a period o’ fi’ years. • I can see you all a-grabbin’ your hammer.*,, but I'm ready fo you. Of What Use Are They? “Answei me. O’ what use or credit are the heavies o’ to-day? They can not box. they carry the heart o’ a rabbit in their shirt fronts, an’ they are not good drawin’ cards. Why, then, continue wi’ a class that be detriment to the game? “I call upon the promoters to dis regard the heavyweights fo’ fi’ years. At the end o’ that ti’ such men as Willard, Morris. Rodel. Pelkey an’ Smith wi’ have learned trades an' settled down to a happy existence with one boiled dinner a week an’ party, on a Sum lay. "Look at that Wil lard-Morris af fair in Xoo York. Willard looked like a scared calf, staggered aroun’ the ring like a honest washerwoman wi’ a pay day sotise under her kimopo, an’ gave a display o' scientific boxin’ as wudda biii^t credit to a young Jelly fish. Morris Was Worse. “An’ as bad as* wuz Willard, the other fellow wuz worse. They sav as how Morris acted as full o’ life as a broken-down truck horse on its way to the glue Vat. Fo’ looks Curl re sembled a Japanese wrestler that had just eaten an extra bale o’ hay. “An it wuz the ‘National Boxin’ Commission’ as staged this show. H6re Is a bunch o’ Noo Yorkers who Imagine that they be the smartest set o’ men this side of Wilson’s Cabinet. In truth, they be the biggest bunch •»' boobs at large. These bo the ‘board’ that wanted to reach out an' control thp boxin’ game In San Francisco, Sydney and Los Angeles. An’ month after month they go along a-givin’ the Broadway crowds matches thai would make a Wapakoneta hick lose his toothpick from the excessive laf- ter. ‘Slip the ’National Boxing Com mission’ the recall, an’ close down the heavies, fo’ a few years an' you will have made a start. Out With the Middle*. "Last month I counted fo’ differ ent middleweight matches that were all fo’ ‘the world's championship. Here’s another chance fo’ the promot ers to look the other way. Let the middles go to seed until we lose the Klaus-McGoorty-Clabby vote. They ain’t much to look at. Any ti’ they go into the ring the boxin’ game gets a black eye. "An’ stop a -callin’ Packev McFar land a smart guy because he grabs boys as weigh ten pounds less than he an’ kicks ’em all over the bush league rings. Pat key is the real wel terweight champion of the universe. Match him with Mike Gibbons or don’t match him at all. “Johnnie <’onion is anqther fine lit tle oriole as deserves the can. He takes the bantamweight title into the Wisconsin woods fo’ li’ an’ six months at a stretch, a-comin’ out once or twice a year to box Earl Denning or George Kitson. Make him fight John nie Williams fo’ flie title or get outta the game. Give Good Boys Matches. "These be the chinks as need plas ter. The strong birds to be •encour aged to keep on a-singin’ are the lightweights, the 128-pound class, the feathers and bantams. “Tiie lightweights are fakin’ good care o’ themselves. Nine outta every ten lightweight cards give satisfac tion. “In the 128 crowd we have Dundee, White and several other good boys that should be us&d as often as matches can be strung. Boost a re turn match between, Kilbane and Al ton and keep a-usin’ 122-pounders In the preliminaries in hopes o’ devel opin’ championship material. “The bantams. Williams, Camp! and Ledoux, are too good to be kept on tile waitin’ list. Gi’ em plenty o’ work an’ the game wi' be bettered. “Them be my ideas. Take ’em or leave ’em. You can’t hurt my feel- in’s. I know I’m right Wuz it T<gn Sharkey as said, Td rather be right than champion?' “Not to change the subject, but I’rn gettin’ tired o’ bearin’ every pfank comedian that hits town tryin’ to get a laf by referrin* to the Union Depot. This fiing is about as funny as a child in tears. “Be good to yourse’f.” ■ I ■ DO YOU ITCH? BLOOMINGTON SIGNS PITCHER. BLOOMINGTON, ILL.. Dec. 11-Peter Mestc-1. <C Collinsville a urum.aing sem - I To pitcher wi t h the Hi Louis loom fatt year, was signed by the Blooming* 'on club to-day. lrJ=JSILM4 If so. use Tettertn*. It ff« eraema, (round , itrh. ringworm, itching piles. 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W., WASHIFfOTOH. D. C. Get Your Tickets NOW At the Atlanta Theater. Greatest Show of the Year STARS OF T HE ATLANTA STARS OF THE FORSYTH STARS OF THE MOVIES STARS OF ATLANTA’S AMATEURS —At The— ATLANTA THEATER Friday, December 12 Curtain Rises at 2:30 P. M. Prices—Orchestra, $1.00; Balcony, 50c; Gallery, 25c. For the Empty Stocking Fund of the Georgian-Ametican