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SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
‘Wind* McGhee’--That’s a Name tor a Judge
Chicago Magnate Returns From
Abroad and at Once Goes Into
Conference With Herrmann.
By Frank G. Menke.
N EW YORK, Dec. 11.—The gilt-
terlng presence of C. Waistcoat
Murphy, owner of the Chicago
Cubs, and a brisk resumption of the
business of Tinker-ling were features
v ,f such import around the Waldorf-
Astoria to-day v that they practically
overshadowed the fact that the league
magnates met with John K. Tener,
their new president, and discussed
ways and means of bringing the Na
tional League back from the state of
- haos into which it skidded some
years ago.
Murphy, freshly returned from
i’aris and other European way sta-
;ions, brought with him a chubby
smile, a pair of gorgeous spats, some
of the most beautiful neckties ever
seen outside of a museum, and a
mink full of vests that are beyond
the 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-
< r manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
During the morning Murphy trailed
Carry Herrmann, owner of Tinker, to
the Herrmann lair, and told * Mr.
Herrmann that he desired Tinker at
any cost. In the meantime each of
the other managers, failing to gafn
entry 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 him
• it will be to your advantage to see
me before you close any deals con
cerning 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 Dodgers 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 raaguates wanted him, but
the six magnates at once loudly de
clared that $20,000 was too much, and
•hen immediately afterwarjd each ol
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 quit** 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
all day, but no trades of any impor
tance were made during tlie 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
cash, 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
48 hours if the Giants will throw in a
jittie cash In addition to First Base-
man Merkla and Infielder Herzog in
exchange* for Konetchy.
Federal League May
Invade Gay Gotham
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—The Fed-
era! League, it was learned, contem
plates putting a club in Greater New
Y< rlv, if possible. Edward Hanlon
and Judge Henry Goldman, who are
pre moting the Baltimore Federal
League club, are at the Hotel Im
perial in the interests of the so-called
outlaw circuit.
"There is room in this city for an
other major league club,” said Han-
Icn. “but I will not sav one will be
placed here. The Federal League 1?
going right ahead with ne ' v „ r c , lubs in
Baltimore and Buffalo. When we
have held a few more meetings we
will make public the names of play
ers both known and unknown, w no
will provide good baseball next sea
son.”
M’AULIFFE TO TOUR EUROPE.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. -Jack Mc-
Auiiffe, undefeated and retired light*
‘vfleht champion, sails Saturday for
Europe for six weeks’ exhibition
tour. As McAuliffe holds a unique
petition in the boxing world, he is
assured of enthusiastic receptions m
the cities he expects to visit. He wu
ha?gin his tour in London. December
•it and will then visit France and
Germany. At each place where he
exhibits, some well-known loc-il box
er will go on with him in a sparring
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\ TELEGRAM from Bill Smith
announces the acquisition of
four ball players as the result
of Bill’s expedition to New York for
the National League meeting These
arc* the new Crackers:
Sehwind, a third baseman and
shortstop, acquired from the Boston
Nationals, and ra.ed as a yourtg man
of much ability and promise.
Doeseher, a pitcher, from Jersey
City; also a youngster, who pleases
Bill immensely, and on whom Bill has
been looking with some covetousness
for months.
The Wal®’ 1 brothers, one a catcher
and the other an infielder, Long
Branch players, recommended bv no
• less* on authority than Mike Doniln.
The usual lack of volubility on Bill’s
part has restrained him from much
correspondence concerning his adven
tures in the East, but he appears to
be thoroughly satisfied with his
trades.
Carpentier Agrees
To Meet Smith for
$10,000 Side Wager
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 *‘Gun!>oat” 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
Ni;\V YORK. Dec. ll. —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 contest.
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 wife, Fay King Nel
son. daughter of Jack King, athletic
trainer of Portland. Mrs. Nelson ar
rived here to-day and announced that
L was off “for good and always” witii
Bet.
“The famous ex-light weight cham
pion in a tine boy,” said Mrs. Nelson,
"but he wooes like he tights, with a
dogjged 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
jevvt Is.
Well, They DO Catch
Big Fish in Florida
j CHICAGO. Dec. 11.—A fish captured
at Miami, Fla., by Charles H. Thomp
son was so large that when the tail
; 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 he taken
indoors.
N EW ORLEANS, Dec. 11— Mike
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 ouc
in just little more than one round of
fighting. The ending came Just after
the second round had started.
In this brief time Gibobns gave a
beautiful exhibition of boxing, block
ing and old-fashioned in and our
work, and then, as though Just 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 end -then raised
Gibbons.’ hand In token of victory.
They led Ferns to a seat in his cor
ner He was in bad shape.
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M’CUE IN DRAW SCRAP.
RACINE, tVIS.. Dec. 11.—Tommy
Bresnahan and Matty McCue fought a
ten-round draw here last night at the
Racine Athletic Club
Blinkey Ben Talks on Uplift of Boxing Game
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Here Is Correct Dope on This Vital Question
By II. M. Walker.
AZE into my hazel *rown
y eyes an’ you will 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 he was wont to term “the throes
o’ composition.”
“I wi’ be 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-thinkin’ deeply fo’ the
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 harvest the first poppy crop in
the'Yukon.
“How to help the boxin game. This
be the subject o’ my lay this morn-
in’ Every sport writer from Bin
Naughton* down to the small fry kids
jes’ outa college tkaes a weekly fling
at this thing. Some o’ you shoot well,
but you never get ,the range. Hearken
to vour Uncle Blijik.
•To strengthen a thing you mus f
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 f years.
••I C an see you all a-grabbin’ your
hammers, but I’m ready fo* you.
Of What Use Are They?
“Answer 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’ earns. Why»
INGTON SIGNS PITCHER.
IYGTON. ILL Dpc 11—I **t\-
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or with the St Louis »•* • m
was signed by the Blooming
to-day.
then, continue wi’ a class that be a
detriment to tlie game?
“I call upon the promoters to dis
regard the heavyweights fo’ fl’ years.
At the end o’ that ti’ such men as
Willard, Morris, Rodel, Pelkev an’
Smith wi’ have learned trades an'
settled down to a happy existence
with oik? boiled dinner a week An'
party on a Sunday.
“Look at that Willard-Morris af
fair in Noo York. Willard looked like
a scared calf, staggered aroun’ the
ring like a honest washerwoman wi’ a
pay day souse under her kimono, an’
gave a display o’ scientific boxin’ as
wudda bin a credit to a young jelly
fish.
Morris Was Worse.
"An’ as bad as wuz Willard, the
other fellow wuz worse. They say as
how Morris acted as full o’ life as a
broken-down truck horse on its way
to the glue vat. Fo’ looks Carl 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.
Here 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 o’
boobs at large. These be the ‘board’
that wanted U> reach out an’ control
the boxin’ game in San Francisco,
Sydney and Los Angeles. An’ month
after month they go along a-givin’
the Broadway crowds matches that
would make a Wapakoneta hick iose
his toothpick from the excessive laf-
t.er.
"Slip the 'N.'J^kmal Boxing (,'om-
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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' Paekey McFar
land a smart guy because lie grabs
boys as weigh ten pounds less than
he an’ kicks ’em all over the bush
league rings. Paekey is tHe real wel
terweight champion of the universe.
Match him with Mike Gibbons or
don’t match him at all.
"Johnnie Goulon is another fine lit
tle oriole as deserves the can. He
takes the bantamweight title into the
Wisconsin woods fo’ fi' an’ six months
at a stretch, a-comin’ out once or
twice a year to box Karl Denning or
George Kitson. Make him fight John
nie Williams fo* the title or get outta
fhe gam**.
Give Good Boys Matches.
“These be the chinks as need plas
ter. The strong birds to be encour
aged to keep on a-Hingin’ are the
lightweights, the 128-pound class, the
leathers and bantams.
“The lightweights are takin’ 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 used as often as
matches can be strung. Boost a re
turn match between Kilbane and Al
ien and keep a-usin’ 122-pounders in
the preliminaries In hopes o’ devel
opin’ championship material.
“The bantams. Williams, Campi and
Ledoux, are too good to be kept on
the 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 Tom
Sharkey as said, Td rather be right
than champion?’
“Not to change the subject, but I’m
gettin’ tired o’ hearin* every punk
comedian that hits town tryin’ to get
a laf by referrin’ to the Union Depot.
This fling is about as funny as a
child in tears.
“Be good to yourse’f.”
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