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t A / ft ha TTT r ATLANTA HFOnniAV AND NEW? When the Plunder Goes liroke Hess Willing to Admit the Wisdom oi 11it^ Piker °y BRINGING UP FATHER By GEORGE M’MANUS Atlanta Entry in 300-Mile Grind Can Make 80 Miles an Hour, and That's Traveling. By W. S. Farnsworth. A tlanta i» going to com#* mighty close to winning the Savannah motorcycle race on Christmas day. At least, that Is my way of thinking after having taxen a spin on the mudguard of the (late City’s entry in the long 300-mil® grind. The name of our entrant Is Betsy, Jr. Rider’s name is Hal Gilbert. To gether they make the fleetest young thing you ever saw. Every motorcycle rider in this neck of the woods knows Gilbert. Betsy, Jr., needs an introduction. Let me have the honor of making you ac quainted. • • • T71RST. Betsy, Jr, is a "Crane-At- lanta” motorcycle. L. S. Crane is the owner, and If the motor turns out to be the winner of the Savan nah grind, then starts the manufac ture of more Betsy Jrs. Mr. C’ran** Is the proud owner of the famous automobile Old Betsy. Betsy. Jr., is Old Betsy’s daughter Second, Betsy, Jr., b the freakiest- | looking piece of machinery yours •ruly ever saw. The engine looks! like any regular motorcycle engine. So do the wheels, spokes, handlebars and seat, but the gasoline tank Is j about twice the gin of a regular t mk It holds over four gallons of gasolin 1 and nine pints of oil. This means that Gilbert will have to stop onlv once for gasoline and oil during the long trip. And Betsy, Jr., is going to be shoed with automobile tires, thus being .is near puncture proof as possible. • .* * B UT let me tell you about my ride on Betsy, Jr. Gilbert, aided and abetted by a long rope tied to Mr. Crane’s car was towed out Peach tree to Dead Man’s Curve, where fine street that runs over to I lowed Mill road offered Just the chance wo desired Gilbert told me to climb onto the mudguard (said mudguard will be stripped when the big race is heid) and grab him around the waist. A Ti er being towed for iftft yards by the auto Gilbert Anally got bis powerful motor turning, and then dropped t rope off we went, whining at a 76-m V an-hour gait right off the bat. I lost my breath at Peachtree and never g •: it back again until we hit Howell Mill —-but that wasn’t over a few set on*1 Travel—say. we traveled so fast that 1 can’t remember a blooming thing, except that I caught a glance It the speedometer at one time and law th«; little hand hovering around the 80-mlle-an-hour mark. • • • T HAVE ridden behind Tex Richards. * Arthur Chappie Morty Graves and other noted demons, but Gilbert car ried me faster than I ever want to travel again on a motorcycle. And paste this prediction in your bonnet Hal Gilbert is going to wn that Savannah race with Betsy, Jr., barring accidents McFarland May be Suspended for Poor Work With Britton MILWAUKEE. W1S . Dec 11. Packey McFarland will not be given another chance to get easy money in Wisconsin bv stalling through a tight with any opponent of any weight, if reports of coming action bv the State Boxing Commission are correct. He is to be suspended for six months at least, and more probably for a year, rumor says Two causes enter into this proba ble action of the State Commission, one McFarland’s ridicule of the com mission, when he said the commission could not force him to weigh in for his battle with Britton, and the sec ond his listless fighting when finally in the ring POLLY AND HER PALS Don’t Worry; the Family’s Not Growing Polite mv i vuas So SoRRV fer him BE'iW AS HL? laid) up VVIITH THE > Chickdj Pox -J —■'-y— “THAT I WE Ml |W AH READ “To HIM A OXIPLE OF HOURS. I DIO., A Knoxville Hunch for B. Smith ‘Stove League’ Offers Outfielder F!RHT FOR TITLE IS POSTPONED By O. B. Keeler. "1 "1 7E lamp in i Knoxville newspi- \J\ per the esteemed Sentinel. unless the clipping boy played us false that Billy Smith manager of the Crackers, has been the topic for a debate by the Knox ville members of the Stove League. That august body (meeting in De cember!, on hearing of Billy's depar ture for Washington and other points East in quest of ball players, prompt ly held a meeting, which considered Billy’s needs ami made certain rec ommendations. THIRST, the 1 Bill's aft Pennsylvania Lost On 1913 Athletics PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 11. Foot ball and basket ball were the only sports at the University of Pennsyl- \anla to show a financial profit last reason, according to the report sub mitted last night to the Athletic As sociation Receipts from football were $64,092 for 1912. while the expenses were $23,742. Basket ball cost $2,397 and the receipts were $3,937 Base ball receipts were $8,092 and expenses $10,119. Track cost $13,006. with re ceipts of $7,380. The report showed a deficit of $8,489. The expenses included interest on bonds, office and general expenses as well as donations to many sports, for which no admission fees are charged. The net receipts from all sources were $92,234 and the expenses $100,- 733 Stovd League called tention to the Knoxville outfield of 1913 Messrs. Burke, Clunk and Knox a as 0 1 egula • arid a«ta 1 limbed members in good standing of the Amalgamated Order of Demon Slug gers (inc.) and recalled to the Cracker manager’s memory the per formance of the said demons 1n the post-season series played with the Crackers last September It seems Bill was much impressed by the work of the outer gardeners In that engagement. • • • CO the meeting of the Stove league ^ proceeded to inquire of Billy Smith (by publication! why be didn ,. take up the matter of ball players with Knoxville instead of frisking Washington and Barney Dreyfugs. ‘With Morley Jennings, Elmer Lawrence and a iew more Knoxville players on his pay roil, Mr. Smith *uld have a real, live aggregation of ball tosaers during the vocational pe riod of 1914,” the meeting suggested. And then it was added, by way <>f amendment, that while the Knoxvilla bogs would bate to see either Air. Clunk or Mr. Burke or Mr. Knox le- part. or all of them, still they (the bugs) wouldn’t stand in the way of the advancement of popular, ban- work in r ball players. We will take occasion to slip this suggestion to Bill the first chance ws get. • • * V\7 K notice that Signor Rlccardo ** Hoblitzell has made formal ap plication for the position of manager of the Cincinnati Reds. What we can’t understand is why a guy who has played and played and playod with that bunch should deliberate lay himself open to a wallop like that • * * T HERE is some doubt as to where FYed Clarke wants Joe Tinker to play on the Pirates. “We already have the greatest shortstop in the game.” said Fred erick. probably referring to Wagner Maybe FVed wants Joe to catch. Various Reasons Given for Delay of Bout; Champion Claims He Has Abscess in Nose. Food for Sport Fans Chicago Not After Game With Harvard s FODDER FOR FANS TO THE “QOV." With bubbling glass and warm hand shake They ball you now with beaming eye. You think you've grabbed an eas> stake. But wait, old pal. till next July! Yankees to Toledo hit us; we re down Good night! Don't Arthur Devlin made his managerial debut at the baseball meetings in Gay Gotham by purchasing Catcher Barley from the Buffalo* club for his own Pa cific Coast league t«am. Barney Prey fuss has signed his twen ty-first contract with Fred Clarke, and ; Garry Hermann In about t oaign his ; twenty-first manager of the Reds. It's 1 • • * a matter of haMt Charley Ebbetts offered $30,000 for Joe • • • I Tinker yesterday And if that amount Mathewson has not beaned a hall I spears Joseph, then Ebbets will have PLAYER'S ARM BROKEN ITHACA, N Y . Dec. 11.—William Howard Fritz, the Cornell football star who won honors in the Pennsyl vania game Thanksgiving day, broke his arm during the contest when in the second period he collided with Minds of Pennsylvania. He was con scious of a Blight bruise in the right forearm, but paid no attention to it until to-day, when a swelling was noticed and he consulted Cornell’s athletic physician, who found by X r«Examination that Fritz had frac- ] hi* arm. J player in years, which proves that the Old" Master knows enough to never waste a shot. He always alms for the wind. • • • The Federal league has a perfect right to operate, acordlng to Garry Herrmann This being what the lawyers call a right without a benefit. • • • We don’t think Mr Herrmann would knock the Governor, but this is what he said "Mr Lynch is an honest man and played no favorites. Be had no chance when Governor Teller’s name was mentioned • • • T. Cobb is carrying a terrible grouch these days because Oscar Vitt claimed he played for Cobb and not for Detroit Well. Mr. Cobb Is still in the Mg league, while Mr Vltt has hopes only of re maining in select society another tv.-lie months p * * * i’»Mk Knight has been sent by the another dedication day • • • While Chubby Charley Murphy is tour ing Europe. Chicago fans were doing a little Tinkering with his team. Bj W. W. Naughton. AN FRANCISCO , Dec. 11.—Tho Willie Ritchle-Tommy Murphy lightweight championship battle scheduled for la-st night has been postponed, but the general belief is that these two lightweights will not be brought together again at a later date. The fight wa« called off almost at the eleventh hour, and several con flicting reasons are given. The one most plausible la that Ritchie was - ' overweight, too much so to get Mur phy’s consent to battle. Tf that is so, then it marks the passing of Ritchie as a lightweight, their weight for last night’s battle being 135 pounds, ring side Other reasons are that It rained during the afternoon, thus hurting the house; that Ritchie had an ab scess in the nose, and that the doc tor ordered him not to fight. It is said Ritchie’s nose bothered him when he awoke yesterday, and grew worse as the day wore on He called upon the doctor, who told him that an operation was necessary, and who performed it then and there. "You can’t fight to-night.’’ said the doctor, according to a statement made by Ritchie. “I must fight." said Ritchie. “I will do the best I can under the circum stances " “You had better pray for rain," said the doctor.. And. sure enough, the rain cam - '. — i TERRE HAUTE SIGNS PLAYER. NEWARK. OHIO, Deo. 11.—Bert | I T HONUS. Some year8 ago a fan would say: “Old Honu8 Wagner's through!" "Ah, yes!" his friend would make reply, And icipe a teardrop from his eye. And heave a long and mournful sigh: “Old Bonus Wagner's through !" Today we hear the selfsame song: “Old Bonus Wagner's through ! The poor old gent is slipping fast, Bis day of youth and speed is past, He scarcely has a year to last— Old Honus Wagner's through!" That song will echo years from note: "Old Bonus Wagner's through!" And men will shake their heads and say: The poor old gent has had his day; Bis youth is slipping fast away— Old Bonus Wagner's through."* ^Boxing," says Maurice Maeter linck, “creates mental energy.” It is plain that Maurioe never has met Kid Broad. The Yanka will be the first team to start spring training. This is due to the fact that they need atari. Mexico. Merely a gathering of Na tional League magnates. The report that Vardon and Roy cleaned us $11,500 on their American trip leads one to believe that there will be several farewell tours. “Cross-country running develops the lungs/’ avers Harry Hillman. Now we know why those Mexican gener als are so chesty. It is said that the St. Louis Browns are underpaid, but, having seen then play, we refuse to believe it. WINTER. Sporting editors remind vs That our lot in life is hard. Worn and weary you will find us Writing stoides by the yard. Let us then be up and faking Baseball stories day by day. It's a weary undertaking, But we need our weekly pay. The Wolgast-Whits match has been on again for 24 hours without having been called off again. This breaks all previous records. CHICAGO. Dec. 11.—The Univer sity of Chicago, through its board of physical culture and athletics, last night declined to meet Harvard in a football game next fall. The board in a statement issued after meeting, ex pressed appreciation at the invitation for a game at Cambridge, but decided that it was not advisable to schedule games with teams outside the "Big Nine.” The decision is in line with the spirit of the conference as informally expressed here at the faculty meeting last week, when scheduling of inter- sectional games was declared not de sirable. DAVENPORT BUYS PITCHER DAVENPORT, IOWA, Dec. 11.— Frank Lakaff, veteran twirier of the Decatur Three-Eye League team, has been purchased by the Davenport team. He is one of the oldest twtrl- ers in the league. SEMINARY FIVE LOSES. The North Avenue Presbyterian School five defeated Washington Remihary yesterday, 12 to 7. Mandot Gets Shade Over Pat Drouillard DETROIT, Dec. 11.—Patsy Drouil lard, of Windsor, gave Joe Mandot, of New Orleans, an eight-round test before the Windsor A- C. last night, and lost only by a shade. Mandot landed the greater number of blows, but they did not carry the force that Drouillard’s did. The contest was an even thing for the first five rounds. Joe had the better of the sixth and seventh, but the eighth was even. McAllister Outpoints Donovan in Gotham NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-Bob McAl lister, the California middleweight, made his first appearance in the East here last night in a ten-round bout with Young Mike Donovan, of this city, and cleverly outpointed the local boxer thourghout. McAllister weigh ed in at 159 pounds, Donovan at 166. running| Among those who are not particu larly anxious to see Joe Tinker back in a Cub uniform is A Bridwell, shortstop. No. Rollo, tho popping sound in the offing is not an echo of the war : n We note by the sport page that the six-day bikers are behind the record. 1 Of course, you all know what the rec ord is. The record of the six-dav bike race in hours and minutes is not half/as Important as the record in dollars and cents. real nerve Beds. - Brown. IS years old, premier second He wants to manage the i bae9man of the lpcal clt >' lea ^® for three years, signed a contract with the Terre Haute Central league team John D. Rockefeller is looking for a! to-day bargain in second hand bricks to pave , his barnyard, according to a news Item Bill Brennan, who handed the Giants a game by forfeit over the Phillies last | summer, might refer him to a certain lo cality in Philadelphia where a number j of bricks were hurled with deadly ac- j curacy. • * • Bobby Gilks. new manager of the Ril- liken*. lost all his savings when the Pensacola State Bank went to smither eens And Robert has always been a pretty good saver, too. BigG Cure# In 1 to fl days unnatural dlschargM orttains tio poisons and rosy be used full tren gth absolutely without fear Guaran teed i©t to stricture Prevents contagion. 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