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Mr. Jack Solves the Servant Problem for a Few Minutes
By James Swinnerton
Chicago Magnate Returns From
Abroad and at Once Goes Into
Conference With Herrmann,
By Frank G. Menke. j
N T EW YORK, Dec. 11 The giit
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Murphy, owner of the Chicago'
Cubs, apd a brisk resumption of tire
business of Tinker-ling were features '
of such import around the Waldorf- •
Astoria to-day' that they practically j
overshadowed the fact that the leagu. !
magnates met with John K. Tener,
their new president, and discussed j
way's and means of bringing the Na- |
tional League back from tlie state of j
, 108 into which it skidded som<
years ago.
Murphy, freshly returned from*
F’aris and other European way sta- I
tions, 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 J
trunk full of vests that are beyond
the description of words.
Murphy Trails Herrmann.
Also, C. Waistcoat toted along a
k»en desire to acquire Mr. Josephus
Pinker, late of the Cubs and still lat
er manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
During the morning Murphy trailed
Garry Herrmann, owner of Tinker, to
the Herrmann lair, and told Mr.
Herrmann that he desired Tinker at
any cost. In the meantime each of
tiie other managers, failing to gain
entry to Herrmann's room because ot
Murphy’s presence there, and fearing
that C. Waistcoat might hypnotize
Garry into turning Tinker back to the
Cubs, 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
w as 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 $30,000 would buy Tinker
About six magnates wanted him, but
the six magnates at once loudly de
clared that $20,000 was too much, and
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.
Kven 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-
peeted 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 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
tash, and the moguls who had play
ers they wanted to rid themselves of
did not want cash—they wanted
player, in return.
The New York-St. Lxniis Nationals
deal involving "Big Ed" Konetchv,
the first baseman, still is hanging fire,
but may go through wdthin the next
AH hours if the Giants will throw in a
iittie cash in addition to First Base
man Merkle and Infielder Herzog in
exchange for Konetchv.
Federal League May
Invade Gay Gotham
* vNEW YORK. Dec. 11.—The Fed
eral League, it was learned, contem
plates putting a club in Greater New
York, if possible. Edward Hanlon
mo Judge Henry Goldman, who arc
promoting 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-
riber major league club," said Han
lon. "but I will not say one will be
placed here. The Federal League is
going right ahead with new clubs in
l Baltimore and Buffalo When we
have held a few more meetings* wr
v ill make public the names of play,
ers both known and unknown, who
will provide good baseball next sea
son.”
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TELEGRAM from Bill Smith
r\ announces the acquisition o'
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
1 shortstop, acquired from the Boston
i Nationals, and .a ed as i young man
of much db ’ity ,.nd promise
Doescher, a pitcher, from Jersey
City; also a youngster, w r ho pleases
Bill immensely, and on whom Bill has
been looking with some covetousness
for months.
The WaM brothers, one a catch* r
and the other an infielder. Long
, Branch players, recommended by no
less an authority than Mike Donlin.
The usual lack of volubility on Bill’s
part has restrained • him from mu:h
correspondence concerning his adven-
i tures In the East, but he appears io
I be thoroughly satisfied with hi-
trades.
Bike Racers Settle
Down to Steady Jog
NEW YORK. D>ec 11 Th< six day
I bike racers at Madison Square Garden
I settled down into a steady jog to-day
i setting a pace which thev are expected
I to maintain until the final spurts at the
l end of the contest
Carpentier Agrees
To Meet Smith for
$10,000 Side Wager
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Dec. li. 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.
Bat’s Wooing Doesn’t
Suit Fay; Divorce
PORTLAND, OR EG.. Dec. 11 Bat
N’e'son’b “dream of love is over.” In
a short time he will apply for a di
vorce from his wife. Fay King Nel-
I son. daughter of Jack King, athletic
I trainer of Portland. Mrs. Nelson ar-
| rived here to-day and announced that
L v. as off "for good and always’' with
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“The fam hip ex-iightweight oham-
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Gibbons, St. 1
pion is a fine boy.” said Mrs. Nelson,
"but he wooes like he fights, with a
dogged persistency that distracts. It
wi? 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
GHI<\\G<». Dec II.—A fish captured
ai Miami. Fla... by Charles 11. Thomp
son was so larg that when the tail
vs as in the doorway of Thompson’s
store, the head extended over #he street
car tracks.
The routing of a street car line was
changed. The fish could.not be taken
indoors
Dec. 11. Mike
Paul phantom
gave a demonstration of hi.-*
real boxing ability here last night
and as a result “Wllcat” Ferns, the
Kansas City battler, was knocked on
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 s
beautiful exhibition of boxing, block
ing and old-fashioned in and out
work, and then, as though ju>rt 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 Tie
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 o.t victory
They led Ferns to a seat in his cor r
ner He was in bad shape.
M’CUE IN DRAW SCRAP.
RACINE, VYIS., Dec. 11—Tommy
Bresnahan and Matty MoCue 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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M'AULIFFE TO TOUR EUROPE.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11 Jack Jlc-
A’jiifTe, undefeated and retired light-
"eight champion, sails Faturday for
Europe for a six weeks' exhibition ,
.our. As McAuliffe holds a unique
petition in the boxing world, he is
assured of enthusiastic receptions in
the cities lie expects to visit. He will
begirt his tour in London. December
22. and will then visit France and .
Germany At each plaee w here he j
exhibits, some well-known local )>'>x
er will go on with him in a sparring j
bout.
BLOOMINGTON SIGNS PITCHER.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL . De< II felt
Mestel, of Collinsville, a pnoni-mg e tn
pro pitcher with ‘lie Rt Louis team
lest year, was signed by tile Blooming
ton club to-day.
By 11. M. Walker.
"A AZE into my hazel brown
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 w ith several sheets
of copy paper clutched 'in his hands.
Zigzag streaks, scratched• in blue lead
above and behind his right ear, of
fered evidence thai the old man had
been struggling through a siege of
w hat 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.
"1 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 har\est the first poppy crop in
the Yukon.
"How to help the boxin’ game. This
be the subject o’ my lay this morn-
in'. Everv sport writer from Bill
Naughtom down to the small fry kids
jes' outa college tkacs a weekly fling
at this thing. Some o’ you shoot well,
hut 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
hammers, but jjm ready fo’ you.
Of What Use Are They?
“Answer me. O’ what use or credit
arc 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 wf a class that be a
detriment to the game?
“I call upon the promoters to dis
regard the heavyweights fo’ fi’ years
At the end o’ that ti’ etch men as
Willard, Mortis. Rodei. Pelke> an'
Smith wi’ have learned trades an
settled down to a happy existence
with one boiled dinner a week an'
party on a Sunday.
“Look at that Willard-Morris af
fair in Non York. Willard looked 'ike
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 boxir.’ 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’
thot wanted to reach out an' control
the boxin’ game in Sap Fram isco,
Sydney and I^os Angeles. An’ month
after month they g<» along a-gtvin’
the Broadway crowds matches that
would make a Wapakopeta hick iose
his toothpick from the excessive lat
ter.
“Slip tlie ‘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 T 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' Packey McFar
land a smart guy because he. grabs
boys ;}.s weigh ten pounds less than
be an* vks ’em all over the bush
league rings. Packey is the real wel
terweight champion of the universe.
Match him with Mike Gibbons or
don’t match him at ail.
"Johnnie Coulon 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-cornin’ out once or
twice a year to box Earl Denning or
George Kitson. Make him fight John
nie Williams fo’ the title or get outta
the game.
Give Good Boys Matches.
"These he 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, thf
feathers 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 At-
t.ell and keep a-usin’ 122-pounders in
the preliminaries In hopes o’ devel
opin’ championship material.
"The bantams. Williams, C’ampi and
Ledoux. are too good to be kepi on
the waitin' list. Gi’ cm plant> o'
work an’ the game wi’ be bettered
"Them he my ideas. Take ’em or
leave 'em. You can’t hurt ray 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 tryln’ to get
a laf by referrin’ to the Union Depot
This fling Is about as funny as a
child in tears.
"Re good to yourse’f."
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