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- - - ] Drop rhat 1 Egg~~What lDo You ] Allow About ewelry? - 4 , 2K 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 I ' 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.” INDOOR SPORTS lilih min l CLUB © AM C6 ptow Dip ^0° G-en - ir flLP.ETVW C - 1 1' V BECAUSE EB&ETf H/A€ ROB/ajSow HES DAFFV EH - THEN BECAUSE WERfLMAN pIF-EJ, UNICEfi Ht'.C BUSS THEIR TE'AMU are Both ,m tvtE MATIOMAl LEA&u£ where; are vourj (T THAT A/ajT IT THAT *ix/T I" va/Hv/ n OT &ET POW<- IM O' 1 FIEl-Offtl TOMES TO MAWA CrC By l ad ISHi the (?OUiuOI*- CluS , (jfco O'LUJKI 1 / fW£RE S A l OTTA iNl A/lfbR- SU-VT AROUND ITtAM ROBiaOOM he'll TMRO'M a pgsw TO the AAiTT rrtA N, IfJpooR SPOPTtT Fi>iu6 <->p a+e TEAAaS iaj THE AjAtiqmAl LgACyuE 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 I Fs t “The fam hip ex-iightweight oham- IE El N EW ORLEANS. 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 v • v • v %• • o a »*« *’«•*;* •!••*!• v»v **.*•*1* v*v Here Is Correct Dope on This Vital Question ( , ,—T AZE into It eyes an’ 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." PfL m DO YOU ITCH? If «o. use Tettrrlnr. It cure* cczrm*, ground Itrh, ringworm. Itching i-llea. Infant sore head and alt ot!i**r akin troll jle-a. 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