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» 1 / J11L AiMM'A Ul‘iUK(jii AJN AJN U MhWS. Fighters* Are Not Like High Priced Wines; They Very Seldom Improve With Age GEORGIA COURTS WILL BE ASKED TO REVERSE JIM PREAS DECISION FIGHT CASE TO SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT And Such a Name far a Judge! Also Amateur Athletic Union Is' To Be Asekd to Rule on Ath letes' Standing. By W. S. Farnsworth. J IM PREAS has been turned down j bv the Southern Intercollegiate | Athletic* Association. He applied j for re-instaternent and was refused. And with tho rendering of the de cision starts the merriest little war| that ever happened in athletic circles, j Tech authorities and admirers of the college bo\ have placed 1 Teas' ' ease in the ha^ds of a noted Atlanta attorney. If necessary they are going: i to law to have* the decision of the! S. I. A. A. tested. Also, the Amateur Athleti< Union J w ill he asked to re-lnstate Preas over , the heads and ruling of the S. I A. A. j officials Wanted to Go to Berlin. Preas has ambitions to make the American Olympic team that will go -■>> Berlin In i9it>. Unless the A. A. u. changes the decision of the S. 1 A A. he will not he eligible to make the Ip Rut whether or not the A. A. 1 . renders an adverse decision to the S. I A. A. the Georgia courts will In- given the opportunity to decide Preas’ amateur standing. One of Atlantas’ biggest real estate men has taken keen Inteerst. in the Preas case. He Is willing to spend a fortune to see the lad “given a square deal,” as he puts it. There are many other wealthy graduate of Tech-who. top. have de clared that, they w ill see the case through to a finish. In rendering their deHsion the S. 1. A. A. officials did not make known t.fte, grqunds< for the finding of their decision Tech authorities claim that it was Colonel Bingham, president of the 'Bingham School, who gave the evi dence that caused the young,John son City boy to be ruled out. ( olonel Bingham issued a statement' a few weeks ago to the effect that he gave Preas free tuition at the prep school partlv for his athletic ability and partly for his all-around good work In his classes. Preas Denies Any Knowledge. Preas has always denied that he knew he was getting a scholarship for his athletic ability. He was only sixteen rears of ag # * when he entered Bingham School-a mere stripling of a lad. . , , , Preas' father, who is the richest resident of Johnson Uity. Tenn.. being rated at $300,000. did not know- that his son was getting a scholarship for anything hut for his excellent class room work. Surely a man of Hr. Preas' standing wouldn’t allow a pro fessional ta<"‘ to stain his sons rec ord if he knew it. The S. 1. A. A. has started a men> war bv their ruling; they have found a boy. who. when sixteen years of age was tempted, unknowingly, as he stoutly alleges, guilty of profession alism. , Will the Georgia courts agree with the S. I. A. A. officials and find a minor by five years guilty of the same charge? 1 doubt it. Preas, Hickman and Tenney Turned Down By S. I. A. A. Officials ■IA< KSONV1I.LK. l'l.A . UK. 13.— The Southern IntMvolleRiate AiUle.n \ssoriulion convened in this city last nigh'. Dr >V. 1.. Dudley, the presi dent. is in attendance upon the con vention. bill ov.ing to the advice of physicians, did not preside. \ ice President W M Kiggs of rientson. Acting ill his stead. Tlie executive committee or the association recom mended that Maryville College, of Tennessee, lie rated in the future as .1 college instead of a preparatory school. The University of FhatUliooga was recommended to membership to the association, and this portion of the report was adopted. Tin. University of Mississippi was restored to full standing in the as sociation. Preas of the (teorgia lech, who was a candidate for the Berlin Olym pic games, and who applied to tile association for reinstatement, was refused Tennv, of the University of I-lor da was permanent!, disqualified, as was Hickman, of the Mississippi Uol- ege. VCfiJMMrtUr JUiT AS t^ELC KiLi. A DOCr AS TO Gave WfdA A BAD f/AME ANO you AAt C,HT JUST - | AiCut. Jz-tooT A 3U04-E S* ro stick, a nickname* .ONTO ?+-iAA TVhATS A Uow • T0t-O hAA-C TrtC SNAUTH.S-SS TH-Ar-r WMMV VNAS t/J/Nty Mi&Efc THATT a name — N» owe OuT" A i-OMJ UFE •you t-O TVHNK OV- ATNrwK tl|<e THHEI flo-r A PATH€>0 Like f-f-AftW- Hu H — JV0*-e RUN'BAjJUft. (tfiSRCTTEO Jo BAA- AW* CEAJtH- TBAT li VUH-AT- \WVD C Mi. THfE t-AJr UUOK-O IfJ S^l-L. . Aw* r-B~~MAK* IT IN* Aler aaai W* NAiraes/ psroe^tgs it. HAi-TViliAiR IS BBAClWtr- - IAU IW«K ru. \AiAuc AU IME ^ to court- THti Moarw'Wfr- i+o-M-o - pipe Tpte tn 0 ■i\AEL.<- tyawes up in front guess m wau< pastep INDOOR SPORTS TALENT FOR ’14! Twenty-two Players Have Alreadyj Signed Lookout Contracts for Next Season, * Jaurez Results FIRST Six furlong?* Augustus Heinze 103 (Neyion), 16. 6. 2. won; Dr. Baile> 110 (Gross). h. 2. I. second; Droll 112 (Var.dusfin. 4-0. 2-5. 1-5. third. Time. 1:13 2-5. Also ran. Society Bird, Woof. Angie D.. Sheffield, Fool of For- .une. Redondo and Malay. SECOND—Mile and a sixteenth: Si gurd 103 t McDonald), 4-6. 1-3. out. won; Ooniie F. 99 (Disunion). 6. 2. 1. second; Robert 103 (Claver), 10. 4 2. third Time. 1 .47. Also ran Dowland. Cale- thumpian. Wicket. The Bailiff’s l>aug*i ier. BalronTa. John Louis and Judge Walton. THIRD Five and ont-half furlongs Bing 100 t Neyion). 10. 2. 3-5. won; Man ganese 107 (Oroth), 4 1. 2-6. second; Edith W. 112 (McDonald), 4-5, 1-2. our. third. Titne. 1.04. Also ran; Uttle Will. Ed Luce. Milton Roblee.and Emer ald Gem. FOURTH One mile Manasseh 93 (.lone?), 2. e\en. 1-2. won: John Reardon I (to f Estep). 20. 6. 3. second: Bert Oettl kb ( Marco). 15. 5. 2. third Time, 1:37 1-5. Also ran Voladay. Jr.. Sir Fretful. Just Red. Prince Eugene and Cousin Pursa FIFTH Five and one-hall furlongs (diss Sly 116 (Estep), 9-10, 1-4. out. won; Janus TOO (Neyion), even. 1-2, out. sec- *ir.d: King Radford 100 (Claver). 4. |Ven. third Time 1:05 2-5. Also ran. > Quarter. Ethelday. Lofty l!e>wood, 4*alle v Slave and Dromt. SIXTH Five and one-half furlongs: Hay streak 111 (Cavanaugh). 13-5. won New Haven 107 (Guy). 2 1, second; Mac 33 F.ubanks 109 tGroth), 2-5. third. ’Time. 1:05. Also ran. Kalinka, The |“m. Butterball, Colquitt aTTTT Gold C CHATTANOOGA, TfcNN Dec. 13. ^ Manager “Moose” McCormick already has at his disposal L'U athletes front which to pick his 1914 team. Of this total ten are reserved from the 1913 aggregation while twelve are athletes signed by the former pinch- sw'atter of the Giants after stepping into the breach left vacant by one Norman (Kid) Elberfeld. From the standpoint of positions the men are divided as follows Four outfield ers. six infielders, four catchers and eight hurlers. The pitchers are. Kroh, Sommers, Howell, Grimes, Lorenzen, Sline, Gross and Hardin. Catchers, Graham. Street, Giddo and a seini- pro whose title McCormick lias not yet announced. Infielders. Coyle. Flick, Balenti, Graff, Gillespie, and Brandt. Outfielders, McCormick. Ja cobson, King and Johnson. * * * WHILE the statement that 21 men are under contract and wilt no brought to Andrews Field for the spring work-out lends the impres sion that McCormick faces difficult problems in elimination In practically every .department, such Is far from being the case. On the other hand, the Lookouts, taking into considera tion the period of the year, are better fixed Than has ever been the case since 1911, when Billy Smith hud his aggregation of plutocrats signed be fore the new year dawned. In fai t, in only the outfield and the heaving departments does McCormick face the necessity of indulging in se rious thought in making final selec tions Take a glance at the receiving ilia - , terial. With Street, Graham, Giddo and a semi-pro signed it can he j stated with all but. absolute certainty that ‘•Gabby” and Pat will til! the two positions. Both are capable and heady men and are dangerous hit ters. There seems no chance of any aspirant crowding either of the pitchers mentioned out of a perma nent berth. THK heavers, as before* admitted, * present a real problem. Kroh. Sommers. Howell. Grimes and Sline appear to have the inside track upon the five regular berths, but nothing is definitely settled. Hardin. Loren zen and Gross are all highly recom mended. The first two were secured from Detroit, while the latter is a local semi-pro. The first quint named gives McCormick two southpaws and three right-handers. It is an admit ted fact, however, that “Moose” ex pects to get further material from McGraw. so the matter is delightfully unsettled. The infield is already pretty well defined, with Coyle on the initial sack. Flick on the keystone cushion. Balen ti at short and Graff on third. Brandt or Gillespie will be retained as util ity man with the chances favoring the former, if he lives up to expecta tions. because of his youth. In the outfield the problem resolves itself absolutely into a tight between Jacobson and King for center. Jack Johnson in left and McCormick hi right are absolute fixtures. By Tad House-Cleaning for Volunteers j *!*••!* *1*• *1* v• *1* v#*S* *F#*S* n-a-f Schwartz Wants New Players Willard Stops Davis In Second Round BUFFALO. N Y . Dei 13 less Wil lard. of Kansas, knocked out George (One-Round) Davis at the yueensben> Athletic Club last night in the secohd round of a schedul&l ten-round bout. Willard weighed 238pounds and Davis 1S9 4 v. Willard's superior weight * and rea^ h gave him an immense advantage Davis forced the fighting at the start, but after being jarred by a punch or two he elected to stand off and t»ox. Davis survived only a minute and a half of the second round, and It was firttv five minutes before he got off the floor after the knockout. BAKER HELD TO DRAW. PHILADELPHIA. Deo. 13. Ailhougii floored twice in the third round m his bout with “Knockout” Harris Baker, the Wilmington middleweight. Howard Truesdale. of Kensington, rallied so strongly in the fifth ami sixth rounds that He earned n draw in a fast six* round bout last night. McFarland Hopes to Redeem Himself by BoxingMikeGibbons CHICAGO, I >ei 13 Pai key McFar land Is out to redeem himself, lie feels that he did not do jus tice to the McFarland reputation as a boxer and fighter in his recent collision with Jack Britton at Milwaukee. Smarting under oriiicism of his failure to do more than shade Britton and alarmed because of the defections front the ranks of his friends, tlie speed mer chant of the yards is ready and willing to tackle the toughest man in the game of his weight He won’t meet him in Milwaukee, however. The big mill is to come off in Madison Suuare Garden, New York, because ll will draw three dollars there to one iron man in Mil waukee No doubt you have surmised by this time that Mike Gibbons, the man who slaughtered Wildcat Ferns at New Or leans Wednesdax night, is to he Paek- ey s opponent. Yes, he's the l'ellow. and if Me Faria ml actually signs up to meet the great Michael all the soft matches of re* ent years w ill he forgiven him. If he whales the r»har»<m from the North west he will win back all the friends he lost last Monda\ eve. and then some. Ex-Cracker Catcher Purchased by Culls MEMPHIS. TENN . Dec 11 -Manager ' Finn, of the Memphis club, to-day an- J nounced the purchase of Catcher Wade j Reynolds from the Macon club of the I South Atlantic League. Reynolds for merly played with Atlanta, being sub- catcher under Charley Hemphill in the spring of 1912. lie was injured last season and as a consequence played in but few games Manager Finn intends to use him ms second-string catcher or assistant to the veteran llarry Bends. New Orleans Club May Be Sold To-day ('Ll 1Y ELAND OHIO. Dec 13. The New «>rleans Southern League Baseball '’lut> may be purchased to-day by A. J. Heineinan. of that uity. C* \V. Somers, president of the Cleveland American League club, who also owns the New .Orleans franchise, admitted to-day that negotiations are pending with Helne- man. but denied that they had been closed. Food for Sport Fans —("WGEORGE E PHAIB.^ IN 1920. MADISON, WIS„ Dec. 13.—Anoth- er wave of reform surpassing that of 1913 was instituted here to day by faculty representatives of the confer ence in their annual meeting at t ^e W. C. T. U. One of the most drastic measures adopted was the elimination of croquet from tho intercollegiate athletic pro gram and the substitution of chess as a major sport. For some time croquet has been viewed with disfavor owing to its brutality, but to-day’s action was duo directly to the deplorable ac cident in last Saturday's game, when Harold Fuzzlethwaite, captain of the Minnesota team, was carried from the field with a broken stay. It was also decided to substitute the game of authors for tiddledewinks. as tho latter gam# has a tendency to heat the blood and render the participants foraetful of their dignity as college athletes. Wisconsin received a heavy blow in the expulsion of Archibald Umph, the clean-up hitter of the Badger debat ing team. It was discovered that he had once participated in a debate with his father over the size of his month ly allowance. According to Rule 5, Section 7, the said debate has made him a rank professional. Shortly before the close of the ses sion Professor Pussyfoot formulated the following resolutions, which will be placed befor^ the Ancient and Hon orable Order of Mollycoddles for aD- proval: "Resolved, That students be per mitted to take no part in the conduct of intercollegiate games, but be re quired to take seats in the stands witn the spectators, while the faculty members play the games on paper. “Resolved. That the undignified cheering which has marred intercol- leqiate sport in the past be restrict ed. and that no spectator be permit ted to applaud any louder than a whisper under pain of expulsion from the park. "Resolved. That no student be al lowed to participate in intercollegiate athletics whose collar exceeds No. 14. or whose chest measurement exceeds 24 inches.” The meeting closed with a stirring address by Professor Erasmus Bilge water on “The §ubjuqation of the Red Corpuscle.” The report that Charlie Murphy in tends to start a ball league in Sc >:- land must have been due to a mis print. It should have been a bull league. YOU CAN SEARCH ME. The air /.* filled with breezes eh Hied \nd storms of bleak December, While far away the athletes stray Where sunlight smiles the livelong day. tint where the Sox and (Hants play I ran not quite remember. If Billy Papke can Hurt Bis hand on a punching bag. thfe only way he can make any impression on Georqe Chip is to use brass knuckles. II is said that Ad Wolgast conducts a farm in Michigan when not en gaged in making matches and calling them off ONE VIRTUE. U> find some good in everything, whatever it may be. And if we probe but deep enough. some virtue we may see. The six-day race, for instance, is a pastime dull and drear. But. like the merry Christmas!ide. it tomes but once a year. Official records show that Christy Mathewson is the most effective pitcher in the National League. M-. Mathewson is a cripple much after the fashion of Han* Wagner. CONTROL. Thru say that Christy Mnthewson's rout red is wondrous great. And wondrous is the way he works the corners of the plate. They say hr has a basebatl trained to such obedience That he ran hit a knothole in the distant right-field fence. But I fatty hadn't anything on me when / was young. And deadly and unerring were the snowballs that I finny. And though / may hare missed a few (Big Six himself does that) / never missed when throwing at a shining stove-pipe hat. Athletic Club Five Ready for 'Nooga' Quintet To-night To-night the Atlanta Athletic (Hub j basket ball team plays its second game of the season, clashing with the Chat tanooga Tigers. The boys from Lookoutville defeated the strongest teams in the State last vear. In the Atlanta team the Tennessee quintet is meeting a bunch of seasoned ball tossers and should find the locals hard nuts to crack. Both teams are in the best of condi tion. The Atlanta boys put in their final scrimmage last night and Coach Bean says his players are ready for the fray. The Tigers arrived this morning. The line-up of the teams will be as fol lows: Chatta. Position. Atlanta. McCollum. L. F Smith Norma n R. F Forbes Borckhaus C Du bard Allin L. G Carte Gambil R. G Weaver Klaus Finally Gets Return Go With Chip PITTSBURG. Dec. 13.—By keeping on the trail of George Chip for over a month, Frank Klaus lias finally succeed ed in getting a return bout with the Newcastle middleweight, who one night last month, when everything appeared to be going nicely, slipped over a knock out punch to the jaw of the East Pitts- burger. Yesterday the match was consum mated. articles being signed which call for the two to be in the ring in Du- quesne Garden on Tuesday night, De cember 23. N ashville, tenn., Dec. is.— That clean-up campaign in augurated by Bill Schwartz is not panning out as the howling and hurrahing success which it was in tended to he The Boy Manager’s widely advertised marked down sale of shopworn ball tossers, after start ing off with a whoop, with the sale of the baseball pitcher Fleharty to Venice and Catcher Eddie Noyes to Galveston, has sorted bagged down at 1 the knees, which causes many wrin kles to infest the erstwhile placid brow of Mr. Schwartz. It’s something to put on the block a bunch of old-time stars and yelp for bidders, and something else again to gain the attention- of a few purchasers, as the Vols’ boss can tes tify. Bill can stand any sort of lung test that can be devised, so it isn't that he isn’t yelling loud enough, but the Southern League moguls don’t seem to be jostling each other to pay real money for any of the Schwartzmen. Looks as if Bill will have to dump all those slated for the discard Into a big sack and ped dle them out at the Atlanta meet ing much after the manner of those pussy-footed and persistent foreign ers who have fuzzy looking shawls to I dispose of at fancy prices. Even though he isn’t having any luck at getting rid of the 1912 Vols. Schw’artz keeps on talking in glow ing terms about next season and smiling mysteriously about where they are to come from. But you don’t hear the Boy Manager making any phonograph records about where next season's crop is to come from. For that might, crab some of the present arrangement with a prosper ous major league club to hand some of its surplus material to the Vols for ripening. Schwartz is pretty sweet in the idea of having a big league club build up his team, jut as tho St. Louis Browns did for Montgom ery for the past two seasons with most excellent results. * • * W E haven't grot the money to rush ** °«t- and bolster up the club when we begin to crack bv buying high-priced major leaguers who are on (heir way out. like Atlanta does every season." says Bill. "Fact is, we haven’t made any money to carry on that sort of tiling for some time past, bumping into all kinds of trou- ole on this teundav ball proposition and winding up by having to pay the costs in the case, which amounted to enough to make a big dent in the national debt. Why, at the end of Iasi season we were in such a fix that we Weren't able to draft any players from the class B ami u leagues. "Now that arrangement we had with Brooklyn did us practically no good at all, for ivhat they were will ing to give us were players passed up by Newark and if they can't make good in the International I don't see how they can make good in the Southern, which in my opinion is the fastest of the minors. We tried Cincinnati a while, but the players Herrmann sent down here, like Mc Manus and Dalgren. onlv cost us a °l tltne fooling with them and did the club no good at all. Next season we are going to have a club made up of hard-hitting fel low's, fast and heady on the paths, if I can 1 intend to start with a set of new faces—new lo the club and new- to the league—if possible. T have hopes of landing some high-class pitchers and 1 ought to he able to dec clop one or two dependable twirl- era from the recruits- I will start with.” • * *. T N the box Schwartz will have back 1 Forest More, secured in the mid - die of last season from Chattanooga, and Boland, who came to the Vols when the Akron Club disbanded and showed worlds of “stuff.'' but rather poor control. Next season he should make one of the star slabmen of t.h« circuit. There was Sam Hendee. the plant Iowa coal miner, who started off like a cyclone and blew’ up with a bang, yet down in the Kitty League lie had a. great season anrr Schwartz figures he ig about ripe for fast company. The. same goes for Leslie Johnson, a recruit from West Tennessee, who was farmed along with Hendee to the Kitties and proved one of» the leading heavers in that league. Snyder, another Kitty fllng- er who finished the 1913 season with the Vols. will be given a chance, and and a big left-hander named Roger? who was recommended by Hub Per due has been signed. Bill is hoping for great things from this boy, who was covered up'with Henderson last season until he could wear the rough edges off his work. This crop of heavers won’t win the bunting in the Southern, bur Schwartz has nis weather eye peelefi for several fancy slabbers who. If they are landed, should make th* Vols riflemen one of the most depend able hurling crews .in Judge Kava* naugh’s circuit. One of the pro? pects is Ben Harris, a Nashville boy. who for the past two seasons has been with Denver in the Western League. Ben don’t seem to he «able to get friendly with the peculiar cli mate out there and is anxipus to get back down in Dixie. His work has always been of high grade and the Nashvilla boss is willing to part with a large chunk of money if his release can be bought. Commodores Sign Two-Year Contract With Virginia Team NASHVILLE, TENN.. Dec. lj.—Tlu’ \ anderbilt games committee has signed a two-year contract with the Virginia Athletic Association for 1934 and 1015 football games between these two in stitutions. making the first settled game on the ('omnnxlores' next season schfd ule. The date for the Virginia - Vandr 4 hilt game wa$ fixed for October 30 ” Nashville. The Commodores will vi«r Charlottesville in 1915 Soccer Teams Clash At Piedmont To-day The Slone Mountain and the Foote k 1 >avis soccer teams will try conclusions at Piedmont Park this afternoon a: 3 o’clock. The following players will repre^en 1 the Foote & Davies team: Goal, Muse; right back. .t. Ha Hand; left back. Walker; right half. Schrlm per; center half, Spangler: left cent"' Shugart; outside guard. Dyson: inside right. Milhous; center. P. Garland, in side left. Chamberlain; outside left. Cox substitute. Foote. The Stone Mountain line-up has n* i: been decided on. but a strong team •- sure to be on hand. MICHAELS WINS IN SEVENTH CHICAGO. Dec. 13.—Sam Michaels. * local middleweight, knocked out B° r ' Hanlon in the seventh round of trie 1 match, held at a suburban resort la s night. Five hundred fans saw the bon Coulon’s Bout With Sinnett Postponed CHICAGO, Dec. 13.—The Johnny Cou j Ion-Young Sinnett match billed for Jan- j uary ! at Racine has been postponed 1 until January 10 or 12, the exact date to be decided on later. The staging of | the Bresnahan-McCue battle on that day 1 caused Coulon’s bout to be shoved bark. Later in January Steve Ketchel and Joe Mandot will come together before ihe Racine club. BOXERS REMATCHED MILWAUKEE. Dec. 13.—The great 1 battle put up by Matty McCue and 1 Tommy Bresnahan at Racine this week j lias resulted in the two being re- ‘ matched for a ten-round bold <v,i New 1 Year's day at John Wagner's clvt PAY ME FOR CURES ONLY •f y«e have been takln« treatment far week* and month* and M> .U? v#ur han * f* r ««d money without beln* cured, don't y* 1 - think It I* hlfh time to accent OR. HUGHES’ GRAND OFFER? lou will certainly not be out any more money if not cured. Consu tatlon and Examination are Free for the next thirty day*. I* 1 deckle that your condition will not yield readily to my trr*' mem. | >Tfil be honest with you and tell you so. and not a^-<c your money under a promise of a cure. My treatment will positively cure or I will make y*u «• chars* for the following diseases KIDNEY, BLADDER AND BLOOD TROUBLE, PILES. VARICOSE VEINS. FISTULA. NERVOUSNESS. WEAKNESS. RUPTURE. ULCERS AND SKIN DISEASES. CONSTIPATION oi“."2; w.’m.T* 1 phm ■«* fi^k »<a.™, ar»lTst y'■..—I* °.' kurntOK. llchln, tod Inflammation "toppad In 24 hnnr*. I am ■-a“m.br, k ’ PhTatdm. and l^rtallats. Mj — hni of drills ? ,,u *" '""In* to pay for a cur. All mrdirlnc. fb. Pdfom and THf i 1T V* '- on, t r OTTr lalioralorr. OUT-OF-TOWN MEN VIhl HNO consult me at once unon arrioi . - — THE CITY ennanir V,. .. ^ybate lalxirttory. uui-ui-towa aik.** i pine. Many . a«es ean hi U | P ° n arrtT,1> * nd maybe you can bo cured before CALI, or writ? v-“ ru , rwl ! n on « or ,wo T, "‘cs. * m. io b c m 8undA\ J % eT t»°i 0 ^if 1 ” bu * ,nMS Treatment and sdeire mnRriential Hours * vase 10 your o!rn ‘ l l ' if you °* n ' c * n « w dte and give me Pill descrtl'li*'” <* r co ®P-eta consultation cotta you nothing and If I car. help you f * liA - DR. HUGHES Opposite Third National Bank 16i/a North Broad Street, Atlanta, Ga returnln*