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Till'. ATLANTA f: EOTiC.TAN ANT) \|AVS. Now Iss tlie n Pinie When the Baseball cine l Foot )cli 1 ] - - - - . . Fans Can Weep Ouietly together ] ]UEHT CROSS Oh, My, Yes! Things Are in Terrible Shape in Mexico MURPHY; TINKER TO BE A DODGER Ebbets Flashes $25,000 Speech mi Herrmann, and Garry Breaks His Promise, I . | By Frank <i. Mcnkr. N 'hAV YORK. • L>e< . 13.—Those loud bellows of commingled rage ami anguish which near- fractured yimr ear drums to-day a rue from ('hicago—from the throat • : tj* Waistcoat Murphy, to be exact. They issued, forth the moment that Waistcoat learned that Garry Herrmann, the genial owner of the incinnati Hub* had worked some- ' hing like a criss-cross and .sold Jo* Tinker to Brooklyn for $25.000—the Biggest cash sum ever paid for a ball player. ‘ ’. Waistcoat left yesterday* for his hicago domicile. Before leaving he ad an extended talk with the said Ur. Herrmann. After the talk and ms: prior fco departing for the tram Waistcoat informed the assem blage that it was “all 1'ixed up” and ed everyone to believe that Tinker would play with the. Cubs next sea- on. . Until.'*) p. hi. : ester day Herrmann gave off the impression that what Murphy said was pretty nearly right. ; •^uite loudly Herrmann announced hat Murphy had been authorized by | aim, as owner of Mr. Tinker, to deal ; with Tinker. If Murphy and Tinker can come* , j some understanding—and I don’t I doubt that they can —Tinker will j ■ip uo Chicago.” spoke Herrmann. "No j oilier club can negotiate with Tinker j -u the meantime.” Deal in “Soda Water” Parlor. ...Just then C. Holiday Ebbets. own- j rx of the Brooklyn team, sought out j Herrmann in the Waldorf- Astoria “so- j da water” parlor. And then, right j before a large lot of people, the Gar- j den of Eden scene, which involved Adam. Eve and ail apple, was re „.*eated. Ebbets played the role of J [Cv<\ Herrmunn held down Adam's job { ind $25,000 took the place of an ap- j hie- 1 "Luokit .ere. Garry.” said Ebbets. you think I'm kidding about that $25,000 for Tinker. I'll repeat the dfer now and make you a cash pay ment of $3,000 to bind the deal.” J But.” protested the weakening fjerrmann. ”y’ see. Charley, I've given j .Uprphy a chance, to talk to Tinker first.” Ebbeijs responded to the effect that r .Murphy ain't a-goin' to give you 1 W anything like it. HI bcL. You'd better take this here •425,000 offer,-. Garry.” And. finally, Garry did Immediately afterward Ebbeits 1 announced: “Tinker said he would! not play with. Brooklyn, but I guess j he’ll change his mind. He’s to get j $10,00<V of that $25,000 if he signs a Qjteoklyn contract and that's a mighty good inducement. I admit | that $25,000 is a mighty big price to j pay for :« 34-year-old ball player, j out with Tinker in our line-up- we're j going to give some of these gents with pennant dreams some mighty noleasant nightmares. ‘ Further than that—1 expect we’ll j set back what we are paying for Tinker in increased attendance in -ur . xhibition games and during- the lirst month of the regular league sea- o»>n. Tinker will b* a drawing card.” Herzog May Manage Reds. Before putting through the Tinker Herrmann gave Outfielder Bob Bencher to the Giants for Catche! H mlev and Infielder Herzog, who no doubt will be selected as manager of the Reds. ’ Bot.i the Cardinal and Pirate own- .-I’s to-day expressed themselves as pleased with The deal which they en gineered b.v whin First Baseman Konetchy. Third Baseman Afowrey nd Bit* her Bob Harmon, of the Car- . were turned over to the p> rat.es in exchange for First Baseman lack Miller. In fielder “Cozy" Dolan. • M.itfielder Owen Wilson, outfielder \rthur Butler and Pitcher Hank Robinson. Why the Cardinal owners should lie pleased it is hard to tell. The *aye and minds of baseball mag nates are beyond all human under standing. Tinker Surprised at Offer, Says Murphy Can Still Get Him CHICAGO. 1‘ec. 13.—“I have received official announcement of my ea!- 1 m Brooklyn. All f know is what I reau ,nd an* told.” >aid Tinker this morn- ng. when told Brooklyn had closed . f -purchase for his services. - - J want to play in Chicago. First, because 1 have business interests here. •• >1 second, because I like that club. 1 - , '«teri recently that. I wouldn t play m Brooklyn ‘Then 1 made that remark 1 meant *very word of it, but I had little though* hen that the magnates would cut me n on *10,WO of the purchase price. This with the promised salary of from 17.500 to $10,000, certainly is a surprise strri makes me sit up and think. How- ever if President Murphy will stand by i;e I’ll make good my threat not to go biast. Murphy can set nie if he s will- wig to spena the money. -Tf Murphv is sincere in landing fin s'- . there is still a chance He has genty of su"plus material and some of bis with some real money would bring Sinker back. Though the sale to Brook was rriad° it carries with it a clause if Joe refuses to sign a contract. Ebbets is t. get back bis coin and .Joe •gain will be the property of the Reds. iAAKEES SELL 8 ACKSTOP. J.NKW YORK. Dec. 12 -The Tan wees n<l night disposed of the services of Richer Smith, the youngster wnu •vreri the team in midseasou .smith sold to the Montreal club, of the t ernationa! League * '-ALLANT AND HAYES 'X DRAW. •' •> i-STHKhD. MASS. r»«“- 1*.-<*v- - ■ Gnllqnt, of Chef sen. ■ ,,rox ^ U-G ■ t FTfaiulriptiia, «ein :* % i* '"’.m'G **. > i v in t he uiabi b.pn * i A r V ilen. 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Evans’ Visit V#V V • V V • V v*»5 v«v V*V ‘Chick’ Will Inspect East Lake By O. Ii. Keeler. /% TLANTA golfers, and par tic u- iarly those allied with the At lanta Athletic Club, are con gratulating themselves on the pros pective visit ro Atlanta *!f Charles Frans. J .. better known as “Chick,’’ who is t<* spend a week—-probably tAe week of Christmas holidays—as the guest of George Adair. “Chick” and Mr, Adair are rather more than acquaintances. Their ex cellent friendship is of several year ’ standing, and their mutual fervor in the matter of golf is an additional cie that binds. A< a matter of fact, it was the aforesaid mutual tie that attracted Mr. Evans to Nashville some years back at the Ame time Mr. Adair was there, the object of both being a golf tourney. Anyway, they met in Nashville and have been good friends ever since. * * ■* <*I GOT to l iinking about T hick,’ up 1 there in Chicago, probably wf.a his favorite links all covered up with snow and ice, and T thought he might like to swing his clubs over our At lanta. courses,” said Mr. Adair. “So I invited him to visit me, and ite took me up right away. Oh, he’ no stran ger here. He was in Atlanta two or three years ago, ami played at East Lake then.” * * • /VL.SO. here's something else. ** Air. Adair is redesigning the Ath letic Club course at East I.ake into what is expected eventually to be one of America’s classic inland courses. It was a mighty good course to begin with. But Mr. Adair has been planning for years to change the plan to conform with that pub lished in The Georgian some months ago his own pet idea, gained front experience on a hundred famous courses in America and Europe. So Mr. Adair i.** keen to get Mr. Evans’ opinion to the lew plan. and. whilevplaying over the present course the famous amateur no doubt will an- his practiced vision on the lay-out for the future “ ‘Chick’ has played on every fa mous course in the world. I suppos:. * *aid Mr. Adair, “arid his opinion is certainly worth something in a mat ter of this kind.” I 1 X mav Xe remarked in passing ; :.U every bunker except two designs! for tin? new course has been put in. in . ■)., ‘lie putting *re< ns sodded "mi in,’ ami it is now a certainty thur Ulie new coure. will be ready for pUy ‘ b\ .lune 1. 19H- l? FiVFiP.TIXG lo t e p ecsa.nl top: 1 tv of Mr. Kyam it will be recalled .-.at Haris Vardon and Kdwai'd R i. ; re.. Rr • rli i>rofe»s.or...,s. aft-- ,1,, I- luur Of • ■ s rountry 'set 'a'I ga i, it vs i heir opinion' fuai Kvsn- rvi -v'fel ihiUIIK j l-'r i n< i efcHl.* both in the open Championship tour nament at Brookline. “We do not judge a player by hU performance in any one'match, or even in any one tournament.'’ Var- don told the English nfeW^iSaoers. “We rate him by the manner in which c takes iiold of the ball and his ge;i- , eral style and power to pla> And by that standard we consider Mr. Evans the best in America.” # • * C OME now more complimentary notices from our British friend-'. The latest copy cf “Golf.” the cc>- ebrated British weekly organ of t v* game, edited by Harold II. Hilt ) contains Mr. Hilton’s comment on th* »ele<-tion of Vardon ami Ray. Air. Hilton ie about as well qua!: fted to pass judgment on ;i golfer as any man living, dividing, as he docs, with John Ball the honor of being Great Britain’s greatest am^teur^.**E' er. We quote Mr. Hilton in his maga zine. • • • , dTHAVK a ways held the opimort. * and moreover have expressed li rather freely, that in his accuracy in | hitting his wooden club shots, and ! likewise in his iron play ur to the hole. Mr. Charles Evans, Jr., is Lie : equal of any amateur player living I saw enough of the Chicago boy’* i game at Wheaton last year to con vince me upon this point.” After which Mr. Hilton says uvr : | very kind things about Friend Chicw * * ' | C"» it is no wonder t iat Atlanta golf- cn feel indebted to Mr. Adai? I for affording an opportunity t.. wa?« h “f’hick” in action for. of course; ho will play while here. Will a duck swim? Sprint by Fogler Fails to Gain Lap NEW YORK. Dec. 12. Pnurred b.'. nu- merous complaints thefts and other strong arm” work. Deputy Police Com missioner Doughertv atiil 30 men raided Madison Square Barden to-day and drove out the gangsters who ha\e been preying on the spectators at the slx-dav .bike race. Seven men were arrested as suspects. ; The raid rook place during the hours | when the drowsiness of spectators made ! them easy pre\ for pickpockets. * The race will end to-night, with the i greatest number of broken records that I has ever attended a similar event. Fogler. a veteran rider, loo. the 1-vul . of Hie field shortly before 8 o'clock and ' pedaled furiously in an attempt to steal * a lap. but failed. At 3 o’clock sis teams J were tied for leadership and they were j l i miles and 8 laps ahead of the t ?. oru. Y. M C. A. Five WINS COLUMBUS, OA Idee. 13 -In a baa • he, list!' game ! as nig ' *-*?•• ; ihe regular \ M *' A .(vi: a 1 pc-Ued leasn iron* : .< Atkina <’it. League, the for.ee” w«r b- •>: |7l to 1’v redd'. H-a* f.c * b. :« ■ uIs and Malik P»r •» " ^ BOXING News of the Ring Game Boxing erftids will soon be touting ! Alike GfbbbfaL the Sd Paul phan- { tom, as the - kno* kput kid. and rightly so Not in - years were l fans given the shock tl)«y tveio liiUid- etl the other night whan v ;,.Vibhoi»s stopped "Wildcat” Lems li) two^ round - a* New Orleans. Ferns nesds 7 • ductioii to pugilistic fans, as lit- nas d*r yeafs oeen known as about tlm .vpqg. • welter in the game. * * * Gibbons achievement in putting the Kansas t’itv boy away deserves much praise. Several weeks ago Mike met Jirnmy Berry, who is well known around , these parte, arm knocked Jimmy out in a few rounds. The feat, however, was overlooked by many of the fans, as the> . said that Jimmy was slipping. _ Bui Gibbons knockout win over Ferns proves without a doubt that he is tue ; bolder of a real punch. HEIST PUTS BASEBALL Bad Luck Greets Cross Family V#*;* v#v V#V V • V V • *.'* -** • V Brothers Have Habit of Losing Joe Mandot lias made a jo.I start J oe t ook ! on his come-back campaign, on Pat DrouIIlard in a en-round go at Windsor Wednesday night, and accord- ; ing t •> report * tirid a good shade on his i rival. If Joe buckles down to bard I training there ’s no reason wli> he shouldn’t he able to give the beat of them a tough argument. Eddie Hanlon will be asUeo !•* slack up against a wise old •**! Tuetfdt i night in the person of Jack Robinson. Jack, although well along in years. Is i still able to beat youngsters who know j little of the game. But -they all meet | their Waterloo some time, and it would not Be the biggest surprise in the world j if this Hanlon boy spilled the beans. * * >i Eddie i?- a stiff puncher and I.as the makings of a comer. Local fans who saw Eddb? floor Tern Nelson here a few months ago know that when Han lon hits, the receiver usually takes a dive to the canvas. Robinson may still have his good old head w ith him, but we would advise him to stay clear of Mr. Hanlon's righ band. * » * Although McFarland has been beat- J Ing all his opponents regularly for the j past five years, (.'hicago fans refuse to I rave over liito. Lackey was hissed and ! ho.-'e<l ail through tv* go with Briitof. McFarland's tactics in making hU op j ponents make weight, while he comes ! in at catch weight, s the cause »f his i unpopularity. * «r * Leach Cross will probably be matched within the next few days u» box Bud i \nderson in Los An#k-le-. Anderson’s • recent kno *cout win over Barrleau has I put him in line for another chance at the Easterner. t The calling oft of the Ritchie-Murphy set-to has muddled up Die lightweight ! division worse than ever. Murphy tn- I slats that he is entitled to first crack at the champion, while Rivers Britton. | Gross and .Welsh arc all raving mad. ,They must now sortie b^k arid anait j their filng at the Htle holder. If "Kid” Young. Meyer Prie« and j Ghariie Lee are looking for a chance in i —.ving ti’.j padderl inittv. Frank Baker I lie will aeocmiTiOdate the trio. ; Frank is tired of waiting for a bout J aroiu .1 these part-, but states that he i would like to pill up one farewell exhj- ! bit ion. Kai- er a ill bc\ ah :. boxing *• "tv boy.-* OLD TITLE Ad Says Ritchie Failed to Make Weight for Murphy and Should Join Welters. By Eddie Geiger. C -vHICAGO. II.I.. l)p< L . i:l. ■ UI W..I- gast front his Milwaukee lrain ing camp astonished us by lodg ing a claim to the lightweight cham pionship yesterday. He based it on the allegation that Ritchie was un able to do the weight agreed on— 135 pounds- an hour before for 'Pom Murphy, and that this was the rea son the match was called off in San Francisco. Here is what Wolgast had to say over the telephone: • ‘T am the champion again. Ritchie could not make 135 for Murphy. His nose is not sore and it did not rain. Willie belongs in the welterweight class with McFarland and Gibbons. Ritchie won the title from me by unfair methods; 1 had no chance to win that day. They were in there to trim me. lie was given the honor on a foul. Now he can r.ot make the weight any more, ho the title reverts Pi me. This means that my tight with Gfinrlie White Friday night of next week in Milwaukee will be a championship affair. Of course I can’t lose the championship in a no- decision contest unless White should happen to stop me. I will be on the lookout for that left hook, never fear. Remember, I am the 183-pound chain- 1 pion." i it mat be that Wolgast knows i what he is talking about ori Ritchie ! being unable to make the weight. Willie was credited with making 135 . at 3 for Leach Cross in New York. but the commissioners are not very | strict on the weighing in the East. Anyway. Wolgast has lodged a clalrtl which is bound to start a hot argu- t | meni with the California champion. Hoppe to Defend Cue Title Against Sutton MLV\ Vl-UK, Dee. 13. -Willie Hoppe, the balk-lice billiard champion of the .vorV has beer ehallerged for the 18. • atnpTonsbip by George Sutfcn. of GI B.if The chalferge was supported pv y <\ S0 i 'poi! b«»lre notified I : u» PC < • 1 I- < . I • V. • 1 rirx.ap “ Diamond News and Gossip MR. LYNCH SPEAKS. / trn.il the league will prosper. I hat yon n ill ne'er go broke: / mink you every bright success— / also hope you choke! l*i esi league be to | and h* take uj The going t« take a nas*- hi man g or not dent Toner, of tht National , says that his chief concern will reserve the honesty of the game. ■ seems io think t ha this w ill all his time. # Baseball Writers’ Association is hold a meeting in New York to olemn vole on the "Cincinnati which is h device whereby a •t.-s a single whether he makes it The National League meeting reminds ► us of a. conclave of opium smokers Nobody ever mentions an' sum less than $25,000. It is true that these futurist* can paint noises, we would like to have a iull-iength portrait of one of Billy Smith's "speeches” during that las; At lanta-Mobile series. TINKER PASSES. Autumn and uinter the old refrain /ftttys through the country from main to main: 'Manager wanted for Reds again.*' You can look tor a general relief from tension through the smaller cities <>f the Atlantic Coast and the Middh West. The International League and the American Association h ive decided not to inflict on the defenseless peasantry of those places their Interleague gou lash. * v * The back-to-the-soii movement ought *o b strong among ball players. Rube Kisinger Is treated with the utmost consideration because he has a farm to run out to when he isn’t. "Since the newspapers depend .^o lone i »n baseball for news-— ” begins Governor-President Tener. Exactly! Just as the grafters, in turn, depend so much on the newspapers for pub licity. FEAR. I lit fit line of print in’ lie o ('an fill the heart with dread. When it tells some basher stea ls leaking from the, dead. Yes, Felice, the managers fnaybe to be Tinker-ing. Jack Knight refuses to be traded j Toledo by the Yankees. We should j worry. The Boston Braves wi’l use the Red Sox Bark the greater part of next sea son. The arrangement allows for the housing of the former while a steel and concrete grandstand is being built for th* clan of G. Stallings. * » * HOPELESS. There teas a man in one loa n Whose mind teas thvk with moss: t >e In belit red this salary wheeze About the new league boss. SHERIDAN VS. DONAHUE. CHICAvrO, Dec. to Mickey Sheridan. Sice ;ijhrwr f ' as. •.•tec • a ,e i wit Harry 1 )0’ia me. of f‘ekit.. for ten i>n-.t before he Grand \ verm- \ ' hlcr: • C.»ib Kansas *.’i‘> l.'e- om By li. M. Walker. L OS ANGELES, CAu, Dec. 13.— “if I reach the next cor ner without somebody drop ping a safe on me or wopping me over the head with a ladder I’ll feel that luck is coming my way.” Cigar store speech by Samuel Wal- lach. “This appears to be the open sea son for the Gross family.” lie adds. "All 1 need tow is news from home that m> house has burned down or an epidemic of the pip has struck the hired heln. The first gink that says ‘Merry Christmas’ to me had better duck and duck quick.” The cause of Sammy’s grief is the fact that both hi* fiehting brothers have acquired the habit of getting licked. Aside from tn«» manager- brother’s natural gloom at having the family pride steam-rollered there are financial cuts to heal. No manager can smile when his entry is running a bad second. X BOL'T one month ago Leach < r had a 10-rotind tangle with Willie Ritchie in New York and emerged from the muse smeared with the con viction that understudying a world's champion is a bau business. Then came his trip to California with a fine large twenty-round lacing waiting at this end of the line for him. And Leaches would rather lose to any man ir the game titan his old tormenter, Joe Rivers. “Brother” Phil Cross stepped into tile ring of the Atlantic Garden A. C. one night last week for a scheduled ten-round hook-up with Johnnie Al berts, a New Yorker who has never amounted to much In the record book. Seventeen minutes after the gong rung a right cross whizzed through the air, landed right on the Cross head and Cross wasn’t right until much later in the evening, when he woke up in the bathhouse. Two brothers walloped in one week. Why shouldn’t Samuel rave7 * * * S ERIOUSLY speaking Wallaeh take? the defeat of his young est brother greatly to heart. Phil had made several first-class showings and gave promise of developing into one of our best little American welt ers. it was planned to bring him to the Coast this month and Promoter MeOarej had agreed to us*' him in three matches. "In some respects Phil is a better man than Leach.” ex-plains Sam: ■^But he iasii’t careful enough. Look at Leach and Abie A Hell. You never hear of anybody stretching- them on on the carpet for keeps, do you? That’s good management. another name for caution. “But Phil loves to slug. He’s a regular Ketrhe! for pulling the sen national stuff. I suppose he traded wallops with Albert? and got the worst of the trade. He'll have to go back and beat Alberts to get himself on the perch again.” ‘ k 1 ' GOODWIN is one of t. e i ^ i many who believe that Joe Riv ers w ill yet be the world’s lightweight champion. ‘‘I’ve been going to the ringside for 35 years.” says the actor man, "arid I never saw a man put up a better bat tle than Rivers did against Gross. "The Hi vert of that night would have been a hard proposition for Ritchie to handle. 1 realize thi i; Cross was not ar his best, but in tl •** beri moment he ever knew Lead ould not have tamed the Rivers that, faced him. “Joe is bound to Improve if p - take* care of himself, and we may yet be cheering him as the title- holder.” * * * A 1K alone is against Abie Atteli t: ^ his fight to regain the feather weight championship. According to San Francisco report.-*. Coffroth will bring Atteli and Kil bane together In February. When ”Jiin” was inclined to arguo against the possibility of the match proving a paying venture. Atteli is eaid to have offered to protect the promoter by financing the venture to the extent of guaranteeing the “guar antee” demanded by Kitbane. It can not be denied that Atteli Is entitled to a return chance at the crown he wore for so manv vears. But “They never come back!” says Tom. “How about Ketchel?’’ asks Did. A fresh field for an old argument. T3BACC0 "ABIT ? ■ rwY»,# tnuf •rAlnaa U.I.. I Y»u can c«n«o«r It aaily in 3 days. ‘.nr. prove your h#*rh. trafonv yeur life. So mere atr» ach trouble, no foul breath, no heart weaker*. Re itftn manly vigor, calm serves, elaar eye* and ». p«rlor iner.tai atrenxth. Whether you rhew or 5ra-' | iiw ’itVC. rAfirrtow. cigar*, get \ny interesting Tobacco Book. Worth its weight in goM. Mailed free. E, J WOODS. 534 Sixth Ave.. 748 M New York. H. > FULL SCABS What could be more pitiful than the « tiou laid ri in this letter from A. R. Aterr. Waterloo. N. Y.: We hare been wring yeur Tetterlna. It’s the frost an earth far ikln ailments. Mr*, g. C Hart am « *lfl t to esc. Her tae* uae a mss* of scats. Tettarlaa has eurei Cured by Tetterine