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Ebbets Flashes $25,000 Speech j
on Herrmann, and Garry
Breaks His Promise.
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Bv Frank G. Meiikc.
N SW YORK. Dec. 13—Those
loud bellows of commingled
rage and anguish which near
ly fractured your ear drums to-day
came from Chicago—from the throat
of C, Waistcoat Murphy, to be exact.
They issued forth the moment that
' \ Waistcoat learned that Garry
Herrmann, the genial owner of the
Cincinnati club, had worked some
thing like a criss-cross and sold Joe
Tinker to Brooklyn for $25,000—the
biggest cash sum ever paid for a ball
player.
C. Waistcoat left yesterday for his
•Chicago domicile. Refore leaving he
had an extended talk with the said
Mr. Herrmann. After the talk and
;iust prior to departing for the train
O. Waistcoat informed the assem
blage that it was “all fixed up” and
led everyone to believe that Tinker
would play with the Cubs next sea
son.
Until 6 p. m. yesterday Herrmann
gave off the impression that what
Murphy said was pretty nearly right.
Quite loudly Herrmann announced
i hat Murphy had been authorized by
him. as owner of Mr. Tinker, to deal
with Tinker.
“If Murphy and Tinker can come
10 some understanding—and I don’t
doubt that they can—Tinker will
go to Chicago,” spoke Herrmann. “No
. other club can negotiate with Tinker
in the meantime.”
Deal in “Soda Water” Parlor.
Just then C. Holiday Ebbets, own
er of the Brooklyn team, sought out
Herrmann in the Waldorf-Astoria “so
da water” parlor. And then, right
before a large lot of people, the Gar
den of Eden scene, which involved
Adam, Eve and an apple, was re
peated. Ebbets played the role of
Eve, Herrmann held down Adam’s job
and $25,000 took the place of an ap
ple.
“L/Ookit here, Garry, ' said Ebbets,
you think I’m kidding about that
$25,000 for Tinker. I'll repeat the
offer now and make you a cash pay
ment of $3,000 to bind the deal.”
“But.” protested the weakening
Herrmann, “y’ see, Charley, I’ve given
Murphy a chance to talk to Tinker
first.”
Ebbets responded to the effect that
“Murphy ain’t a-goin’ to give you
$25,000 or anything like it. I’ll bet.
You’d better take this here $25,000
offer, Garry.”
And. finally, Garry did
Immediately afterward Ebbetta 5
announced: “Tinker said he \#ould
not play with Brooklyn, but I guess
he’ll change his mind. He’s to get
$10,000 of that $25,000 if he signs a
Brooklyn contract and that's a
mighty good inducement. I admit
that $25,000 is a mighty big price to
pay for a 34-year-old ball player,
but with Tinker in our line-up we’re
going to give some of these gents
with pennant dreams some mighty
unpleasant nightmares.
“Further than that—I expect we ll
get back what we are paying for
Tinker in increased attendance in
our exhibition games and during the
first month of the regular league sea
son. Tinker w ill be a drawing card.”
Herzog May Manage Reds.
Before putting through the Tinker
ileal. Herrmann gave Outfielder Bob
Bescher to the Giants for Catcher
Hartley and Infielder Herzog, who no
doubt will be selected as manager of
the Reds.
Both the Cardinal and Pirate own
ers to-day expressed themselves as
pleased with the deal which they en
gineered by which First Baseman
Konetchy. Third Baseman Mowrey
and Pitcher Bob Harmon, of the Car
dinals, were turned over to the Pi
rates in exchange for First Baseman
Jack Miller, Inflelder “Cozy” Dolan.
Outfielder Owen Wilson, Outfielder
Arthur Butler and Pitcher Plank
Robinson.
Why the Cardinal owners should
be pleased it is hard to tell. The
ways and minds of baseball mag
nates are beyond all human under
standing.
Tinker Surprised at
Offer, Says Murphy
Can Still Get Him
CHICAGO. Dec. 13.-“I have received
no official announcement of my sale
to Brooklyn. All f know is what I read
and am told.” said Tinker this morn
ing, when told Brooklyn had closed
the purchase for his services.
•T want to play in Chicago. First,
because 1 have business interests here,
and second, because I like that club. I
stated recently that I wouldn’t play in
Brooklyn. , , ,
“When I made that remark I meant
..vpry word ol it. liut I IijkI little tiiouttlc
then that the magnates would cut me
in on *10,000 of ,the purchase price.
This with the promised salary of from
*7 300 to *10,000, certainly is a surprise
and makes me sit up and think. How
ever If President Murphy will stand h>
me i ll make good my threat not to go
Past. Murphy can get me if he s will
ing to spend the money-
If Murphy is sincere in landing T in
ker there is still a chance. He ha«
plenty of su'plus material and some of
this with some real money would bring
Tinker back. Tho'pgh the sale to Brook
Ivn was made, it carries with it a clause
that If .Toe refuses to sign a contract.
Kiihets is to get back his coin and Joe
again will be the property of the Reds
YANKEES SELL BACKSTOP.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—The Yankees
ast night disposed of the services of
Catcher Smith, the youngster who
Joined the team in midseason, famith
was sold to the Montreal club, of the
International League.
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‘Chick’ Will Inspect East Lake
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By 0. B. Keeler.
TLA XT A golfers, and particu
larly those aified with the At
lanta Athletic Club, are con
gratulating themselves on the pros
pective visit to Atlanta of t’harles
Evans, Jr., better known as “Chick,”
who is to spend a week—probably the
week of Christinas holidays—as the
guest of George Adair.
“Chick” and Mr. Adair are rather
more than acquaintances. Their ex
cellent friendship is of several years’
standing, and their mutual fervor ;:i
the matter of golf is an additional ti*
that binds.
As a matter of fact, it was the
aforesaid mutual tie that attracted
Mr. Evans to Nashville some year.'
back at the same time Mr. Adair was
there, tlie object of both being a golf
tourney.
Anyway, they met in Nashville and
have been good friends ever since.
* * *
<*T GOT to thinking about ‘Chick,’ up
* there in Chicago, probably with
his favorite links all covered up with
snow and ice, and I thought he might
like to swing his clubs over our At
lanta courses,” said Mr. Adair. “So I
invited him to visit me, and he took
me up rlgn* away. Oh, he’ no stran
ger here. He was in Atlanta two or
three years ago, and played at East
Lake then.”
* * •
A LSO, here's something else.
Mr. Adair is redesigning the Ath
letic Club course at East Loke into
what is exp. >. ted 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 from
experience on a hundred famous
courses in America and Europe.
So Mr, Adair i* keen to get Mr.
Evans’ opinion to the l ew plan, and.
while playing over the nresent eours.
the famous amateur no doubt will us.
his practiced vision on (he lay-out for
the future.
••‘Chick’ has played on every fa
mous course in the world, 1 suppose,”
said Mr. Adair, “and his opinion 's
certainly worth something in a mat
ter of thin kind.”
TT may be remarked in passing u :
1 every bunker except two design* 1
for the new course lias been pul in,
and all the putting greens sodded but
two. and it is now a certainty that
the new course will be ready fun play
bv June J, 1914.
* * *
E 'EVEIvtING to tiie pieasant top:
> ,»f Mr. Evans, .t will be recalled
that Harry Vardon and Edward Ray.
the great "British professional*;. aft'-’
their lour of this ‘‘ountr\ las* a
zvxn it as tiifir opinion Ida Evon\
both in the open championship tour
nament at Brookline.
“We do not judge a player by his
performance in any one match, or
even in any one tournament,” Var
don told the English newspapers. “We
rate him by the manner in which he
takes hold of tin* ball and his gen
eral style and power to play And
by tlicit standard we consider Mr.
Evans the best in America.”
* * *
C OME now more complimentary
• notices from our British friends.
The latest copy of “Golf,” the cel
ebrated British weekly organ of the
game, edited by Harold II. Hilton,
contains Mr. Hilton's comment on the
selection of Vardon and Ray.
Mr. Hilton is about as well quaii-
fled to pass judgment on a golfer as
any man living, dividing, as he does,
with John Ball the honor of being
Great Britain’s greatest amateur golf
er.
We quote Mr. Hilton in his maga
zine.
• a ♦
GIHAVK a:ways held the opinion,
* and moreover have expressed It
rather .freely, that in his accuracy in
hitting his wooden club shots, an i
likewise in his iron play ip tu tlie
hole. Mr. t’harles Evans. Jr., is the
equal of any amateur p'ayer living
I saw enough of the Chicago boy's
game at Wheaton lu<t year to con
vince me upon this point."
After which Mr. Hilton says more
very kind things about Friend Chick.
* * *
S ) it is no wonder that Atlanta golf
ers feel indebted to Mr. Adai*
for affording an opportunity to watch
“Chick” in action—-for, of course, he
will play while here.
Will a duck swim7
BOXING
Mews of the Ring Game
Sprint by Fogler
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NEW YORK. Dec. 13. Spurred by nu
merous complaint* of theft# and other
‘strong arm” work. Deputy Police Com
missioner Dougherty and 30 men raided
Madison Square Garden to-day and
drove out the gangsters who have been
preying on the spectators at the six-day
bike race.
Seven men were arrested as suspects.
The raid took place during the hours
when tlie drowsiness ut spectators made
them easy prey for pickpockets.
The race will end to-night, with the
greatest- number • f broken records that
has ever attended a similar event.
1 Fogler. a veteran rider, too!: ffhe lead
of the held shortly before 8 o’clock and
pedaled furiously in an attempt to steal
a lap but failed. At 8 o'clock six teams
were tied for leadership and they' were
IX miles and 8 laps ahead of the record.
/. M C- A. FIVE WINS.
j t:OLl MB! d. GA . Dec. 13. In a ha:-
jke: huh game her U«i night between
1 the regular Y. M. *' A. '“am and a
j |.i«-]\cii !earn iron the Atlanta <ht'
j I.eag.H . the won »- ice - -,.••<*
71 In i • I’cmG rtlniV*»d r •• Mil" l<" IN
and Mu ilk f'T 'he visiters.
Boxing critics wall soon be touting
Mike Gibbons, the St. Paul phan
tom, as the knockout kid, and
rightly s?o. Not in ears were
fans given the shock they were hand
ed the other night when Gibbons
stopped “Wildcat” Kerns in two rounds
ut New Orleans. Fern* needs no do re
duction to pugilistic fans, as he lias for
years been known as about the toughroi
welter in the game.
* * *
Gibbons’ achievement in putting the
Kansas City boy away deserves much
praise. Several weeks ago Mike met
Jimmy Kerry, who is well known around
these- parts, and knocked Jimmy out in
a few rounds. The feat, however, was
overlooked by many of the fans, as they
said that Jimmy was slipping. But
Gibbons’ knockout win over Verns
proves without a doubt that he is the
holder of a real punch.
* * *
Joe Mundot has made a good start
on his come-back campaign. Joe took
on Pat Drouillard in a ten-round go at
Windsor Wednesday night, and accord
ing to reports had a good shade on his
rival. if Joe buckles down to hard
training there Is no reason why he
shouldn’t he able to give the best of
them a tough argument.
* «> *
Eddie' Hanlon will be asked to stack
up against a wise old owl Tuesday
night in the person of Jack Robinson.
Jack, although well along in years, is
still able to beat youngsters who know
*ittic* of the game. But they all meet
their Waterloo some lime, and it would
not be the biggest surprise in the world
If this Hanlon boy spilled the beans.
* -t *
Eddie is a stiff puncher and has the
makings of a comer. Local fans who
saw Eddie floor Terry Nelson here a
few months ago know that when I fan-
ion hits, the receiver usually takes a
dive to the canvas. Robinson may slid
hav*-* his good old head with him. but we
would advise him to stay clear of Mr.
Hanlon’s right hand.
Although McFarland has been beat
ing all his opponents regularly for the
past five years, Chicago fans refuse to
rave over him. Pat*key was hissed and
hoe tod all through his go with Britton
McFarland s tactics in making his op
portents make weight, while he conies
in at catchweight, is the cause of his
unpopularity.
* * *
Leach Cross will Probably be matched
within the next few days to box Hud
Anderson in Los Angeles. Anderson’s
recent knockout w'in over Barrieau has
put him in line for another chance at
the Easterner.
• * •
The t ailing off of the Ritchie-Murphy
set-to lias muddled up the lightweight
division worse than ever. Murphy in
sists that he is entitled to first crack at
the champion, while Rivers, Britton,
Cross and Welsh are al! raving mad.
They must now settle back and await
their fling at the title holder.
If "Kid” Young, Meyer Pries and
Charlie Lee are looking for a ance .
swing the padded mitts. Frank Baker
says he will aeoemmodate the trio.
Frank is tired of waiting for a bout
around these parts, but states that he
would like to pm up one farewell exhi
bition.
* * •»
Baker says •• will box all three b-j
on the -ame mght. b.-xing four round-
ni:;i ear’ll- and agrees to bey. oxer.*,
one of them. .Mm:-, let ii be underr;ood
t ha i Frank doesn’t U •V?h one ovtmd
ILGAST PUTS baseball
Diamond News and Gossip
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OLD TITLE
Ad Says Ritchie Failed to Make|
Weight for Murphy and Should
Join Welters.
By Eddie Geiger.
C hicago, ill, Dec. 13.—Ad woi-
gast from his Milwaukee train
ing c amp 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 Tom
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:
“1 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; I had no chance to
win that day. They were in there
to trim me. Me was given the honor
on a foul. Now he can not make the
weight any more, so the title reverts
to me. 'Phis means that my fight
with Charlie White Friday night of
next week in Milwaukee will be a
championship affair. Of course I
can’t lose the championship in a no-
decisioircontest unless White should
happen to slop me. I will be on the
lookout for that left hook, never fear.
Remember, i am the 133-pound cham
pion.”
it may be that Wolgast knows
what he is talking about on Ritchie
being unable to make the weight.
Willie was credited with making 135
i a i 3 for Leach Cross in New York.
I but the commissioners are not very
I strict on the weighing in the East.
Anyway, Wolgast has lodged a claim
I which is bound to start a hot argu- j
, mem with the California champion.
Hoppe to Defend Cue |
Title Against Sutton
NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Willie Hoppe,
■ t;:e balk-line billiard champion of ti e
world, has been challenged for the 11.2
• . inpionship by Gsorge Sutton, of
n:ag" The 1 Halleng'' was supported j
! <• S2.VJ forfoii. Upon being notified j
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MR. LYNCH SPEAKS.
/ trust the league trill jwosper.
That you will ne'er go broke:
t wish you every bright success—
/ also hope gun choice!
* * *
President Tener. of the National
League, says that his chief concern will
he to preserve the honesty' of the game,
uinl he .«eems to think that this will
take up all his time.
* # *
The Baseball Writers' Association is
going to hold a meeting in Mew York to
take a solemn vote on the “Cincinnati
base hit.” which is h device whereby a
man gets a single whether he makes it
or not.
« *
The National League meeting reminds
us of a conclave of opium smokers.
Nobody ever mentions any sum less than
*25,000.
* * *
It ia true that these futurists can
paint noises, we would like to have a
full-length portrait .>f one of Billy
Smith’s “spapohes” during that ia* At
lanta-Mobile series.
■* * *
TINKER PASSES.
Autumn and winter the old retrain
Kings through the country from main
to main:
"Manager wanted for Ue(l8 again”
You ran look for a general relief from
tension through the smaller cities of the
Atlantic Coast and the Middle West.
The International League and the
American Association have decided not
to inflict on the defenseless peasantry'
of those places their interleague gou
lash.
Tiie hack-to-the-soil movement ought
in be strong among hall players. Rube
Kislnger is treated with the utmost
consideration because he has a farm to
run out. u> when he isn’t.
* * *
“Since the newspapers depend so
much on baseball for news ” begins
Governor-Presiden i Tener. Exactly!
Just as the grafters, in turn, depend
so much on the newspapers for pub
licity.
* * *
FEAR
A tittle hue oj print or two
Can tilt the heart with dread.
When tl tells some bustier slew
ts leaking from the dead.
* « «
Yes, Felice, tlie managers maybe said
to be Tinker-ing.
* * *
Jack Knight refuses to be traded to
Toledo by ihe Yankees*. We should
n irrj
The BoftC<>n Braves wid use li.c Red
Sox Park the greater par! of next sca-
so::. The arrangement allows for. the
housing of the former while a . c el and
concrete grandstand is being bull for
the (lan G. Stallings. i
* « *
HOPELESS.
Thar was a man in our tuna
Whtts* mind teas thu k with moss ;
For he believed this salary n hern
About the new league loss.
Bad Luck Greets Cross Family
Brothers Have Habit of Losing
By II. M. Walker.
I DS ANGELES, CAL., Dec. IS.
“If r reach the next cor
ner without somebody drop
ping * safe on me or wopping me
over the heart with a ladder I’ll fee!
that luck is coming my way.”
Cigar store speech by Samuel Wal-
lacb.
“This appears to be the open sea
son for the Cross family.” he adds.
“All I need now is news from home
that my house has burned down or
an epidemic of the pip hns struck the
hired help. The first gink that says
‘Merry OhriMmas* to me had better
duck and duck quick.”
The cause of Sammy’s grief is the
fact that both his lighting brothers
have acquired the habit of getting
licked. Aside from me 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.
* ft *
A BOLT one month ago Leach <’r>ss
* had a 10-round tangle with Willi#*
Ritchie in New York and emerged
from the musp smeared with the con
viction that understudying a world’s
Champion is a bad business.
Then came his trip to California
with a fine large t. • ntv-round lacing
waiting at this end of the line for
him. And Leaches would rather lose
to any man ir. the game than hl^ old
tqrmenter, Joe Rivers.
“Brother” Phil Cross stepped into
the 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
rang 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 rave”
S ERiOFSLY speaking. Wallxuh
takes the defeat of his young
est brother greatly to heart. Phil had
made several fi.st-class showings
and gave prom be of developing into
one of our best ii'.th American welt
ers. It was planned ti» bring him to
the Coast this month and Promoter
McCarcy had agreed to use him in
three matches.
“in some reaped pail is a better
man than Leach,” explains .Sam.
"Bui he isn’t careful enough. Look
bHERIDAN VS- DONAHUE.
CHICAGO. lw. Mickey Sheridan,
Soul’s Sid'-- ligktWfV’gh' ha-
tnBtriied win. iTnh; V.’ouahu*. of PeUh.
fo* leu rot«r• I before the Grand Aveim-
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at Leach and Abie A ttell. You never
hear of anybody stretching them out
on the carpet for keeps, do you?
That’s good management, another
name for caution.
“But Phil loves to slug. He's a
regular Ketchel for pulling the sen
sational 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.”
* <. *
4 \J\T” GOODWIN is one of the
many who believe that Joe Riv
ors will yet be the world’s lightweight
champion.
“I’ve been going to the ringside for
-'• > yarn,” says the actor man, “and t
never sa. a man put up a better bat -
tie than Rivers did against Cross.
"The Rivers of that night would,
have been a hard proposition for
Ritchie to handle. 1 realize that
• loss was not at his best, but In the
best moment he ever knew Leach
ould not have tamed the Rivers that
faced him.
“Joe is bound to improve if he
takes care of himself, and we may
yet be cheering him a5 the title-r •
holder.”
• » «
A <E alone is againsr Abie Atteil in
his fight to regain the feather
weight championship.
According to San Francisco reports,
CofProth will bring Atteil and Kil-
bane together in February.
When “Jim” was inclined to argu*
against the possibility of the match
proving » paying venture, Atteil i*
'.aid to have offered to protect til*
promoter by financing the venture to
t : e extent of guaranteeing the “guar
antee” demanded by Kilbane.
P can not be denied that Atteil is
entitled to a return chance et the
crown he wore for so many year*.
But
“They never come back!” says Toni.
“Flow about Ketchel?” asks JMcU.
A fresh field for an old argument.
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